The Kin or "Golden" Dynasty of Northern Invaders who immediately preceded the Mongols took to paper, in spite of their title, as kindly as the native sovereigns.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

I was one of the last to go out, and in passing the tables, I saw one teacher take a basin of the porridge and taste it; she looked at the others; all their countenances expressed displeasure, and one of them, the stout one, whispered— “Abominable stuff!
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

For instance, the young chick is sensitive to the absence of other members of his species, is able to peep, and is so organized that the absence of other members of the species makes him peep.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

The elm, however, made a pleasant, cheerful, sunny sigh, responsive to the breeze that was elsewhere imperceptible; a swarm of insects buzzed merrily under its drooping shadow, and became specks of light whenever they darted into the sunshine; a locust sang, once or twice, in some inscrutable seclusion of the tree; and a solitary little bird, with plumage of pale gold, came and hovered about Alice's Posies.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

More than three hundred systems and sects are reported in history, most of which have, from time immemorial, gloried in being able to wield this knock-down argument as they claim it to be, in support of the truth and divine authenticity of their various systems of faith.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

The entrance-fee at Vauxhall was half the sum charged at Ranelagh, but in spite of that the amusements were of the most varied kinds.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He then, I say, opened the tomb and found not indeed money but the corpse, with writing which said thus: "If thou hadst not been insatiable of wealth and basely covetous, thou wouldest not have opened the resting-places of the dead.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Isaac slept on the throne, and was awakened only by the sound of pleasure: his vacant hours were amused by comedians and buffoons, and even to these buffoons the emperor was an object of contempt: his feasts and buildings exceeded the examples of royal luxury: the number of his eunuchs and domestics amounted to twenty thousand; and a daily sum of four thousand pounds of silver would swell to four millions sterling the annual expense of his household and table.
— 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

This fellow's mate may be loafing about in some of these thickets, and the best thing we can do is to get out of here."
— from Oscar in Africa by Harry Castlemon

The darkness had closed in in the forest with alarming suddenness, and, in consequence, the progress was slow; but, in spite of this, the assurance with which the horses moved on brought confidence to the minds of the two girls.
— from The Hound From The North by Ridgwell Cullum

she said, and there was an amused tolerance in her voice as of discussing a mature subject with a child, adding in a tone as remote as if speaking of the Tenant Act, "Your opinions are always interesting, Dand."
— from Nancy Stair: A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane

The immediate success of The Tatler and The Spectator is easily understood.
— from The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers by Steele, Richard, Sir

It seems more likely, notwithstanding, that this gable-roofed structure was always what it is to-day, the central tower of a cruciform church, round-arched in style, opening to transepts and nave by two arches, but to the quire by only one.
— from Capitals of the Northlands: Tales of Ten Cities by Ian C. Hannah

They were now in sight of the town, and Mason looked it over with interest.
— from Mason of Bar X Ranch by Henry Holcomb Bennett

To this we reply— We admit the possibility of great excitement connected with religious truth, in spite of the total absence of religious character.
— from Parish Papers by Norman Macleod

He had managed, indeed, to induce some of them to allow him to baptise their children, but they remained as utterly ignorant of the Truth as before.
— from The Young Llanero: A Story of War and Wild Life in Venezuela by William Henry Giles Kingston