A man of genius, the author of the most essentially French book, both in its subject and treatment, that exists (its name is The Three Musketeers ) took part in this second revolution, and having taken part in it, he wrote its history.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

The enemy fought bravely, but they had started out to defeat and destroy an army and capture a position.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

Every flower is dressed in richness; every field blushes beneath a mantle of beauty; every star is veiled in brightness; every bird is clothed in the habiliments of the most exquisite taste.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

M. de Villefort entered, followed by Barrois.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

On the contrary, a couple who have given proof of extraordinary fertility by becoming the parents of twins are believed by the Baganda to be endowed with a corresponding power of increasing the fruitfulness of the plantain-trees, which furnish them with their staple food.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

"The human body was therefore not solely a result of evolution from beasts, but was produced by an act of special creation by God.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The fruit that follows is yellow, being near ripe, and covered with a white freeze, or cotton; thick set on the younger, and growing less as they grow to be thorough ripe, bunched out oftentimes in some places, some being like an apple, and some a pear, of a strong heady scent, and not durable to keep, and is sour, harsh, and of an unpleasant taste to eat fresh; but being scalded, roasted, baked, or preserved, becomes more pleasant.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Caroline has had a great escape from being burnt to death lately.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

tis a benefit, A mercy I must thanke 'em for, but banishd The free enjoying of that face I die for, Oh twas a studdied punishment, a death Beyond Imagination: Such a vengeance That, were I old and wicked, all my sins Could never plucke upon me.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

At the lower part of the leg, this muscle ends in three or four flat tendons, which pass through a ring of the annular ligament, and extending forwards, b b b b , over the dorsum of the foot, become inserted into the four outer toes.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

Silk (black-boned) — female 88 57 103 In the eight first birds, belonging to distinct breeds, in this table, we see a decided reduction in the weight of the bones of the wing.
— from The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume 1 by Charles Darwin

Their threadbare blue uniforms with the shabby red facings, even their epaulets flung back behind their shoulders (a sign throughout the army, even among the leaders, of a lack of overcoats),—all these things brought the two Republican officers into strong relief against the men who surrounded them.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Misericordia Domini inter pontem et fontem —Between bridge and stream the Lord's mercy may be found.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Multiplex totems of Gouyou— Wayarnberh TURTLE Mungghee MUSSELS Piggiebillah PORCUPINE Dayahminnah SMALL CARPET SNAKE Mungun LARGE CARPET SNAKE Douyouie ANTS Moondoo WASPS Murgahmuggui SPIDER Bayarh GREEN-HEAD ANTS Mubboo BEEFWOOD Coolabah EUCALYPTUS, FLOODED BOX Bingahwingul NEEDLEBUSH Mayarnah STONES Gheeger Gheeger COLD WEST WIND Gibbon YAM Boondoon KINGFISHER Durnerh brown PIGEON Guineeboo REDBREASTS Munggheewurraywurraymul SEAGULLS Guiggah ordinary ANT-BEDS.
— from The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker

Then I, being excluded from business by my vow of silence, took leave, with a low bow only, of that king who was very averse to part with me, and went out of that town, accompanied by only two disciples, and, with my mind bent on the performance of austerities, came to visit the shrine of the dweller in the Vindhya hills, and having been directed by the goddess in a dream to visit thee, I entered for that purpose this terrible Vindhya forest.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

“Tyler,” snapped Bentley, “have everybody fall back beyond earshot.”
— from The Mind Master by Arthur J. Burks

[ The same object is entirely fulfilled by Beethoven in the introduction to the Symphony in B flat major, to say nothing of the Quartet in C major.
— from Life of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Otto Jahn

Truth and sincerity must prevail and be in evidence with Christians, who have entered upon a relation and life altogether new; they should celebrate the new Easter festival by bringing faith and doctrine and life into accord with it.
— from Epistle Sermons, Vol. 2: Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Martin Luther

For greater safety the heating is not effected from below, but at the sides of the retort.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev