The body found at the Barrière du Roule, was found under such circumstances as to leave us no room for embarrassment upon this important point.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

Pale, with a dull eye and heavy heart, all the noble features of that face, usually so calm and serene, were overcast by grief.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

As they reasoned with me, there was one passage of Scripture which I could not get over, that 'the sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto Him shall the gathering of the people be.'
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

The body found at the Barri�re du Roule, was found under such circumstances as to leave us no room for embarrassment upon this important point.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be."
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

[3871] ———subitus miserae color ossa reliquit, Excussi manibus radii, revolutaque pensa: Evolat infelix et foemineo ululatu Scissa comam——— Another would needs run upon the sword's point after Euryalus' departure, [3872]
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

[4718] You know marriage is honourable, a blessed calling, appointed by God himself in Paradise; it breeds true peace, tranquillity, content, and happiness, qua nulla est aut fuit unquam sanctior conjunctio , as Daphnaeus in [4719]
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Fourthly and chiefly it was impossible, because never since the world began has a war been fought under such conditions as those that obtained in 1812, and the Russian army in its pursuit of the French strained its strength to the utmost and could not have done more without destroying itself.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Only a few hours ago I was longing to meet you face to face under such conditions as would render your death a secret.
— from The Yellow Face by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

Indeed, he had now a horror of being alone, following Janet from morn till eve, like a shadow, and stooping forward, when the dark began to gather, with great, silent tears rolling over his face, unless she came and took the cricket at his foot, slipping her warm hand into his, and helping him to himself with the unspoken sympathy.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

[ 9 ] The first of these, in 1582, commanded by Strozzi, consisted of 55 ships and 5,000 men. Terceira, which was held for Dom Antonio, welcomed it at once, and in the midst of the rejoicings to celebrate the event the Spanish fleet under Santa Cruz appeared and scattered the French like chaff, Strozzi being killed, Antonio barely escaping, and the fleet almost entirely destroyed.
— from The Year after the Armada, and Other Historical Studies by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume

Our facilities for following up such cases are limited.
— from The Making of a Trade School by Mary Schenck Woolman

Her lifted face, fresh and flushed in the driving rain, woke in him a memory of having seen it at a distant time and in a vaguely unsympathetic setting; but it was no moment to follow up such clues, and the face was obviously one to make its way on its own merits.
— from The Reef by Edith Wharton

61.—If a player or players (not being all) throw his or their cards on the table face upwards, such cards are exposed, and liable to be called, each player's by the adversary; but no player who retains his hand can be forced to abandon it.
— from Hoyle's Games Modernized by Professor Hoffmann