At the beginning of the Empire she married the son of one of the neighbors of the family, then Vicomte and later Comte de Granville; and, under the influence of Abbe Fontanon, she maintained at Paris the manners and customs of an extreme devotee.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

During her absence, a neighbor had seen two gypsies ascend up to it with a bundle in their arms, then descend again, after closing the door.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Yet nothing for all that stirs from its place my neighbours still find their seasons of sowing and reaping, the opportunities of doing their business, the hurtful and propitious days, dust at the same time where they had, time out of mind, assigned them; there was no more error perceived in our old use, than there is amendment found in the alteration; so great an uncertainty there is throughout; so gross, obscure, and obtuse is our perception.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Apparently he has long ago grown as used to it as to the buzzing of the flies, and feels it superfluous to protest.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

This Instinct in Man is more general and uncircumscribed than in Brutes, as being enlarged by the Dictates of Reason and Duty.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

In the general joy, Mr. N. said he should like to go ashore upon the island and examine a spot which probably no human being had ever set foot upon; but the captain intimated that he would see the island—specimens and all,—in—another place, before he would get out a boat or delay the ship one moment for him.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

When the tea-bell rung, Jo appeared, looking so grim and unapproachable that it took all Amy's courage to say meekly,— "Please forgive me, Jo; I'm very, very sorry."
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

SOCRATES: When we walk we walk for the sake of the good, and under the idea that it is better to walk, and when we stand we stand equally for the sake of the good? POLUS:
— from Gorgias by Plato

She could scarcely contain her joy at my recovery, and bade me kiss her, with which request I complied gladly, all unworthy though I felt of so great a favour.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Without accepting either, I considered Frederic as my benefactor and protector, and became so sincerely attached to him, that from that moment I interested myself as much in his glory as until then I had thought his successes unjust.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Dioxysalicylic acid , C 6 H 2 (OH) 3 CO.OH, exists ready formed in some plants, and is a product of the fermentation of gallotannic acid under the influence of the nitrogenous ferment, pectase, or of its decomposition by boiling with acids or alkalies.
— from A Text-book of Tanning A treatise on the conversion of skins into leather, both practical and theoretical. by H. R. (Henry Richardson) Procter

As your guests arrive, usher them into the house and do not let them even see the yard if it can be avoided; keep the grounds for a pleasant surprise a little later.
— from Things Worth Doing and How To Do Them by Lina Beard

It is one of the great amusements up there," indicating the North with his head.
— from A Little Girl in Old Detroit by Amanda M. Douglas

It came over me slowly, but it came with such a passion of gratitude and unworthiness, that I scarcely knew how to tell her—that He never has been to me, in all my life, what he is now at the end of these six months.
— from The Gates Ajar by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

The gasholder, as it sinks in the water of the cistern, presses with less force on the contained gas, and unless this inequality of pressure were counteracted there would be very unequal velocities in the flow of gas from the burner.
— from Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century by Robert Routledge

The gods, an unnamed Titan in their own element, had all the nave of the Jacobins {410} ’ church.
— from The Wanderers by Mary Johnston

The long-bow was used by the Anglo-Saxons, but not extensively, and but few illustrations are found in MSS., while examples of arrow-heads in graves are uncommon; those illustrated in Fig.
— from British and Foreign Arms & Armour by Charles Henry Ashdown

In an old black-letter work without date, but unmistakeably of the sixteenth century, entitled The Book of pretty Cōceits, taken out of Latine, French, Dutch, and English , there is a receipt "To make Green Ginger," commencing thus:—"Take rases of cased ginger and use them in this sort."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 216, December 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

It took me back to the time I was a girl and used to imagine that some fine young man was coming to talk to me that way and offer me a happy home and all heart could desire.
— from Ann Boyd: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

One of its stated objects was "the union of all true believers in the Spirit of God and upon the inspired Word."
— from Birth of a Reformation; Or, The Life and Labors of Daniel S. Warner by A. L. (Andrew L.) Byers