In others, the stricture is rendered wholly imperforate, and the canal either contracted or nearly obliterated anteriorly through disuse.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

And Decision Of Controversies: Eightly, is annexed to the Soveraigntie, the Right of Judicature; that is to say, of hearing and deciding all Controversies, which may arise concerning Law, either Civill, or naturall, or concerning Fact.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

But, these few enigmas aside—and they are very few—to make an exhaustive collection of notes on this book would be to write another volume—one of those volumes of "Notes and Appendices," under which scholars bury a Pindar or Catullus.
— from On Love by Stendhal

Taxes upon the sale of old houses, for the same reason as those upon the sale of land, fall generally upon the seller; whom, in most cases, either conveniency or necessity obliges to sell.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

But if the forms of ancient architecture were disregarded by a people insensible of their use and beauty, the plentiful materials were applied to every call of necessity or superstition; till the fairest columns of the Ionic and Corinthian orders, the richest marbles of Paros and Numidia, were degraded, perhaps to the support of a convent or a stable.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

2. p. 358) who gives a good sketch of the evils consequent on neglect of drainage.
— from A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

The members of the expedition, consisting of Naval officers and men, officers of the Mercantile Marine (Royal Naval Reserve), and civilian scientists, sailed from Cowes on August 6, 1901, on board the Discovery , a vessel specially built for the purpose.
— from The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "“Discovery”" by G. Firth Scott

At eight o'clock they go to the Plaza, and hear the band play, sitting in the volante ; and at ten they come home without fatigue, having all day taken excellent care of Number One, beyond which their arithmetic does not extend.
— from A Trip to Cuba by Julia Ward Howe

He wrote stories of an acceptable nature and rejoiced in a growing public esteem, carefully offending no one and seeking only to please.
— from Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Let us take these latter in their order; and— I. The Excerpt Charter of Novodamus of the 7th December 1639 .
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 69, No. 427, May, 1851 by Various

"This room is as charming as the rest," remarked Clover, looking about at its ruddy decorations; "and the remoteness one feels from everything confusing, or noisy, or soiling, can only be appreciated by those who do not live in the midst of a large, well-kept park.
— from Sweet Clover: A Romance of the White City by Clara Louise Burnham

As the hours went by we more and more eagerly craned our necks over the deck rails, trying to pierce the darkness of the deep for one flash of light that might mean France hard ahead.
— from Private Peat by Harold Reginald Peat

Owing to the extended commerce of New Orleans, many cases arose of contracts made in the common-law States, and this must control these cases.
— from The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by W. H. (William Henry) Sparks