In addition to the pseudonym of M. Jules, under which he was known by Catherine Goussard, Jacques Collin also took for a time the English name of William Barker, creditor for Georges d'Estourny.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

She saw hunger in his grimy cheeks; she saw that his manners were those of a gentleman, and his clothes poor enough for any tramp, though evidently not made for a tramp.
— from A Rough Shaking by George MacDonald

I was deeply stirred by the reading of this wonderful creation, by the thoroughly human truth of his struggle, his disappointments, waverings and weaknesses, his courage and self-denial, his alternately proud and discouraged bearing, his very explainable self-deception, caused by the influence of his childish followers and worshippers, his fatal and truly tragic ending, not desired but foreboded, and manfully not evaded, - immutable necessary result of human weakness in human heroic strength.
— from The Bride of Dreams by Frederik van Eeden

There was the lonely hut and the far-reaching plain, nothing in sight but the bluffs far away to the east, nothing at all, only that red bundle lying there alone and neglected.
— from The Moving Finger by Mary Gaunt

And yet, for all this, there exists not a single instance of a swarm refusing its duty, or allowing itself to be baffled or discouraged by the strangeness of its surroundings, except only in the case of the new dwelling being absolutely uninhabitable, or impregnated with evil odours.
— from The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck

For a time they experienced no difficulty in following the edge of the creek, and thus scrutinizing the opposite shore as well as the one they were on.
— from Canoe Boys and Campfires; Or, Adventures on Winding Waters by William Murray Graydon

By 1882 the people began to look forward again throughout the entire nation.
— from A History of the Town of Fairfax by Jeanne Johnson Rust

We cannot give figures as to the exact number who used alcohol or cigarettes in moderation.
— from Commercialized Prostitution in New York City by George J. (George Jackson) Kneeland

Two other circumstances defeated General Grant's attempt to reach the point first—the extreme rapidity of the march of the Confederate advance force, and the excellent fighting of Stuart's dismounted men, who harassed and delayed General Warren, leading the Federal advance throughout the entire night.
— from A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke

In general their size is about four feet, and the tallest exceed not four feet and a half.
— from Buffon's Natural History. Volume 04 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de