The Student's Gibbon, abridged (Murray); Memoirs, edited by Emerson, in Athenaeum Press.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Their attention was so wholly riveted to this point of interest that they did not notice me, and I easily could have turned back into the dark recesses of the gorge and made my escape with perfect safety.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

However gladly a man may eat sardines in oil he is likely to turn aside when his eyes are closed and an open can of sardines is held under his nose.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

No, sir, he's very good about my money, except when he's not himself, and then, of course, he treats me very badly.
— from The Silver Box: A Comedy in Three Acts by John Galsworthy

It was very kind to go and make my excuses for me to people who are almost strangers to you.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

*dyiniral — admisyun, — manidyir, — Makartur [ 245 ] general admission, manager, MacArthur, et al. dyíns n thick long trousers for women.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

"These girls were anxious to be good, and made many excellent resolutions; but they did not keep them very well, and were constantly saying, 'If we only had this,' or 'If we could only do that,' quite forgetting how much they already had, and how many pleasant things they actually could do.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The people shouted with one voice that the Buffoon had given a much more exact imitation, and ordered the Countryman to be driven from the stage.
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus

"These girls were anxious to be good and made many excellent resolutions, but they did not keep them very well, and were constantly saying, 'If only we had this,' or 'If we could only do that,' quite forgetting how much they already had, and how many things they actually could do.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Compiled & arranged from various sources by Helen Young, with the assistance of Georgia A. Morrison & Margaret Eliot.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

wake up," said the little girl as Mrs. Marshall entered.
— from Leah Mordecai: A Novel by Belle K. (Belle Kendrick) Abbott

No, my dear Mrs. Grantham, a man misses everything you like to name, but he does not miss such a train as that.
— from Woman and Artist by Max O'Rell

“I’ve got assets my market enemies never dream of.
— from Hearts of Three by Jack London

One gets also much more effect out of concerted movements—above all, if there are many players—when all the clothes are the same colour.
— from The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 4 (of 8) The Hour-glass. Cathleen ni Houlihan. The Golden Helmet. The Irish Dramatic Movement by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

Military Military branches: no organized native military forces; only a small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA% Military - note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark Transnational Issues Disputes - international: none ______________________________________________________________________
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

@Faroe Islands:Military Military branches: no organized native military forces; only a small Police Force and Coast Guard are maintained Military expenditures - dollar figure: $NA Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA% Military - note: defense is the responsibility of Denmark @Faroe Islands:Transnational Issues Disputes - international: none ______________________________________________________________________
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Gibbon, a much more enlightened observer, sometimes neglects important details connected with this period, and in his latter volumes, too often forgets the Greeks to speak of the barbarous nations of the East and West that had shared the wrecks of the Roman empire.
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 2 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud