"You will see that these modifications of the simple bordure afford a great variety of differences, and when they are exhausted the expedient can then be resorted to of placing on the bordures charges taken from other coats, often from those of a maternal ancestor; or they may be arbitrarily assigned to denote some personal characteristic of the bearer, as in the case of James Maitland, Major in the Scots regiment of Foot Guards, who carries the dismembered lion of his family within a bordure wavy azure charged with eight hand grenades or, significant, I presume, of his military profession.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The gluttony of Swine is put before us, as an example to the young.”
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

I then repeat this idea once, twice, thrice, &c., and find the compound idea of extension, arising from its repetition, always to augment, and become double, triple, quadruple, &c., till at last it swells up to a considerable bulk, greater or smaller, in proportion as I repeat more or less the same idea.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Having left that soldier who was evidently drunk, Rostóv stopped the horse of a batman or groom of some important personage and began to question him.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

It is never intentionally killed, and, if accidentally hurt or killed, an image of it in gold or silver is presented by high caste Hindus to a Siva temple.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Still it seems undeniable that this harmony is liable to be disturbed; and that while on the one hand individuals may and do sacrifice their greatest apparent happiness to the gratification of some imperious particular desire, so, on the other hand, self-love is liable to engross the mind to a degree incompatible with a healthy and vigorous outflow of those ‘disinterested’ impulses towards particular objects, the pre-existence of which is necessary to the attainment, in any high degree, of the happiness at which self-love aims.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Be clever to every one in general, old Sharp in particular, and when a chance comes, have your wits about you and grab it.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

Yet I would not venture to aver that in Germany no vein of gold or silver is produced; for who has ever searched?
— from Tacitus on Germany by Cornelius Tacitus

They are regulated altogether by the value of the stock employed, and are greater or smaller in proportion to the extent of this stock.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

This is the monkey's own giving out: she is persuaded I will marry her, out of her own love and flattery, not out of my promise.
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare

It was no more use to think of stopping them to see the pictures now than when they were going out; so I pigeon-holed what the carts say about S. Alfio with my poor mother’s problem about what influence people who never go to church have over their servants.
— from Castellinaria, and Other Sicilian Diversions by Henry Festing Jones

The tomahawk was too much for him—Sir Ulick felt that it was fearful odds to stand fencing according to rule with one who would not scruple to gouge or scalp, if provoked.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 09 by Maria Edgeworth

“The only person in this house,” I said to myself, “who has a grain of sense is poor old Hannah.”
— from Dumps - A Plain Girl by L. T. Meade

[416] Cleghorn's Forests and Gardens of Southern India , p. 16.
— from Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India. by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

There is little cacao grown in the mainland African colonies, though the German Government offers special inducements Page 98 in the Kameruns; no British African colony grows it to any extent.
— from The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa by Brandon Head

[476] Cleghorn's Forests and Gardens of South India , pp.
— from Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India. by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

A strong guard of sepoys is posted there.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

These discrepancies remind one of the ancient Buddhist belief regarding such footmarks, that they seemed greater or smaller in proportion to the faith of the visitor!
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

Thus, partly from the jealousy of rival boards, partly from the greediness of shareholders in purchased lines, partly from the dishonest schemings of directors, partly from the manœuvres of those whose occupation it is to carry out the projects legally authorized, partly, and perhaps mainly, from the delusive appearance of prosperity maintained by many established companies, there came the wild speculations of 1844 and 1845.
— from Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 3 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. by Herbert Spencer