To the left of this central group, robed in velvet and silk, stand the ladies around Margaret, the sister of the Emperor; she, in the garb of a nun, sits in her chair as in a prie-dieu .
— from The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) Revised edition continued by the author to the end of the XIX century by Richard Muther
The Canadian ore, on the other hand, generally runs in veins and seams, which almost invariably improve both in quantity and quality the lower you go down, but where or how it ends has never yet been discovered.
— from Asbestos, Its production and use With some account of the asbestos mines of Canada by Robert H. Jones
Even priest and prophet stagger through strong drink ; and the class that should have been the conscience of the city, responding immediately to the word of God, reel in vision and stumble in judgement .
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume 1 (of 2) by George Adam Smith
His bright face bore the impress of a horror still unconquered, as he gazed restlessly into vacancy, and seemed to be seeking something, now above and now in the ground.
— from In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 04 by Georg Ebers
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