At Henry's mansion then, in Blank-Blank Square, Was Juan a recherche, welcome guest, As many other noble scions were; And some who had but talent for their crest; Or wealth, which is a passport every where; Or even mere fashion, which indeed 's the best Recommendation; and to be well drest Will very often supersede the rest.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

The Rennes people have elected Farmer Gerard, 'a man of natural sense and rectitude, without any learning.'
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The security policies of the Allies often gave the Germans a monopoly of news on a given operation.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

However, Pencroft had thought of doing so, but Cyrus Harding having told him that even if he managed to count three hundred grains a minute, or nine thousand an hour, it would take him nearly five thousand five-hundred years to finish his task, the honest sailor considered it best to give up the idea.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

However, Pencroft had thought of doing so, [Pg 210] but Cyrus Harding having told him that even if he managed to count three hundred grains a minute, or nine thousand an hour, it would take him nearly five thousand five hundred years to finish his task, the honest sailor considered it best to give up the idea.
— from Abandoned by Jules Verne

He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall come no more forth: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from My God, and Mine own new name.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation by William Milligan

On the following day, September 9th, the grand prior, Don Ferdinando, gave a magnificent dinner, to which Egmont and Horn, together with Noircarmes, the Viscount of Ghent, and many other noblemen were invited.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) by John Lothrop Motley

[Pg 30] The Marquis of Worcester was sincerely impressed with the capabilities and great value of his invention; and it affords a striking proof of his high estimation and correct knowledge of the magnitude of his discovery, that he should have bowed himself before his Maker in humble adoration, acknowledging in a solemnly sublime strain his sense of obligation to the Supreme Source of all intelligence, for permitting him to become instrumental in the development of so great a mystery of nature.
— from Scientific Studies; or, Practical, in Contrast with Chimerical Pursuits by Henry Dircks

The next day he informed the Preceptor that the alchemist was ready to begin the making of Spanish gold, and must on no account be disturbed.
— from Masters of the Guild by Louise Lamprey

"Get a move on, now."
— from Ken Ward in the Jungle by Zane Grey

On the hillside to the south are several avenues about which are grouped others of the Foreign Pavilions—the picturesque gardens of Japan, the open court of France, with its Rodin bronze, and the dignified pavilions of Australia, Norway, Greece and many other nations.
— from The Architecture and Landscape Gardening of the Exposition A Pictorial Survey of the Most Beautiful Achitectural Compositions of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition by Louis Christian Mullgardt

The period for the growth and maturing of nearly all your grains [90] and vegetables has been perceptibly shortened, and entirely new forms produced, within the past century, and largely within the period of your own lifetime.
— from Intermere by William Alexander Taylor

On the reverse was inscribed this sentence:— "Keep me still meditating on Thy infinite greatness and my own nothingness, so that all the questions of my life may be answered and my mind abundantly instructed in the path of Niphan!"
— from The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Anna Harriette Leonowens

A more elaborate and effective method has however been patented, and is now manufactured by Messrs. Goddard and Massey of Nottingham, which is known as Dr. Ranson’s system.
— from The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's Handbook by H. Percy (Henry Percy) Boulnois