Its movements are violent, its noise is discordantly loud.
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore

Silk and cloth of gold are very commonly mentioned, and velvet is not unknown.
— from Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their development and history by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister

Not only are the males at variance in natural contention amongst themselves, but they also fight with the females, and carry their combats to the length of killing the conquered; for not only are their bodies generally indued with great strength, but also they are armed with an invincible horn.
— from Mythical Monsters by Charles Gould

Dutch works on the history of the Low Countries in general, and the United Provinces in particular, are many and voluminous; indeed, no history has been more amply written.
— from The Evolution of States by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

It was a mighty army, vast in numbers, lavishly provided with all materials of war.
— from With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Similarly, an altar to the Matres at Vaison is now dedicated to the Virgin as the "good Mother."
— from The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. (John Arnott) MacCulloch

The story of the pretended Latin autograph of Mark's gospel preserved in the Library of St. Mark at Venice is now exploded.
— from Companion to the Bible by E. P. (Elijah Porter) Barrows

[1381] ‘Madrid étant la capitale d'une monarchie aussi vaste, il n'y eut dans cette ville jusqu'à l'époque du règne de Philippe V aucune bibliothèque publique.’
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

The prayers which they utter on these occasions last for about fifteen or twenty minutes, and vary in nearly every district.
— from Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians by Woislav M. Petrovitch

We have settled a correspondence; and he gives me hope, that he will make me a visit in Northamptonshire.
— from The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson