Then they went on to explain to me the circumstances of the case, and the treatment which the straightener had prescribed, and how successful he had been—all which I will reserve for another chapter, and put rather in the form of a general summary of the opinions current upon these subjects than in the exact words in which the facts were delivered to me; the reader, however, is earnestly requested to believe that both in this next chapter and in those that follow it I have endeavoured to adhere most conscientiously to the strictest accuracy, and that I have never willingly misrepresented, though I may have sometimes failed to understand all the bearings of an opinion or custom.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

It chanced she fell in love with a neighbour of hers, Gabriotto by name, a man of mean condition, but full laudable fashions and comely and pleasant of his person, and by the means and with the aid of the serving-maid of the house, she so wrought that not only did Gabriotto know himself beloved of her, but was many and many a time brought, to the delight of both parties, into a goodly garden of her father's.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

] which consisted of but three staves, we had it all; and he read the line, and began the tune with a heart so entirely affected with the duty, that he went through it distinctly, calmly, and fervently at the same time; so that Lady Jones whispered me, That good man were fit for all companies, and present to every laudable occasion: And Miss Darnford said, God bless the dear good man!—You must think how I rejoiced in my mind.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Passepartout, however, had no sooner heard his master's orders on leaving the Mongolia than he saw at once that they were to leave Bombay as they had done Suez and Paris, and that the journey would be extended at least as far as Calcutta, and perhaps beyond that place.
— from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne

Well?" Seeing that he was not prevented from holding her arm, Volodya glanced at Nyuta's laughing face, and clumsily, awkwardly, put both arms round her waist, his hands meeting behind her back.
— from The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

There are those who would say, "This is all very well, but the painter's concern is with form and colour and paint, and nothing else.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

Upon this it was also explained to the caziques why we always erected two crosses wherever we formed a camp and passed the night: assuring them amongst other things that their gods feared them.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

For once the private secretary knew his own business, which was to imitate his father as closely as possible and hold his tongue.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

“We must have a curtain,” said Tom Bertram; “a few yards of green baize for a curtain, and perhaps that may be enough.”
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

This is very much like a Christmas Sunshine Party, except that you will need a number of little baskets, candy Easter eggs, lavender or yellow ribbon, lily or violet napkins, and little chickens or rabbits which you can buy for a cent a piece.
— from When Mother Lets Us Give a Party A book that tells little folk how best to entertain and amuse their little friends by Elsie Duncan Yale

And therefore the Ancients singled out this as the fittest Tree whereon to graft and propagate other Fruits, as containing a plentifull and lively Sap, whereby other Cyons would prosper:
— from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3 by Browne, Thomas, Sir

Being arriv'd at Agamemnon's tent, Himself bade heralds put to fire a caldron, and present The service of it to the prince, to try if they could win His pleasure to admit their pains to cleanse the blood soak'd in About his conqu'ring hands and brows.
— from The Iliads of Homer Translated according to the Greek by Homer

An attempt has been made to produce this eBook in a format as close as possible to the original document's presentation and layout.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 5 by Various

But the guarantor powers carried out their obligations by promptly sending a combined naval expedition, which hauled down the Greek flag at Canea, and prevented the deputies from embarking for Peiraeus.
— from The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Arnold Toynbee

The copy in Dr. Williams' Library, Redcross Street, is remarkably fine and clean, a present, most probably, in the first instance, from the author, having an inscription on the fly leaf, apparently in Bunyan's autograph, 'This for my good and dearly beloved frend mistris Backcraft.'
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

Capitalization and hyphenation follow, as closely as possible, the practices established by the Quarterly Bulletin of Chinese Bibliography , Peking and Kunming.]
— from The China of Chiang K'ai-Shek: A Political Study by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

A large force also collected at Pettick's Island, and Hull; and a detachment with two eighteen pounders and a thirteen inch mortar took post on Long Island.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

{ Scanner's comment: The sign for Mars being an diagonal arrow rising from a circle, and pointing upwards towards the right.
— from Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John Bernhard Smith

It was determined, then, that this coast should be followed as closely as possible, so as to recognize any traces of them that might appear.
— from A Winter Amid the Ice, and Other Thrilling Stories by Jules Verne