They would hear next door, they would hear in the road, it was a public announcement of their disrepute.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
One must wade through running water to reach it, except in the summer season, when the water in the river is very low.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes
The only condition of the gift is that it is to remain in my keeping.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper
When the others had gone away, when he and she were in their room in the hotel, then they would be alone together.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce
[188] Quetton St. George, however, must not be omitted, builder of the solid and enduring house on the corner opposite to Mr. Wood's; a structure that, for its size and air of respectability; for its material, brick, when as yet all the surrounding habitations were of wood; for its tinned roof, its graceful porch, its careful and neat finish generally, was, for a long time, one of the York lions.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding
Beware then, my friends, of suffering the heart to be moved by every trivial incident: the reed is shaken by a breeze, and annually dies, but the oak stands firm, and for ages braves the storm.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft
In the vain capital of China, the Sogdian caravans were entertained as the suppliant embassies of tributary kingdoms, and if they returned in safety, the bold adventure was rewarded with exorbitant gain.
— 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
the 3 rivers Coms in, passing thro a butifull Plain, here I walked on Shore & Killed a fat Cow & Sent her to the boat and proceeded on to the first of the 3 rivers, this river is about 35 yards wide Contains a good deel of water, I walked up this river 2 miles & Cross, the bottom is high and rich Some timber, I crossed & returned to the mouth, & proceeded up one mile to the 2d river which is Small 12 yards wide, and on it but little timber, on this Creek the Seaux has frequently Camped, as appears by the Signs—the lands betwen those two Creeks in a purpindicular bluff of about 80 feet with a butifull Plain & gentle assent back—a Short distance above the 2nd a 3rd Creek Comes into the river in 3 places Scattering its waters over the large timbered bottom, this Creek is near the Size of the middle Creek Containing a greater quantity of water, those rivers is the place that all nations who meet are at peace with each other, Called the Seaux pass of the 3 rivers.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark
His development in this respect is as remarkable as in any other.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
‘Only consider what is the real import of this scrupulous avoidance.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot
“The best speller in this room is to recieve this medal,” was the assurance on the board.
— from Emmy Lou: Her Book and Heart by George Madden Martin
Although it is possible to insulate the rails in a satisfactory manner in the case of an elevated road, the conditions of insulation are not very favorable where the railway is to be constructed on a level with the surface.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
The breeding season commences early in spring; the nest, which is often very difficult to find, being placed in holes in the rock, is constructed of dry stalks or hay, well lined with moss: the eggs, four or five in number, are whitish or dirty yellow, marked with dark brown spots and streaks.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 1 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm
But the principal thing to which I would draw attention is, that reality is here refined and distilled in a manner unknown to Goethe.
— from Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature - 2. The Romantic School in Germany by Georg Brandes
The ending of this Polonaise is triumphant, recalling in key and climaxing the A flat Ballade.
— from Chopin : the Man and His Music by James Huneker
It was a mean thing to do; Miss Stratford had 162 always been good to me, shining in that respect in brilliant contrast to my other teachers, whom I hated bitterly.
— from Marsena, and Other Stories of the Wartime by Harold Frederic
In the Rhode Island case and in the Passenger Tax cases, argued when he was sixty-six years old, he rose to the same high plane of clear, impressive, effective reasoning as when he defended his Alma Mater.
— from Daniel Webster by Henry Cabot Lodge
The gasps and groans from the doorway were even more encouraging than applause, and under their influence it was impossible to resist indulging in a few extravagances, such as standing poised on one leg, blowing more kisses, and bowing from side to side after the manner of that fascinating circus lady.
— from Pixie O'Shaughnessy by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
If the root is long, however, it will remain long after the addition of the termination ic, as music (from muse ), basic (from base ), etc.
— from The Art Of Writing & Speaking The English Language Word-Study and Composition & Rhetoric by Sherwin Cody
It certainly impedes the action of the poem, which seems to be confessed in the rebuke insinuated by the reply of Achilles:— νῦν δὲ μνησώμεθα χάρμης αἶψα μάλ’· οὐ γὰρ χρὴ κλοτοπεύειν ἐνθάδ’ ἐόντας οὐδὲ διατρίβειν· ἔτι γὰρ μέγα ἔργον ἄρεκτον.
— from Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 I. Prolegomena II. Achæis; or, the Ethnology of the Greek Races by W. E. (William Ewart) Gladstone
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