He has received certificates of character from A. Schultens, Herder, Eichorn, Dathe, Ilgen, who proposed a new word for Satan in the prologue of Job, which would make him a faithful but too suspicious servant of God.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

It was with delight, therefore, that we noted the rapidity with which the preparations for the impending campaign were carried forward, and saw how each day the disorderly host that had been gathered at Huitzilan was changing from a confused mass of good fighting material into a body fairly well adapted to the needs of war.
— from The Aztec Treasure-House by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier

It is a well-known fact that, in all countries, fathers and sons have entertained different views, both political and religious, and have given public expression of them; so, also, brothers have arrayed themselves against brothers in civil and ecclesiastical contests.
— from Woman: Man's Equal by Thomas Webster

This had been done out of mere wantoness, after ingress had been effected at other points, as was evident from the fact of the flowers and shrubs having escaped damage.
— from Hyde Park from Domesday-book to Date by John Ashton

Pat’s a trump, anyhow, and I shall never go back on her for anything she has ever done.
— from Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron's Memories by Caroline E. (Caroline Elizabeth) Merrick

I heard of various cases in which father and son had espoused different sides in order that property might be retained both in the North and in the South.
— from North America — Volume 2 by Anthony Trollope

Whatever sounds there were in the streets came to her softened and mellowed over the snow-laden ground, and as she listened she felt a great wave of inward happiness surge into her heart and make the possibilities of life seem very different to her from anything she had ever dreamed of before.
— from The Governess by Julie M. Lippmann

Margaret gave him a still look full in the face, and, seeing his emotion, did not even approach to offer him any welcome.
— from David Elginbrod by George MacDonald

And, as if to hide its infamy from the face of heaven, this city wears upon its brow an everlasting cloud, which even the fresh fan of the morning fails to disperse for a single hour each day!
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

However, Charles, who was now king, implicitly believed in him through all his failures, and supported his exorbitant demands for money to carry on his unpopular and unsuccessful foreign policy.
— from The Story of Westminster Abbey by Violet Brooke-Hunt