There was a serious division among the townspeople on the subject; some threatening to withdraw their children from such evil companionship, and others as warmly upholding the course of the master in his work of reclamation.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

The twins went out of the office arm-in-arm, and Nicholas, who saw in this act of kindness, and many others of which he had been the subject that morning, only so many delicate renewals on the arrival of their nephew of the kind assurance which the brothers had given him in his absence, could scarcely feel sufficient admiration and gratitude for such extraordinary consideration.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

18.] I am betimes sensible of the little breezes that begin to sing and whistle within, forerunners of the storm: “Ceu flamina prima Cum deprensa fremunt sylvis et caeca volutant Murmura, venturos nautis prodentia ventos.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

2. Write five sentences, each containing a numeral adverb; five containing an adverbial phrase that includes a numeral. EXERCISE 28 ( §§ 209–215 ,
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

"Father," said Eppie, clasping his arm, "what's the matter?"
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

the arms of Bradway of Potscliff, co. Gloucester ["Argent, a chevron gules between three bunches of grapes proper"] and of Viscountess Beaconsfield, the daughter of Captain John Viney Evans ["Argent, a bunch of grapes stalked and leaved proper, between two flaunches sable, each charged with a boar's head argent"] are instances in point.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

] Note 43 ( return ) [ We may learn from Seneca (epist. cxxiii.)
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

I looked back, and there were Barkins and Smith leaning over the side watching us, but I hardly noticed them, for something else caught my eye.
— from Blue Jackets: The Log of the Teaser by George Manville Fenn

(The new Aetna drivotrainer film series) Eastman color.
— from Motion Pictures 1960-1969: Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

With a line I dispose of the release from custody of the writer and of Zeno the Great, following suitable explanations carried on with the aid of Miss Canbee's cousin.
— from Fibble, D.D. by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

Under these circumstances, I received, on the Sunday morning before the Tuesday on which Parliament met, a printed circular from Sir Edward Cust, 112 similar to that which I have no doubt was addressed to all the other foreign ministers, inviting me to attend the opening of the session.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis

The faint, sweet echo came up—if he could but catch the words!
— from What Dreams May Come by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

In the spring of 1917 we bought the plans of the howitzer from Schneider et Cie. and began at once the work of translating the specifications into American measurements.
— from America's Munitions 1917-1918 by Benedict Crowell

Author of Self-Raised , Ishmael , Retribution , The Bridal Eve , The Bride's Fate , Mother-in-Law , The Haunted Homestead , The Bride's Dowry , Victor's Triumph , A Fortune Seeker , etc. CHAPTER I. LUCKENOUGH.
— from The Missing Bride by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth