If Count Morano still thinks one necessary, I will give him an honest one—You have changed your intention since our last conversation; and, if he can have patience and humility enough to wait till to-morrow, he will probably find it changed again: but as I have neither the patience or the humility, which you expect from a lover, I warn you of the effect of my displeasure!' 'Montoni, you are too precipitate,' said the Count, who had listened to this conversation in extreme agitation and impatience;—'Signora, I entreat your own explanation of this affair!'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

They exulted in their unexpected deliverance from a hated tyrant, and it seemed of little consequence to examine into the virtues of the successor of Caracalla.
— 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

But his will was kept whole in God's sight;—for his will I saw our Lord commend and approve.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

Isabel was full of premises, conclusions, emotions; if she had come in search of local colour she found it everywhere.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

Tactical propaganda is directed at specific audiences, usually named, and is prepared and executed in support of localized combat operations.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

The Indians, as I saw on looking closer, had small hand-drums slung in front of them.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Within, the sliding screens which at will divide most of the space into small or large chambers, are of drab silk, spotted with gold dots, in form of clouds.
— from The Curse of Koshiu: A Chronicle of Old Japan by Lewis Wingfield

The incipient stoutness of limb contrasted strangely with the drawn meagreness of his body, which was contracted by want of food.
— from The Sowers by Henry Seton Merriman

In short order Lewis, Clark, and fifteen men were out with the Indians mounted on horseback.
— from The Conquest: The True Story of Lewis and Clark by Eva Emery Dye

(1873); E. Detail from whorl (1993), 5 m., fourth city; F. Lotus derivative on a large amphora, with “geometric” decoration, Cyprus; G. Solar goose and lotus design on a Rhodian vase, from Salzmann, Nécropole de Camire ; H. Coin from Selge, Pamphylia; I. Symbols on Lycian coins; K. Triskelion on a Celtiberian coin; L. On a silver bowl, Etruria; also on Chinese ware; M. Coin from Cnossus, Crete; N. Ancient Indian coin; O. On coin from Ujjan, Central India; P. Foot-print of Buddha (so-called), Amarávati Tope, India; R. Thibetian symbol; S. Roman altar at High Rochester, dedicated to Minerva, by Lucius Cæcilius Optatus; T. Roman altar at High Rochester, dedicated to the standards of the faithful of the Varduli by Titus Licinius Valerianus; U. Celto-Roman altar at Birdoswald, dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus (IOM), apparently by Dacians garrisoned in Ambloganna; the four-rayed wheels were solar symbols among the Gauls; W. Ogham stone, Aglish, County Kerry; X. Ancient Scandinavian symbols; Y. Legend on church bell, Hathersage, Derbyshire, 1617.
— from Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

By this time, however, her brother had been shown into the house, and the footsteps of the page were audible, coming in search of Lady Constantine.
— from Two on a Tower by Thomas Hardy