as it is from the meekness of Duncan; the real madness of Lear is as different from the feigned madness of Edgar [69] as from the babbling of the fool; the contrast between wit and folly in Falstaff and Shallow is not more characteristic though more obvious than the gradations of folly, loquacious or reserved, in Shallow and Silence; and again, the gallantry of Prince Henry is as little confounded with that of Hotspur as with the cowardice of Falstaff, or as the sensual and philosophic cowardice of the Knight is with the pitiful and cringing cowardice of Parolles.
— from The Collected Works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 01 (of 12) by William Hazlitt

The Peshwa agreed to abandon all claims on any territory in possession of the Gáikwár and to accept an annual payment of four lákhs of rupees in satisfaction of all previous debts.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

It is wonderful how Mr. Thomas Atkins, always adaptable, has mastered the French language, or rather, I should say, has compounded a language, half-French and half-English, but which nevertheless enables him to make himself understood and thoroughly at home in the most trying circumstances.
— from The Motor-Bus in War Being the Impressions of an A.S.C. Officer during Two and a Half Years at the Front by A. M. Beatson

Every time he thought of eternity, of a future life, of reunions in some unknown state, it was to her that his heart went out.
— from Robert Burns by Gabriel Setoun

“A single man can push a goods truck with full load on rails,” I said.
— from Wanderers by Knut Hamsun

Beresford’s turning movement, in fact, had been completely successful—far more so than Wellesley had thought likely; he had not only succeeded in placing himself across the French line of retreat into Spain, but had beaten Loison and thrown him back into Soult’s arms.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 2, Jan.-Sep. 1809 From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign by Charles Oman

The country through which they travelled was singularly fine, level, or rising in small hills of a very pleasing and picturesque appearance.
— from The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789) by Arthur Phillip