e qualities of mind, a certain expert knowledge of the subject.
— from Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard

After the solemnitie of this marriage and coronation ended, king Richard set forward with his armie into the countrie of Cypres, and first wan (by surrender) the citie of Nichosia, and after the strong castell of Cherin, within the which was the daughter of the king of Cypres, which ladie humblie yeelded hir selfe vnto K. Richard, (who counting it reproach to be extreme with such as submit themselues, and speciallie the female sex, according to the old saieng, Pacere subiectis nobilis scit ira leonis) had pitie of hir case, and sent hir to his wife the new quéene, willing that she might be honorablie vsed.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (06 of 12) Richard the First by Raphael Holinshed

The consequence was, we cannoned in the gate, and a most awful crash ensued, killing two wheel horses and seriously injuring the other two.
— from An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving by Edward Corbett

“The Matabili are coming,” exclaimed Katrine, “ten of them: can you fight them?”
— from Adventures of Hans Sterk: The South African Hunter and Pioneer by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

It is perhaps unnecessary to state, that, in the culture of trees, there are thousands of incidental circumstances to which general directions will not apply, and which demand a discriminating judgment in the operator: this acts as a school to the mental acumen; and there is no class of operative men, which has the faculties of attention, activity, discrimination, and judgment, more developed, than nurserymen and gardeners,—whose diversified labours, requiring, at the same time, constant mental and corporeal exertion, keep up a proper balance of the human powers.
— from On Naval Timber and Arboriculture With Critical Notes on Authors who have Recently Treated the Subject of Planting by Patrick Matthew

But Mahboob, as Chief Eunuch, knew the value of such information and cut it short with a sneer.
— from On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel

Mr. Rossetti had one of the most astonishing combinations ever known of artistically separate gifts, as well as a singular blend of passion and humour.
— from A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury