He found very regularly an immediate deflection of the galvanometer, indicating an abrupt alteration of the intra-cerebral temperature.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

If her Grace, the most sensible gracious Frau von Robinig, does not on this occasion change the period of her gracious journey to Munich, her Grace will be unable to hear one note of my opera.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

We must look to other measures for the solution of the Japanese problem, if it should prove true, as seems probable, that we are not able or, for various reasons, do not care permanently to hold back the rising tide of the oriental invasion.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

It was all in one great room, like a circus amphitheater, with a gallery for visitors running over the center.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

But that pride is the reason why it is now almost impossible for us to feel in sympathy with those immense periods of the 'Morality of Custom,' which lie at the beginning of the 'world's history,' constituting as they do the real decisive historical principle which has [Pg 146] fixed the character of humanity; those periods, I repeat, when throughout the world suffering passed for virtue, cruelty for virtue, deceit for virtue, revenge for virtue, repudiation of the reason for virtue; and when, conversely, well-being passed current for danger, the desire for knowledge for danger, pity for danger, peace for danger, being pitied for shame, work for shame, madness for divinity, and change for immorality and incarnate corruption!"
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

When he had dismissed the question, he talked with Ugo on some subject, which led to the mention of Signor Orsino and of the affair that had banished him from Venice; respecting which Emily had ventured to ask a few questions.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

No time is this for vain regret: Thy hero son a hero met; And he whose might in battle pressed Lord Indra and the Gods confessed, Whose power was stranger to defeat, Has gained in heaven a blissful seat.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The following various readings are found in another version:— ↑ 56 Jintala.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Mademoiselle Bourienne, with whom she had never been able to be quite frank, had now become unpleasant to her, and for various reasons Princess Mary avoided her.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The accession of Justin was received with universal joy; and the new emperor at once sent a high officer, Gratus, count of the sacred consistory, to announce it to Pope Hormisdas, with a letter in which he said that "John, who had succeeded as bishop of Constantinople, [Pg 164] and the other bishops assembled there from various regions, having written to your Holiness for the unity of the churches, have earnestly besought us also to address our imperial letters to your Beatitude.
— from The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

Stepping close to the water’s edge I drew the light canoe up by its bark rope, disturbing either a small reptile or some great fish as I did so, for there was a rushing swirl in the water and the frail vessel rocked to and fro.
— from The Golden Magnet by George Manville Fenn

The British Museum is, in fact, very rich in Bunbury's prints; and his series there of the "Arabian Nights" (in colour, engraved by Ryder) may be noted here (the print of [Pg 51]
— from The Eighteenth Century in English Caricature by Selwyn Brinton

The next was the demolition, for various reasons, of houses inhabited by the working classes and poorer people, and the consequent displacement of the people.
— from The Sanitary Evolution of London by Henry (Henry Lorenzo) Jephson

The wardress was even now in the act of closing the door of her cubicle, and there were a couple of soldiers who were disappearing from view round one end of the passage, whilst Chauvelin’s retreating form was lost in the gloom at the other.
— from El Dorado: An Adventure of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

It was made up of detachments from various regiments, and No. 1 Co. consisted of seventy N. C. O.'s and men of the Royal Sussex, brought up by Lieut.
— from Two Years on Trek: Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa by Louis Eugène Du Moulin

The much proclaimed fellowship of the Allies, ‘cemented by the blood shed on the field,’ vanished rapidly.
— from The Fruits of Victory A Sequel to The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

Lastly, the combat between Don Carnal and Doña Quaresma is most brilliantly adapted from the Bataille de Karesme et de Charnage :— Seignor, ge ne vos quier celer, Uns fablel vueil renoveler Qui lonc tens a esté perdus: Onques mais Rois, ne Quens, ne Dus N’oïrent de millor estoire, Par ce l’ai-ge mis en mémoire.
— from Chapters on Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly