A fourfold layer of chilled steel forms the door.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

(For List of Conjunctions see Appendix I. pp. 274-276.)
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

In due season, about July 15th, our division moved forward leaving our camps standing; Keyes's brigade in the lead, then Schenck's, then mine, and Richardson's last.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Per piu` fiate li occhi ci sospinse quella lettura, e scolorocci il viso; ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

But One does not lightly abdicate the honor To serve as target to the enemy (Cards, dice, fall again, and the cadets smoke with evident delight): Had I been present when your scarf fell low, --Our courage, Sir, is of a different sort-- I would have picked it up and put it on.
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

Within this first line of conquering settlers towns are built, and vast States founded.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

When the tale is told, the sick healed, wrong changed to right, poverty of purse and spirit turned into riches, lovers made worthy of each other and happily united, including Carolina Lee and her affinity, it is borne upon the reader that he has been giving rapid attention to a free lecture on Christian Science; that the working out of each character is an argument for "Faith;" and that the theory is persuasively attractive.
— from Conjuror's House: A Romance of the Free Forest by Stewart Edward White

Accustom yourself to write familiar letters on common subjects to your friends in England, such as are of a moderate understanding.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Charles Lamb

Jack, as he found that Captain Sawbridge did not immediately assent, pressed the matter hard; at last Captain Sawbridge, who reflected that Gascoigne’s interest hereafter would be much greater through his friend Easy than any other quarter, and that the more the friendship was cemented the more advantageous it might prove to Gascoigne, gave his consent to our hero’s wish, who called on board the Latona to acquaint Gascoigne and the first lieutenant of Captain Sawbridge’s intentions, and then went on board of Rebiera and ordered Mesty to come with his portmanteau on shore to the inn, that he might dress for dinner.
— from Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat

Burly, James Lo. Couper , Sir Archald Johnstoun of Waristoun Clerk Register, Sir Daniel Carmichael Thesaurer Depute, Sir John Hope of Craighall, Mr George Winraham of Libbertoun, Mr Alex. Person of Southhal, Alex. Brodie of that ilk, four of the ordinary Lords of the Session, Arthur Ersken of Scotscrage , Laird of Wauchtoun, Sir David Hume of Wedderburne, Laird of Edzell , Laird of Nidrie, Sir William Scot of Harden , Laird of Greenheid , Laird of Freeland , Laird of Cesnock , Sr.
— from The Acts Of The General Assemblies of the Church of Scotland by Church of Scotland. General Assembly

Mr. Williams in his excellent Welsh essay on the Folk Lore of Carmarthenshire, says that he had been informed by a middle aged person of a curious old custom of playing with eggs.
— from Folk-Lore of West and Mid-Wales by Jonathan Ceredig Davies

Again on June 21st, General Crealock, then engaged in completing the fortifications at Napoleon hill, rode out across the Umlalazi river with a small staff and escort, to interview a chief named Umguelumgwizi, who had just made friendly overtures and expressed a wish to consult the General as to what his future line of conduct should [320] be.
— from The Story of the Zulu Campaign by Edmund Verney Wyatt Edgell

However, exceptions are provided for, either in case future legislation on civil servants contains contrary provisions, or if, up to then, the law on civil servants of the Empire and the laws of the states have provided a different rule.
— from The New German Constitution by René Brunet

It surely requires an imagination of wider scope to believe that the writer was not transcribing or interpreting an authentic document than to accept the most fantastic legends of Celtic saints.
— from The Celtic Christianity of Cornwall: Divers Sketches and Studies by Thomas Taylor