New taxes were accordingly imposed; but, as these did not produce enough at once, large sums were raised by the sale of some of the feudal rights.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Isn’t she silly the way she laughs suddenly without reason?
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

their dress Consists of a long shirt which reaches to the middle of leg, long legins which reach as high as the waist, mockersons & robe.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

He fancied that He could leave Spain without regret; But the moment of parting undeceived him.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

Lord Warburton was left standing with Ralph Touchett, to whom in a moment he said: “You wished a while ago to see my idea of an interesting woman.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

Mark how strange it shows Timon in this should pay more than he owes; And e'en as if your lord should wear rich jewels And send for money for 'em.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

[93] The memoir adds that La Salle, who recovered from the effects of the poison, wholly exculpates the Jesuits.
— from France and England in North America, Part III: La Salle, Discovery of The Great West by Francis Parkman

[280] of practise, owing to the surveillance of city authorities, and the passing of laws that fix legal standards, which require milk to contain a certain percentage of fats and total solids.
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 1 of 5 by Eugene Christian

A leaden sink, which received the waste water of the household, contributed its quota to the fetid atmosphere of the staircase, and the ceiling was covered with fantastic arabesques traced by candle-smoke—such arabesques!
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

It was on this occasion that she was taught to salute Our Lady, at least once a day, in these words: Illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte , and was promised that, if she per severed in this practice during her whole life, she would receive the greatest consolations at the hour of her death.
— from The Month of Mary, According to the Spirit of St. Francis of Sales Thirty-One Considerations With Examples, Prayers, Etc. by Francis, de Sales, Saint

She saw that the irresistible influence of those principles were felt on the most distant nations, as well as on the poor, miserable, Irish people, she was keeping under her heavy and ignominious yoke; she understood that there was a real danger for her very existence, if those principles would continue to spread; that her slavery star would go down as the liberty star would rise on the horizon.
— from Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy

In the autumn of 1839 my father again returned with his family to Pisa, to the bitter grief of old Mrs. Louisa Shipley, who refused altogether to take leave of Mrs. Hare, though she afterwards wrote (Oct. 16), "I hope Anne has forgiven my rudeness her last day.
— from The Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

There is also Lady Slingstone, who said that Lord Steyne was “really too bad,” but she went to his party.
— from Springtime and Other Essays by Darwin, Francis, Sir

But probably Lady Sellingworth would refuse the invitation he now had to send her.
— from December Love by Robert Hichens