Had this folly been transient, I should not, perhaps, have mentioned it, but it took such root in my heart (without any reasonable cause) that when I afterwards acted the anti-despot and proud republican at Paris, in spite of myself, I felt a secret predilection for the nation I declared servile, and for that government I affected to oppose.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

He had a peculiar Taste in him (which would have been unlucky in any Prince but himself,) he thought there could be no exquisite Pleasure in Conversation but among Equals; and would pleasantly bewail himself that he always lived in a Crowd, but was the only man in France that never could get into Company.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

I was now established the kept mistress in form, well lodged, with a very sufficient allowance, and lighted up with all the lustre of dress.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

24 Note 22 ( return ) [ This milder invention for extinguishing the sight was tried by the philosopher Democritus on himself, when he sought to withdraw his mind from the visible world: a foolish story!
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In 204 B.C., he was sent against the army of Chao, and halted ten miles from the mouth of the Ching-hsing pass, where the enemy had mustered in full force.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

At home, I had been a boy of no account, but here, when these important functions were entrusted to me, I felt the glory of the situation.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

At such moments I forbear to press the holy songs; but there are many sweet and comfortable periods of satisfactory communication, when the ears of the savages are astounded with the upliftings of our voices.”
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

The question is eminently one in which the influence of the government should make itself felt, to build up for the nation a navy which, if not capable of reaching distant countries, shall at least be able to keep clear the chief approaches to its own.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Marquis of, his 'Year of Revolution' taken up by Lord Brougham, ii. 146 ; book refuted, 147 Olmutz, conference at, i. 92 Orloff, Count, mission of, to Vienna, i. 131 ; his view of the war, at Paris, ii. 24 Palmer, murderer of Cook, convicted, ii. 46 Palmerston, Rt. Hon. Viscount, popularity of, in the House of Commons, i. 3 ; position in the country, 15 ; foreign opinion of, 15 ; after Disraeli's Budget declines offer of the Admiralty, 21 ; agrees to join the Government, Home Office, 23 ; speech at Tiverton, 28 ; hatred of Russia, 55 ; more vigorous policy urged by, 74 ; eager for war, 75 ; friendly relations of, with Clarendon, 78 ; attack of, on Cobden, 80 ; courted by Tories, 82 ; goes to Balmoral, 87 ; views of, on declaration of war by Turkey, 93 ; lauded by Radicals and Tories, 94 ; anecdote of, told by the Queen, 106 ; letter of, to Russell, denouncing reform, 107 ; threatens to secede from Government, 110 ; resigns on the Reform scheme, 111 ; effects of resignation, 112 ; conciliatory overtures to, 114 ; withdraws resignation, 118 ; urges the marriage of Prince Napoleon to Princess Mary of Cambridge, 133 ; opposes Lord J. Russell's Reform Bill, 141 ; amidst divisions of Cabinet offers to resign, 152 ; more in favour at Court, 220 ; sent for by the Queen, forms a Government, 238 ; list of his Ministry, 224 ; his prospects, 240 ; speech in House, 242 ; difficulties of, in forming Government, 249 ; and mistakes, 250 ; bluster in the 'Morning Post,' 303 ; stringent terms proposed by, against Russia, 304 ; defends Sunday bands, ii. 46 ; his failing strength, 85 ; speech at Mansion House, 98 ; popularity of, 99 ; Tiverton address, 100 ; his success in the House, 109 ; his proposed Bill for dissolution of East India Company, 144 ; his decreasing energy, 160 ; resignation of, 162 ; catastrophe unexpected, 166 ; amendments on India Bill defeated, 202 ; visits Compi�gne with Lord Clarendon, 215 ; forms second Administration, 253 ; distrusts Napoleon, 303 ; attack of, on Neapolitan Minister, 309 Palmerston, Lady, interview with, on resignation of her husband, i. 115 Parliament, meeting of (1854): reception of the Queen, i. 286 ; defence of Prince Albert by Lord J. Russell, i. 138 ; specially summoned in December 1854, 202 ; meeting of, after peace, ii. 11 ; close of session, 51 ; dissolved, 96 ; meeting of, 106 ; opening of, 139 ; session opens, 287 Peelites, attitude of, on Queen's Speech, i. 6 ; eagerness for office, 25 ; refuse to join Lord Palmerston's Government, 237 ; refuse to join Lord Derby, ii. 165 Peel, Sir Robert, lecture of, on the Czar's coronation, ii. 74 Peerage, the Wensleydale, debate on, ii. 14 Pelissier, Marshal, Ambassador at London, ii. 181 Portsmouth, grand naval review at, i. 80 Princess Royal, the marriage of, ii. 156 Protection, abandonment of, by Lord Derby, i. 7 ; his speech thereon, 7 Prussia, King of, private letter of, to Emperor Nicolas, towards peace, ii. 7 ; quarrel of, with Switzerland, as to sovereign rights, 73 Quarterly Review, the, article in, by Mr. Gladstone, ii. 190 ; editor of, on Tory Reform Bill, 213 Radical party, the, approve of Lord J. Russell's Reform Bill, and his course, i. 143 ; hatred of, against Lord Aberdeen, 169 Raglan, Lord, commander of forces at the Alma, i. 187 ; Balaklava, 191 ; anecdotes concerning, 192 ; despatch of, on battle of Inkerman, 199 ; annoyance of the Court at his failure, 223 ; his death in Crimea, 267 ; defence of, by Sir E. Lyons, ii.
— from The Greville Memoirs, Part 3 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 2) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1852 to 1860 by Charles Greville

Our mass is fifty standard tons."
— from This World Is Taboo by Murray Leinster

I devoutly hope she will always keep it, and that we shall likewise maintain it for ever in its utmost purity.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

When such a man is found, it is safe to place him in charge of the sales division, giving him full control of both advertising and sales.
— from Cyclopedia of Commerce, Accountancy, Business Administration, v. 01 (of 10) by American School of Correspondence

My instructions forbid my showing the letter."
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

“My lord Marcus, I fear hurt at no man’s hand; also the days of Nero have gone by and Vespasian reigns, who molests us not.
— from Pearl-Maiden: A Tale of the Fall of Jerusalem by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

The most interesting part of the interior was a long room, in which was a crowd of coloured people, men, women, and children, sorting tobacco, rolling up the leaves, and manipulating it for the various preparations which it undergoes in the presses and in the addition of saccharine matter, and the like, before it is packed up or cut for use.
— from Hesperothen; Notes from the West, Vol. 1 (of 2) A Record of a Ramble in the United States and Canada in the Spring and Summer of 1881 by Russell, William Howard, Sir

"She makes it from flour," said he.
— from Prince and Rover of Cloverfield Farm by Helen Fuller Orton

So the "Memoirs" is fiction.
— from The Critical Game by John Albert Macy

Everybody said it was the best war speech made in France, and it was.
— from Our Army at the Front by Heywood Broun