But it must be admitted that this loss of popularity and esteem was, in part at least, caused by grave faults of the King, which, with reckless audacity, he committed again and again, while the general loss of royal prestige and authority throughout Europe as a consequence of the French Revolution of 1789 had also a great deal to do with it.
— from Famous Assassinations of History from Philip of Macedon, 336 B. C., to Alexander of Servia, A. D. 1903 by Francis Johnson

Pretty good lot of rifle powder.
— from The Lost Gold of the Montezumas: A Story of the Alamo by William O. Stoddard

"Shows great looseness of religious principle," said Aunt Nesbit.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Those, however, near to the great line of road, purchase also much of the food from the more distant villages for the sake of gain.
— from Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone

The latter is covered two inches deep with more stone or gravel and over all go lengths of roofing paper cut slightly wider than the trench so that, when in place, the paper arches and fits tightly to the sides.
— from If You're Going to Live in the Country by Thomas H. (Thomas Hamilton) Ormsbee

The cross head which engages the piston rod is made somewhat longer than the diameter of the cylinder, and two great links or rods proceed one from each end of the cross head to one of the side levers or beams.
— from A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

Among the common herd his glowing laudations of Roman patriotism, devotion, and sacrifice, caused him to be regarded with disfavour, and the epithet "the Roman" was frequently applied to him.
— from Beric the Briton : a Story of the Roman Invasion by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Then the Gardeniers, of Hudson and thereabouts, distinguished by many triumphant feats: such as robbing water-melon patches, smoking rabbits out of their holes, and the like, and by being great lovers of roasted pigs' tails; these were the ancestors of the renowned congressman of that name.
— from Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete by Washington Irving