A fly-leaf bore in small, but clear and well-known pencil characters: "From P. C. D. E. to L—y."
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

As for poor Chevalier de Grave, he, in this whirl of things all coming to a press and pinch upon him, loses head, and merely whirls with them, in a totally distracted manner; signing himself at last, 'De Grave, Mayor of Paris:' whereupon he demits, returns over the Channel, to walk in Kensington Gardens; ( Dumont, c. 19, 21. )
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The Italian Press has not failed to notice the significance of the provision, and alleges that this clause was inserted during the absence of the Italian representatives from Paris ( Corriere della Sera , July 19, 1919).
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

Species of bowing such as legato , detached, staccato , spiccato , portamento , martellato , light staccato , saltando , attack at the nut and at the point, and (down bow and up bow), in every degree of tone, fortissimo , pianissimo , crescendo , diminuendo , sforzando , morendo —all this belongs to the natural realm of the string quartet.
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

↑ 298 Personal information from Prof. Clinton Duncan, of Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, whose father’s house was the one thus burned.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Roasting coffee is work of a sort which anybody can do, which a few people can do really well, and no one so well but that further improvement is possible.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

And over each quivering form, The curtain, a funeral pall, Comes down with the rush of a storm, And the angels, all pallid and wan, Uprising, unveiling, affirm That the play is the tragedy, “Man,” And its hero the Conqueror Worm.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

" '"Sir knight," replied the Baron, "how is it possible, that my future peace can depend upon my present determination?
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Despite his desperate shouts that used to seem so terrible to the soldiers, despite his furious purple countenance distorted out of all likeness to his former self, and the flourishing of his saber, the soldiers all continued to run, talking, firing into the air, and disobeying orders.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

[C] TABLE III—Continued Soldier Settlement Plans For United Kingdom And Provinces [15] Acres Assigned Country Total Individual Holdings Tenure Training Needed Demonstration Farm Provided Capital Desirable Dominion of Canada [16] Certain dominion lands 160 Free grant
— from A Stake in the Land by Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek

"A founder it had, whom, for mine own part, I think incomparably the wisest man that ever the French (protestant) church, did enjoy, since the hour it enjoyed him.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

If it be objected, that Swift and Warburton did not choose openly to set up the interpretations of later and more rational divines against the decisions of their own {48} Church, and from prudential considerations did not attack the doctrine in toto : that is their concern (I would answer), and it is more charitable to think otherwise.
— from Aids to Reflection; and, The Confessions of an Inquiring Spirit by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

I am assured by Mr. J.W. Clark that his father (Prof. Clark) did not support Sedgwick in the attack.) made a regular and savage onslaught on my book lately at the Cambridge Philosophical Society, but Henslow seems to have defended me well, and maintained that the subject was a legitimate one for investigation.
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

Then Felix came down from the tree that he had never climbed; which queer feat few people could duplicate, in even a varied experience.
— from Rocky Mountain Boys; Or, Camping in the Big Game Country by St. George Rathborne

Appearances of the kind, which an age on the lookout for portents can define, and make others see, are not wanting in any period.
— from The Makers of Modern Rome, in Four Books by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

[Armindo AGUIAR, secretary general]; Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe or MLSTP [Francisco Fortunas PIRES]; Christian Democratic Front or FDC [Alphonse Dos SANTOS]; Democratic Opposition Coalition or CODO; Independent Democratic Action or ADI [Carlos NEVES]; other small parties International organization participation: ACP, AfDB, CEEAC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Intelsat (nonsignatory user), Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), ITU, NAM, OAU, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WHO, WMO, WToO, WTrO (applicant)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

We passed fatigue parties coming down for rations and the dust was most distressing.
— from With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia 1916—1917 by Anonymous

When I took office, immunization levels for preventable childhood diseases had fallen to 70%.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents