The egg-shell proper often disappears, and one or more embryonal envelopes, or protoplasmic layers, arise, so that eventually it is difficult to say whether the whole egg is present, and, if not, what the layers that remain really are.
— from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald

For instance, she said she considered Jesus Christ as the embodiment of perfect love, and seemed to be leaning slightly to the doctrines of Carlyle and Emerson when she remarked that she considered the Bible a revelation in a certain sense, as she considered herself a revelation [356] of the mind of Deity, etc.
— from George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 (of 3) by George Eliot

Now he sought Asia Minor, became a friend of Tissaphernes, the Persian satrap, adopted the excesses of Persian luxury, and sought to break the alliance between Persia and Sparta, which he had before sustained.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 10 (of 15), Greek by Charles Morris

George Sand was quite indifferent about all the great events of Parisian life, about social tittle-tattle and Boulevard gossip.
— from George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings by René Doumic