Electronic news by radio ———————————— If costs were of no concern, then your applications of the online world would probably change considerably.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno
We shall not be degraded by not following the example of the European nations, by rushing into war, on every opportunity that may offer.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress
One is ‘English near Bayonne, Rising in South of France, 200,000 men joined the Bourbon Standard, Revolt at Toulon, Discontent at Paris, All Spain evacuated, and more losses.’
— from English Caricature and Satire on Napoleon I. Volume 2 (of 2) by John Ashton
To behold leagued together, not only the effeminate Chinese, but even their women,—wives and daughters fighting by the side of their husbands and fathers, inspired by one common hope and ardour—all animated by a great religious and political object, for the attainment of which they had suffered and fought many years,—is an event never before realized in the history of China.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) by Augustus F. Lindley
He owned considerable property, and was the possessor of a fine estate near Bristol, R. I.
— from The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution by James Henry Stark
The remaining posts of the British in the southern states were too weak to be defended against the army which had triumphed over Lord Cornwallis; and the troops which occupied them could neither escape nor be reinforced, if the Count de Grasse could be prevailed on to co-operate against them.
— from The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions by John Marshall
“Had your Excellency not better reserve it for the evening?”
— from The Other World by Frank Frankfort Moore
Nothing is gained by concealing that not every part of Emerson's work will stand the test of the Elenchus, nor bear reduction into honest and intelligible English.
— from Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5: Emerson by John Morley
On August 1st, after making many scientific observations of importance, the Vega proceeded slowly eastward, nothing but rotten ice, which in no way impeded the vessel, being met.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Frederick Whymper
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