Had he been a priest, the circumstance would have afforded Heloise one of the most powerful objections to a marriage; in the curious and lengthy catalogue of such objections which we shall find her raising presently she does not mention the priesthood.
— from Peter Abélard by Joseph McCabe

But still it is ungracious, and methinks, in this courteous and liberal capital these regulations ought to be reformed or modified.
— from Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad, Vol. 2 (of 3) With Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson

More are of the varied nationalities met in that commercial and luxurious center.
— from An Easter Disciple: The Chronicle of Quintus, the Roman Knight by Arthur Benton Sanford

First, because of its constitution and more extended sessions, Congress is able to consider the subject with greater deliberation, and therefore with more intelligence, than can a legislature composed of members who, as a rule, hold their office for but one short session of about sixty days' duration.
— from The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee

He moved in three columns, with strong front and rear guards out, the wounded men in the centre, and light companies on the flanks.
— from Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. by George Cary Eggleston

He reports how Pfefferkorn by dishonest means obtained possession of the "Opinion," and misused it to concoct a libel, containing no less than thirty-four untruths about him (Reuchlin).
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 4 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

The moment a magistrate interferes, the clearest and least complicated affair assumes an appearance of guilt.
— from The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers by Girardin, Emile de, Mme

Here Gillray has given, as a contrast, Lord Valletort “the neatest of little beaux,” and the smallest man in the Club, and Lord Cholmondeley, who was very tall and stout.
— from The Dawn of the XIXth Century in England: A social sketch of the times by John Ashton

Above all he wished to be assured with regard to the capital that it would acknowledge his right: he wished to form ties with the leading men in the civic and learned corporations; the greater and lesser nobles who inclined to him were to have early information what to do in certain contingencies, and to keep themselves under arms.
— from A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke