Of which Erebus Blackness be it enough to discern that this and the other dazzling fire-bolt, dazzling fire-torrent, does by small Volition and great Necessity, verily issue,—in such and such succession; destructive so and so, self-destructive so and so: till it end.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

'Chid' is an exaggeration; but Banquo is evidently a bold man, probably an ambitious one, and certainly has no lurking guilt in his ambition.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

An arcade of the time of the Renaissance, extremely beautiful, but incongruous, encloses these carvings.
— from Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Louisa Stuart Costello

It was to establish branch banks in every part of the world to further the interests of German industry.
— from Serge Panine — Complete by Georges Ohnet

The Duke said no Government was ever beaten by its enemies, but many have been by their friends.
— from A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II by Ellenborough, Edward Law, Earl of

When the professor took Loveliness into his arms, and the Yorkshire, still crying like a human child that had been lost and saved, put up his weak paws around his master's neck and tried to kiss the tears that fell, unashamed, down the cheeks of that eminent man, the lecture room burst into a storm of applause; then fell suddenly still again, as if it felt embarrassed both by its expression and by its silence, and knew not what to do.
— from Loveliness: A Story by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

Launch of the Hibernia, at Plymouth, England, of 130 guns; length of keel 167 feet, tonnage 2499—the largest man-of-war that had ever been built in England.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

She was considered the most accomplished singer that had ever been born in England.
— from Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

During the contest on the Reform question, he displayed powers, both of writing and speaking, of a superior order; nor have his most decided political enemies been backward in expressing their high respect for his commanding talents and unbending integrity.
— from The Baptist Magazine, Vol. 27, 1835 by Various

Should your young dog be loitering and sniffing at a haunt which he has seen birds quit, he cannot well mistake the meaning of your calling out, "Gone, gone." FOOTNOTES: [35] The speed with which one of these extremely beautiful, but in every other respect far, far inferior partridges will run, when only slightly wounded, is quite marvellous.
— from The Dog by W. N. (William Nelson) Hutchinson

They 177 are indeed very serviceable to it when they are duly managed, for Good Sense loses much of its efficacy by being ill express’d, and an ill stile is nothing else but the neglect of some of these, or over doing others of ’em.
— from A serious proposal to the Ladies, for the advancement of their true and greatest interest (In Two Parts) by Mary Astell