A Fair Start The name of the coachman was John Manly; he had a wife and one little child, and they lived in the coachman's cottage, very near the stables.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Some complain of the slights which are put upon them by relations, and they will tell you sadly of how many evils their old age is the cause.
— from The Republic by Plato

The delicate tremble of a butterfly's wings in my hand, the soft petals of violets curling in the cool folds of their leaves or lifting sweetly out of the meadow-grass, the clear, firm outline of face and limb, the smooth arch of a [7] horse's neck and the velvety touch of his nose—all these, and a thousand resultant combinations, which take shape in my mind, constitute my world.
— from The World I Live In by Helen Keller

But I, who live in a small retired village in the country, can never find greater sameness in such a place as this than in my own home; for here are a variety of amusements, a variety of things to be seen and done all day long, which I can know nothing of there.”
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

Other instances of dovetailed used as a line of partition will be found in the case of the arms of Farmer, which are: "Per chevron dovetailed gules and argent, in chief two lions' heads erased of the last, and in base a salamander in flames proper;" and in the arms of Fenton namely: "Per pale argent and sable, a cross dovetailed, in the first and fourth quarters a fleur-de-lis, and in the second and third a trefoil slipped all countercharged."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

You shall have none ill, sir; for I’ll try if they can lick their fingers.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

At noon home to dinner, only eating a bit, and with much kindness taking leave of Mr. Hill who goes away to-day, and so I by water saving the tide through Bridge and to Sir G. Downing by appointment at Charing Crosse, who did at first mightily please me with informing me thoroughly the virtue and force of this Act, and indeed it is ten times better than ever I thought could have been said of it, but when he come to impose upon me that without more ado I must get by my credit people to serve in goods and lend money upon it and none could do it better than I, and the King should give me thanks particularly in it, and I could not get him to excuse me, but I must come to him though to no purpose on Saturday, and that he is sure I will bring him some bargains or other made upon this Act, it vexed me more than all the pleasure I took before, for I find he will be troublesome to me in it, if I will let him have as much of my time as he would have.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

In view of these facts and because it appears highly desirable, considering the trend of philosophic investigation in our time, to submit this matter to further scrutiny; the Society desires that the following question be carefully considered and discussed:— Is the fountain and basis of Morals to be sought for in an idea of morality which lies directly in the consciousness (or conscience), and in the analysis of the other leading ethical conceptions which arise from it?
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

Which is the commoner, but who is not infrequent, especially if the animal is thought of as an intelligent being.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

In order not to despair altogether of the German spirit, must we not infer therefrom that possibly, in some essential matter, even these champions could not penetrate into the core of the Hellenic nature, and were unable to establish a permanent [Pg 154] friendly alliance between German and Greek culture?
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The conclusion to be drawn is that alcohol interferes in some way with the change of the harmful uric acid into the comparatively harmless urea—an interference which in some instances results in great harm.
— from Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. (Francis Marion) Walters

Upon the death of Edward the Confessor, the claimants to the throne were Harold , the son of Godwin, and William of Normandy , both ignoring the claims of the Saxon heir apparent, Edgar Atheling.
— from English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Henry Coppée

It would be difficult to show that there was anything very calumnious in these charges, which, no doubt, Paul was in the habit of making.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) by John Lothrop Motley

Nismes is the head quarters of the sectarianism—Catholics and Protestants are drawn up in two compacted hostile bodies, living, for the most part, in separate quartiers ; marrying each party within itself; scandalising each party the other whenever it has a chance; and carrying, indeed, the party spirit so far as absolutely to have established Protestant cafés and Catholic cafés , the habitués of which will no more enter the rival establishments than they would enter the opposition churches.
— from Claret and Olives, from the Garonne to the Rhone Notes, social, picturesque, and legendary, by the way. by Angus B. (Angus Bethune) Reach

There was complete silence, except for the tread of persons in the corridor outside, and certain distant sounds of musketry and bomb practice from the military camp half a mile away.
— from Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

" "How many men in the crew?" "Eight, I think, or ten.
— from The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Recovering slowly from the paralysis resulting from diphtheria, she had followed Beryl into the chapel, and listened to the hymns the latter had played and sung.
— from At the Mercy of Tiberius by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans

And though I can never see my own darling’s face among the roses it will make me so happy to see this poor dead mother’s pet get red and rosy in the country air.
— from In Partnership: Studies in story-telling by Brander Matthews

In like manner, speaking of the festival of Drossis the martyr, he says, “Though they had spiritual entertainment in the city, yet their going out to the saints in the country afforded them both great profit and pleasure.”
— from A supplementary report on the results of a special inquiry into the practice of interment in towns. by Edwin Chadwick