The invention of the stock exchange is also credited to Jewish financial talent.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

As he could not well cultivate the garden by himself, he engaged a lad to help him, and to secure the rest of the treasure he put the remaining gold dust into fifty more jars, filling them up with olives so as to have them ready for transport.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

"Goton could do nothing for me but bring me a little tisane and a crust of bread, and I had rejected both so often during the past week, that the good woman got tired of useless journeys from the dwelling-house kitchen to the school-dormitory, and only came once a day at noon to make my bed.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Time will pass on, and we shall depart for ever, we shall be forgotten; they will forget our faces, voices, and even how many there were of us, but our sufferings will turn into joy for those who will live after us, happiness and peace will reign on earth, and people will remember with kindly words, and bless those who are living now.
— from Plays by Anton Chekhov, Second Series by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

So in solitude I came round by the ravine of the Beast People, and hiding among the weeds and reeds that separated this crevice from the sea I watched such of them as appeared, trying to judge from their gestures and appearance how the death of Moreau and Montgomery and the destruction of the House of Pain had affected them.
— from The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Young as I was, I believe that I dated a new admiration of Joe from that night.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Three weeks had passed away after this conversation, and no order had come from Mrs. Briggs; so there was nothing but taking jobs from the stand.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Viking’s sons, as tall and strong as he, were inclined to be rather reckless of their opponents’ welfare, and, judging from the following account, translated from the old saga, the players were often left in as sorry a condition as after a modern game.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

The 'saner' portion of humanity, on the whole, are of one mind with the great Doctor, at least if one can judge from their utterances, and the votary of the mountains is often looked upon with pity as one who, being carried away by a kind of frenzy, is hardly responsible for his actions.
— from Climbing on the Himalaya and Other Mountain Ranges by Norman Collie

He was by nature excessively fond of admiration, as we may judge from the stories about him which have been preserved.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Everyone conscious that at the door also listening were jealous France, the wily Turk, the interested Egyptian, the not entirely disinterested Czar , and the other Great Powers concerned for peace of Europe.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Various

" "Judging from the appearance of your face at this minute, I'm obliged to differ with you," interjected the Professor, his own grim, dust-stained countenance wrinkling into a half smile.
— from The Pony Rider Boys in the Alkali; Or, Finding a Key to the Desert Maze by Frank Gee Patchin

Consequently, "a wife who owns a watch, ear-rings, finger-rings, any jewels, first takes them to the pawnbrokers where they end up being sold.
— from The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

The Wig and the Shoulder of Mutton; or, The Folly of Juvenile Fears The Wig and the Shoulder of Mutton [1] [2] [3] [4] AUGUSTUS FRIGHTENING HIS BROTHER.
— from The Wig and the Shoulder of Mutton; or, The Folly of Juvenile Fears by Anonymous

'No one ridicules Japan for that kind of change.
— from A Fantasy of Far Japan; Or, Summer Dream Dialogues by Kencho Suematsu

The civilized population of these governments, judging from the census of 1843, and other information, is some 7,000 or 8,000.
— from The Condition, Elevation, Emigration, and Destiny of the Colored People of the United States by Martin Robison Delany

But, Sir, even in Princes and Parents, and all States that have in them a naturall Soveraignty, there is a sort of reciprocation, and as [?] descent to doe some offices due to them that serve them: which makes me look for Letters from you, because I have another as valuable a pawn therefore, as your friendship, which is your promise; lest by the Jailors fault this Letter stick long, I must tell you, that I writ and sent it 12 Decemb. 1600 .
— from Letters to Severall Persons of Honour by John Donne

They, too, were all going to be too busy with the Saturday wind-up of business to take in the races that day, but five of them gave me $10 each to put on Jodan for them.
— from Taking Chances by Clarence Louis Cullen