Government relaxed in every sinew, and a corrupt selfish spirit pervading the whole.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

And it is precisely the disposition to give rise, in evil surroundings, to calamities dreadful but at the same time tragic, because due in some measure to the person who endures them.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

In fact, as a general rule, in every ship that I embarked in, I was far from finding seamen so rough and uncivil as travellers often represent them to be.
— from A Woman's Journey Round the World From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor by Ida Pfeiffer

Late in the evening, Mr. Gray returned in excellent spirits, rubbing one hand over the other complacently.
— from Mattie:—A Stray (Vol 3 of 3) by F. W. (Frederick William) Robinson

The various chapters of the work deal with the history of the empire in brief, its government, religions, its educational system, the nurture of the young, superstitions, funeral and wedding rites, the language, food and dress, honors, architecture, music, medicine and other subjects.
— from The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 6 by Various

The newspapers would soon grow rich, if everybody should take to advertising what he did not want.
— from The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by James Russell Lowell

The act, and its attendant cruelties, gained for him in the South the name of "The Butcher;" and its recital found grim response in every southern camp—as each hard hand clasped tighter round the hard musket stock—and there was an answering throb to the cry of Thompson's prompt war song: "Let this be the watchword of one and of all— Remember the Butcher, McNeil!" Meantime, Mississippi had been the scene of new disasters.
— from Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death by T. C. (Thomas Cooper) De Leon

This is of a more deciduous nature than Y. gloriosa , reclothing itself each spring more amply with foliage.
— from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood