Gideon Spilett ranked among the first of those reporters: a man of great merit, energetic, prompt and ready for anything, full of ideas, having traveled over the whole world, soldier and artist, enthusiastic in council, resolute in action, caring neither for trouble, fatigue, nor danger, when in pursuit of information, for himself first, and then for his journal, a perfect treasury of knowledge on all sorts of curious subjects, of the unpublished, of the unknown, and of the impossible.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

A little more expression, please, and don’t grunt quite so much, or Painted Jaguar may hear us.
— from Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Now before this their first mourning was over, another mischief befell them also; for some of those that raised the foregoing tumult, when they were traveling along the public road, about a hundred furlongs from the city, robbed Stephanus, a servant of Cæsar, as he was journeying, and plundered him of all that he had with him; which things when Cumanus heard of, he sent soldiers immediately, and ordered them to plunder the neighboring villages, and to bring the most eminent persons among them in bonds to him.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

But the colony government of all these three nations is conducted upon a much more extensive plan, and is accompanied with a much more expensive ceremonial.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Fabius hoped when the Carthaginians came thither, and encamped on the plain immediately under the foot of the hill, that he would be able to snatch away their 251 plunder without any risk to himself; and, most of all, might even put an end to the whole war by means of Hannibal eludes him.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Now and then I encountered a check, and once I had to shin up a creeper for eight or ten feet, but I made excellent progress, and the booming of Challenger's voice seemed to be a great distance beneath me.
— from The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle

And in this very place where he overcame the Jews it was that he some time afterward build a most excellent palace, and a city round about it, and called it Herodium.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

No doubt, he would observe to himself, the existing Confederation must contain the most explicit provisions against military establishments in time of peace; and a departure from this model, in a favorite point, has occasioned the discontent which appears to influence these political champions.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

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— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

In intellectual and philosophical pursuits we want new ideas and Indian ideas are not familiar or hackneyed in the west, though I think that more European philosophers and mystics have arrived at similar conclusions than is generally supposed.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Other substances, more especially p -azoxyanisole and p -azoxyphenetole, were, later, found to possess the same property of having apparently a double melting point.
— from The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay

You see, lower down they kept comparatively close to the shore, being careless who might notice them; but as they approached their rendezvous, they would be more careful, and might either pass along at night, or keep far out.
— from A Knight of the White Cross: A Tale of the Siege of Rhodes by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

The enemies of righteousness were determined to overthrow the Saints, and, regardless of all laws (which were trampled upon with impunity), they made every preparation, and used every means in their power to accomplish their unhallowed designs.
— from President Heber C. Kimball's Journal Seventh Book of the Faith-Promoting Series. Designed for the Instruction and Encouragement of Young Latter-day Saints by Heber C. (Heber Chase) Kimball

And it must be confessed, that, from the great intercourse of trade and commerce between both realms; from the continual reception of exiles, which is mutual among them; and from the custom in each empire, to send their young nobility, and richer gentry, to the other, in order to polish themselves, by seeing the world, and understanding men and manners; there are few persons of distinction, or merchants, or, seamen, who dwell in the maritime parts, but what can hold conversation in both tongues, as I found some weeks after, when I went to pay my respects to the Emperor of Blefuscu, which, in the midst of great misfortunes, through the malice of my enemies, proved a very happy adventure to me, as I shall relate in its proper place.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Regions of the World by Jonathan Swift

Any other mark equally plain and equally recognizable serves for many purposes just as well as the government stamp on the standard metal.
— from The Principles of Economics, with Applications to Practical Problems by Frank A. (Frank Albert) Fetter

Moreover that all highways should be fenced and shut up on both sides, having only forty feet for passage, so as none shall be able to pass but through the highways, whereby thieves and night robbers might 9 be more easily pursued and encountered where there shall be no other way to drive their stolen cattle.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir

The jury of seventeen persons were every one convinced that Sellis had destroyed himself, yet two of them did not concur in the verdict,—one, because he could not believe that a sane man ever put an end to his own existence; and another, because he could not satisfy himself whether or no Sellis was sane or insane.
— from Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume 1 (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Anne, Lady

As my aim is merely to give the reader a taste of the subject, and whet his appetite for its more extensive pursuit at other sources, I shall confine my remarks to a few of those creatures which are readily to be found in any well-stocked aquarium.
— from Glimpses of Ocean Life; Or, Rock-Pools and the Lessons they Teach by John Harper

Typical selections from all authors of the period are given in Manly, English Poetry, and English Prose; Newcomer and Andrews, Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose; Ward, English Poets; Morris and Skeat, Specimens of Early English.
— from Outlines of English and American Literature An Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by William J. (William Joseph) Long