Altan tobchi (translated into Russian by Galsan Gomboeff), in relating the history of the Mongols after their expulsion from China, and speaking of the Khans' tombs, calls them Naiman tzagan gher , i.e. 'Eight White Tents' (according to the number of chambers for the souls of the chief deceased Khans in Peking), and sometimes simply Tzagan gher , 'the White Tent,' which, according to the translator's explanation, denotes only Chingiz Khan's tomb."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

I question if either this scene or the exhibition of Macduff's grief is required to heighten our abhorrence of Macbeth's cruelty.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

And this deponent further saith, that said Anne Hampton, wife of Solomon Northup, is a respectable woman, of good character, and I would believe her statements, and do believe the facts set forth in her memorial to his excellency, the Governor, in relation to her said husband, are true.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

Madame d’Urfe put all her trust in the instructions which Selenis would give in reply to her letter.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The deliverance of Gaul is reported to have cost the lives of four hundred thousand of the invaders; a work of labor to the Romans, and of expense to the emperor, who gave a piece of gold for the head of every barbarian.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

That constitutes the science of government.” In referring to his policies, Don Custodio was not satisfied with the word art , and upon pronouncing the word government , he would extend his hand downwards to the height of a man bent over on his knees.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Witness Germany in relation to Holland, France, Austria, and Poland.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Marco Compioni was the architect who designed the wonderful structure more than five hundred years ago, and it took him forty-six years to work out the plan and get it ready to hand over to the builders.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Between ourselves, gentlemen, I rather think he did.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

If he goes on like the rejected lovers in books, you'll give in, rather than hurt his feelings." "No, I won't!
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The whole science of gambling-houses and their gains rests upon three things: the impassibility of the bank; the even results called “drawn games,” when half the money goes to the bank; and the notorious bad faith authorized by the government, in refusing to hold or pay the player’s stakes except optionally.
— from The Two Brothers by Honoré de Balzac

he growled, in response to his mother’s caresses and Walker’s effusive shaking of the hand.
— from A Dog with a Bad Name by Talbot Baines Reed

He disliked changes, even for the better, and would submit to great inconvenience rather than have things altered with which he had become familiar.
— from The Stoneground Ghost Tales Compiled from the recollections of the reverend Roland Batchel, the vicar of the parish. by E. G. (Edmund Gill) Swain

It seems, then, that if projectiles have gained in range, they have lost far more in weight.
— from From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: and a Trip Round It by Jules Verne

"Thank you, sir," she said gratefully, in reply to his offer of assistance, "but there isn't anything you can do, Mr. Gurnsey.
— from Just David by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

After a few remarks complimentary to that gentleman, in reference to his services in refuting the doctrine of nullification and in averting the danger of war by the treaty of Washington, Mr. Griswold gave the following toast:— "DANIEL WEBSTER,—the gift of New England to his country, his whole country, and nothing but his country."
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple