He had himself, in reply to a question, confirmed Stamford’s opinion upon that point.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle

Furthermore, I will neither think nor say, nor can I believe, that the unstraightness is so irregular, or the corruption so evident, of those of the parliament of Mirelingois in Mirelingues, before whom Bridlegoose was arraigned for prevarication, that they will maintain it to be a worse practice to have the decision of a suit at law referred to the chance and hazard of a throw of the dice, hab nab, or luck as it will, than to have it remitted to and passed by the determination of those whose hands are full of blood and hearts of wry affections.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

By the first, the proposals of the South-Sea Company were accepted, and that body held itself ready to advance the sum of two millions towards discharging the principal and interest of the debt due by the state for the four lottery funds, of the ninth and tenth years of Queen Anne.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

The imperative necessity of ousting his rival by some means or other, flashed quickly upon him, and he immediately resolved to adopt certain proceedings tending to that end and object, without a moment’s delay.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Next, we shall ask our opponent how, in reference to any of the pursuits or arts of civic life, the nature of a woman differs from that of a man?
— from The Republic by Plato

The necessity of finding some artificial support for a government, which, from a principle, not of moderation, but of weakness, was reduced to negotiate with its own subjects, had insensibly revived the authority of the Roman senate; and the minister of Honorius respectfully consulted the legislative council of the republic.
— 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

From that moment every political consideration and aim had been put in the background by his sympathy with this heroic attitude, and he had immediately resolved to assist this excellent man with all the devotion and energy of a friend.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Finally, strategic operations to cut an enemy's line of communications before giving battle, and attack him in rear, the assailing army preserving its own line of retreat, are much more likely to be successful and effectual, and, moreover, they require no disconnected maneuver during the battle.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Of the heart in reference to auscultation and percussion.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

And was he coerced into doing so by a conviction that he had been told lies, or by the uncommon difficulties which presented themselves to him in reference to another heir?
— from Mr. Scarborough's Family by Anthony Trollope

[15] would surely seem to support the views of Derrécagaix, rather than those of Hozier, in regard to a position with a river at its back, even though the river be spanned by many bridges.
— from The Campaign of Königgrätz A Study of the Austro-Prussian Conflict in the Light of the American Civil War by Arthur L. (Arthur Lockwood) Wagner

The place of careful analysis here is analogous to that which criticism holds in relation to art.
— from Church and Nation The Bishop Paddock Lectures for 1914-15 by William Temple

It should be remarked, however, in relation to all the varieties of alluvia, that they are partially composed of the fine particles of decayed vegetable {206} matter with which the water drained from the surface of the ground is invariably charged.
— from James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4 by Thomas Say

Thus neutralised States are in many points hampered in regard to acquiring and granting State servitudes, because they have to avoid everything that could drag them indirectly into war.
— from International Law. A Treatise. Volume 1 (of 2) Peace. Second Edition by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

When the candidate assents, his word is at once put to the test, and he is asked if he is really to allow a vein to be immediately opened.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

It seems as if the German weirdness perceptible in Albrecht Dürer had in Rembrandt taken a homelier, but a more comprehensible and effective Dutch form.
— from The Old Masters and Their Pictures, For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art by Sarah Tytler

The Life Prolongation Institute (I say, Araminta, what a name!) has lately approached him in regard to a post at one of its European branches.
— from The Love Chase by Felix Grendon

He should rely, therefore, with perfect confidence, that the following resolution would be unanimously adopted: Resolved , That this House, in refusing to allow Thomas Pinckney, late Minister at the Court of London, and Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Madrid, to receive the presents usually made by the said Courts to foreign Ministers on taking leave, were induced to such refusal solely by motives of general policy, and not by any view personal to the said Thomas Pinckney.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress