Between its two windows there stood a fat-legged table, strewn with dusty, fusty papers; on the walls hung a number of Turkish weapons, nagaiki , [2] and swords, a couple of landscapes, a few anatomical plates, a portrait of Hufeland, [3] a black-framed monogram done in hair, and a diploma protected with a glass front; between two large birchwood cupboards stood a ragged, battered leathern sofa; on shelves lay huddled a miscellany of books, boxes, stuffed birds, jars, and bladders; and, lastly, in a corner reposed a broken electric battery.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

In winter Snow-white lit the fire and put on the kettle, which was made of brass, but so beautifully polished that it shone like gold.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Sometimes a large party arrived without music or banners, but singing psalms and headed by their minister; sometimes the children walked together, the women following, then the men each with a ribbon of the same colour in his hat: all hurried, yet spontaneous and certain, indications how mankind under the influence of high and earnest feelings recur instantly to ceremony and form; how when the imagination is excited it appeals to the imagination, and requires for its expression something beyond the routine of daily life.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

152 But whether the Aravisci 153 migrated into Pannonia from the Osi, 154 a German nation; or the Osi into Germany from the Aravisci; the language, institutions, and manners of both being still the same, is a matter of uncertainty; for, in their pristine state of equal indigence and equal liberty, the same advantages and disadvantages were common to both sides of the river.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

He stared aghast at her for a minute, as Macbeth might on beholding Banquo's sudden appearance at his ball-supper, and remained looking at her with open mouth, when that horrid Major Loder pulled her away.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

For in the Beholding of God we fall not, and in the beholding of self we stand not; and both these [manners of beholding] be sooth as to my sight.
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

Truly my own body being sickly, brought me easily into a capacity, to know that health was the greatest of all earthly blessings, and truly he was never sick that doth not believe it.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

But she was so affectionate and sweet-natured, and had such a pleasant manner of being both sly and shy at once, that she captivated me more than ever.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

"At present he isn't," said the professor's man of business, "but some day he may come in for a few thousands a year."
— from The White Room by Fergus Hume

"What made Wordsworth's poems a medicine for my state of mind," he says in his Autobiography, "was that they expressed, not mere outward beauty, but states of feeling, and of thought coloured by feeling, under the excitement of beauty.
— from Wordsworth by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers

Good works may only be beautiful sins, if they are not done in a true spirit," said Miss Leonora, turning to her list of furnished houses with a little contempt.
— from The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

To him the United States was a vague region peopled with miners, pork-packers, and Indians; a jumble of factories, forests, and red-shirted men digging for gold, all of it fantastically seen through the medium of Buffalo Bill's show.
— from Love, the Fiddler by Lloyd Osbourne

vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399 ; as to Dred Scott case, 450 Independent treasury, Van Buren's message of September 4, 1837, 284 , 285 ; Gordon's proposal, 285 ; attitude of the parties, 285 ; Act of July 4, 1840, 285 ; party contest over the bill, 285 , 286 Indian Springs, Convention at, 212 Indiana, Commonwealth of, slavery forbidden, 62 , 63 ; condition on erection, 68 , 69 , 71 ; vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399 Indiana, Territory of, relation to slavery, 51 ; jurisdiction over part of Louisiana Territory, 55 Ingersoll, Joseph R., claim as to District of Columbia, 257 ; reports joint resolution on Texas, 321 Ingham, Samuel D., in debate, 10 ; position upon tariff bill of 1827, 158 ; as to Bank trouble, 191 Internal improvements, bill presented, 14 ; Calhoun's speech, 15 , 16 ; bill passed, 16 ; President's veto, 17 ; Madison's earlier recommendations, 17 ; failure to overcome veto, 18 ; development in theory, 116-119 ; the Act of 1806, 116 ; Calhoun's bill of 1817 vetoed by Madison, 116 , 117 ; analysis of vote, 117 , 118 ; Cumberland road bill of 1822, 118 ; analysis of vote, 118 , 119 ; Taylor's position, 119 ; attitude of East and West, 119 , 120 ; Monroe's veto, 120, and message, 120 , 121 ; vote on vetoed bill, 121 ; Act of April, 1824, 122 ; relation to foreign affairs, 122 ; significance of the questions, 129 ; Adams's first message, 155 ; Van Buren's opposition, 155 ; relation to political divisions, 156 ; practical difficulties, 156 , 157 ; Jackson's views in 1829, 167 ; passage of Maysville road bill, 167 ; the veto, 167 , 168 ; vote on vetoed bill, 168 ; analysis of vote, 168 ; significance of veto, 169 ; appropriations approved by Adams and Jackson, 169 ; relation to private enterprise, 169 , 170 ; relation to slavery, 170 ; Jackson's message of December, 1830, 178 ; Jackson's message of December, 1831, 184 Iowa, Commonwealth of, admitted, 290 ; memorial of legislature on finality resolutions, 375 ; vote on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 399 J ACKSON , A NDREW , in Florida, 24 , 25 , 28 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 ; attempt at censure, 34 , 35 , 36 ; vindicated, 36 ; Territorial governor of Florida, 38 ; effect of Seminole War, 38 ; qualifications as presidential candidate in 1824, 135 , 136 , 139 , 141 ; electoral vote of 1824, 136 , 137 ; the Coleman letter, 138 ; opposition to Adams threatened, 142 , 143 , and begun, 144 , 146 ; elected President, 163 , 164 ; makes Van Buren secretary of state, 164 ; vigorous foreign policy, 164 ; first annual message, 166 , 167 ; vetoes Maysville road bill, 167 , 168 ; significance of the veto, 169 ; appropriations approved by Adams and Jackson, 169 ; message of December, 1829, as to tariff, 171 , 172 ; its reference, 172 ; message of December, 1830, 178 ; message of December, 1831, 184 ; message of December, 1829, 190 ; later interpretations of his attack on Bank, 191 , 192 ; relation to "relief party" in Kentucky, 196 ; leader of Democratic party, 196 , 197 ; attitude to Bank, 197 , 198 ; his views opposed by committees, 198 ; message of December, 1830, 198 , 199 ; his message of December, 1831, 200 ; puts the Bank question before the people, 200 ; relation of Bank question to question of Jackson's election, 201 ; effect of his veto of Bank bill, 202 ; analysis of his message, 202-206 ; opinion of von Holst on the veto message considered, 206 , 207 ; the message interpreted, 206-209 ; relation of Congress to his election as President, 207 ; the people accept the principles of Jacksonian democracy, 209 ; opinion of Georgia's claims, 216 ; reply to Cherokees, 216 ; message of December, 1829, 216 , 217 ; different opinions of Indian titles, 217 ; failure to execute decision of Supreme Court, 219 , 220 ; view on South Carolina's opinion of tariff, 220 ; supposition as to Cabinet intrigue of 1819, 220 ; the Forsyth letter, 220 ; hostility of Jackson and Calhoun, 220 , 221 ; message of December, 1832, 228 ; proclamation of December 10, 1832, 228-230 ; active military preparations, 230 , 231 ; instructions to collectors, 230 ; instructions to Scott, 230 , 231 ; popular approval of Jackson's course, 231 ; attitude of Congress, 231 ; Hayne's proclamation, 232 ; Jackson's message of January, 1833, 232 ; Bell's report on President's powers, 235 ; signs Compromise Tariff, and "Force Bill," 238 ; motive in course on nullification, 238 ; significance of his doctrines, 239 , 240 ; as to responsibility for Jacksonian principles, 240 ; message of 1835 as to use of mails, 272 , 273 ; decides to destroy the Bank, 279 ; power of removal, 279 ; removal of McLane and Duane, 280 ; the work of Taney, 280 ; consideration of the proper exercise of power, 280 ; censured by Senate, 281 ; Benton begins effort at removal of censure, 281 ; his contest successful, 282 ; tendency of government to his day, 282 ; his successor, 284 ; sends Morfit to Texas, 296 ; message of December 21, 1836, on Texas, 298 ; special message as to reprisals, 298 ; authorizes Gaines to advance into Texas, 298 ; orders Ellis to make demands on Mexico, 299 ; satisfaction not given, 299 ; special message of February 6, 1837, 299 ; request for unusual powers not granted by Congress, 299 ; recognizes Texas and her agent, 300 ; ends diplomatic relations with Mexico, 301 Jackson, William, presents abolition petition, 255 Jackson, Zadock, repudiates sacking of Lawrence, 438 Jalapa, captured by Scott, 333 Jamestown, slaves introduced at, 40 Janus, gates open, 260 Jefferson, Thomas, 2 , 3 ; relation to French philosophy, 129 ; share of Congress in his election as President, 207 ; principles restated by Calhoun, 239 ; tendency of government from his day, 282 ; sends out Lewis and Clark, 312 ; view as to extent of Louisiana, 312 Johnson, Robert Ward, position on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 393 Johnson, William, relation to nullification, 181 Johnson County, Kansas, contested election, 465 Johnston, Josiah S., on bank committee of Senate, 201 Jones, George Wallace, position on Kansas-Nebraska bill, 393 Jones, John W., reply to Adams on right of petition, 257 Jones, Samuel J., as sheriff, arrests Branson, 428 ; rescue of Branson, 428 ; goes to Franklin and calls help from Missouri, 428 , 429 ; his error recognized, 430 ; serves writ on Wood, 433 ; tries to arrest Tappan, 434 ; attempt to assassinate, 434 ; Donaldson's reference to the shooting, 436 ; the sacking of Lawrence, 438 K ANSAS C ITY , M O ., 316 ; Branscomb and Robinson at, 413 , 414 Kansas, Territory of, bill for organization of, 389 ; the abolition protest, 389 , 390 ; reply of Douglas, 390 ; amendment of Chase, 391 , 392 ; position of Wade, 391 ; amendment of Douglas, 392 ; views of Everett, 392 , 393 ; speech of Houston, 393 ; position of Bell and the committee, 393 ; vote on the amendment, 393 ; Chase's amendment, 394 , 395 ; Pratt's amendment, 394 ; Walker's declaration and Badger's amendment, 395 ; Chase's third amendment, 395 , 396 ; Douglas's amendment, 395 , 396 ; Chase's fourth amendment, 396 ; speech of Bell against bill, 396 , 397 ; speech of Houston, 397 ; final argument of Douglas, 397 , 398 ; vote on bill in Senate, 398 ; analysis of vote, 398 , 399 ; rise of popular opposition, 399 , 400 ; the Richardson bill, 400 ; the Senate bill in the House, 401 ; position of Cushing, Davis, and Pierce, 401-403 ; action in House, 403 ; management of bill by Stephens, 404 ; bill signed by President, 404 ; analysis of vote, 404 , 405 ; meaning of the vote, 405 , 406 ; relation of Act to slavery, 407 , 408 ; the struggle for Kansas, 407 et seq.; the plan of Thayer and his associates, 409 ; organization of the society, 409 , 410 ; opposition, 410 ; incorporation of the society, 410 , 411 ; misrepresentations as to Emigrant Aid Company, 411 ; considered as of the South, 412 ; influence of Atchison, 412 , 413 ; expedition of Robinson and Branscomb, 413 , 414 ; "Platte County Self-defensive Association," 414 , 415 ; the founding of Lawrence, 415 ; trouble over contesting claimants, 415 , 416 ; arrival of Governor Reeder, 416 ; election of Whitfield, 417 ; effect on Republican party of interference of Missourians in Kansas, 418 ; significance of the seating of Whitfield, 418 ; census of Kansas, 419 ; interference of Missourians in election of first Territorial legislature, 419 , 420 ; action on contested election cases, 420 ; supplementary elections, 421 ; first Territorial legislature, 421 ; Robinson's plan for anti-slavery party, 421 , 422 ; legislature meets at Pawnee, 422 ; pro-slavery members seated, 422 , 423 ; trouble over adjournment to Shawnee Mission, 423 ; arrival of Sharpe's rifles, 423 ; Lane's faction checked by Robinson's Lawrence speech, 423 , 424 ; Robinson's declaration as to slavery, 424 ; Conway's letter to Reeder, 424 ; beginning of the "Free-state" movement, 424 ; legislation upon slavery, 424 ; its effect on the North, 424 , 425 ; the Lawrence and Topeka conventions, 425 ; the adoption of the Topeka constitution, 425 ; removal of Governor Reeder, 425 ; Woodson Acting-Governor, 425 ; election of Reeder as Congressional delegate, 425 ; election of Robinson as Governor, 425 ; conflicts between "Free-state" and Territorial Governments, 426 ; petition for admission and election of Senators by "Free-state" party, 426 , 427 ; characterization of "Free-state" acts, 427 ; Robinson's message to legislature, 427 ; arrival of Governor Shannon, 427 ; the Leavenworth convention, 428 ; conflict between the two governments, 428 ; the Branson rescue, 428 , 429 ; invasion of Missourians, 429 ; Lawrence committee meet Governor Shannon, 429 ; Shannon goes to Lawrence, 430 ; agreement of Shannon with citizens of Lawrence, 430 ; Lane, Robinson, and Shannon at Franklin, 430 ; Atchison and the withdrawal of the Missourians, 430 , 431 ; appearance of John Brown, 431 ; Shannon's report to President, 431 ; appeal of leaders at Lawrence, 431 ; the President's proclamation, 432 ; attitude of "Free-state" party to proclamation, 432 ; difficulty of the situation, 432 , 433 ; organization under Topeka constitution, 432 ; contest for seat in House of Representatives, 432 , 433 ; House appoints committee of investigation, 433 ; application for admission under Topeka constitution, 433 ; work of Jones and attempt to assassinate him, 433 , 434 ; the assault repudiated by the "Free-state" party, 434 ; letters of Robinson and Sumner, 434 ; Lecompte's charge to grand jury, 435 ; the "treason indictments," 435 ; Donaldson's proclamation, 435 , 436 ; dealings of citizens of Lawrence with Shannon and Donaldson, 436 , 437 ; the sacking of Lawrence, 438 ; repudiation by Atchison and others, 438 ; the "Crime against Kansas," 439 ; the attack on Sumner, 439 , 440 ; the Pottawattomie massacres, 440 ; attitude of the Congressional committee, 440 ; characterization of the massacre, 441 ; denunciation by settlers, 441 ; Brown and Pate at Black Jack, 441 ; Shannon's proclamation and the work of the troops, 442 ; effect of massacre on "Free-state" cause, 442 , 443 ; committee report and bill in House, 442 , 443 ; dispersal of legislature at Topeka, 443 ; Smith succeeds Sumner, 443 ; the Lawrence convention and the directory, 443 ; "Free-state" military force organized and in conflict, 444 ; capture of Titus, 444 ; treaty of August 17, at Lawrence, 444 ; resignation of Shannon, 444 ; Woodson again Acting-Governor, 444 ; proclamation of August 25, 444 ; Missourians under Atchison in camp on Bull Creek, 445 ; destruction of Ossawattomie, 445 ; Smith's orders as to invaders, 445 ; Lane leads in skirmish at Bull Creek, 445 ; Woodson's order and Cooke's refusal to attack Topeka, 445 ; failure of plan to attack Lecompton, 445 , 446 ; active steps by President, 446 ; actions of Geary, 446 ; retirement of the Missourians, 446 , 447 ; resignation of Geary, 446 ; effect of events on presidential election, 447 ; Buchanan's inaugural address, 447 , 448 ; plan for convention at Lecompton, 461 ; Walker and Stanton in charge, 461 ; negotiations of Stanton with "Free-state" men, 461 , 462 ; address by Walker, 462 ; the party situation, 462 ; the "Free-state" legislature, 462 ; the "Free-state" mass-meeting, 463 ; chances of the Topeka constitution, 463 ; Robinson's plan to capture Territorial government, 463 ; Wilson's advice, 463 ; the Topeka mass-meeting, 464 ; the Grasshopper Falls convention, 464 ; census completed, 464 ; Lecompton convention assembles, 464 ; the election of October 5, 465 ; contests in McGee and Johnson counties, 465 ; Lane's conspiracy and its failure, 465 , 466 ; mass-meeting and convention at Lecompton, 465 , 466 ; the Lecompton constitution, 466 ; "Free-state" demands on Stanton, 466 , 467 ; constitution to be submitted in full, 467 ; Stanton removed, 467 ; Denver appointed Acting-Governor, 467 ; Lecompton Constitution accepted in election of December 21, 467 ; Lecompton Constitution rejected in election of January 4, 1858, 468 ; "Free-state" men in control of three Governments in Kansas, 468 ; Denver's report to the President, 468 , 469 ; President submits Lecompton constitution to Congress, 469 ; attitude of Douglas, 469 , 470 ; Lecompton bill passed by Senate and rejected by House, 470 ; the House proposal rejected, 470 ; the English bill, 470 , 471 ; the proposals rejected in Kansas, 471 ; a fourth government erected, 471 ; close of the struggle, 471 ; characterization of the leaders, 471 , 472 ; attitude of the general government, of Davis, and of Sumner, 472 , 473 ; Act of 1854 the beginning of error, Missourians the beginners of wrong, 473 ; characterization of John Brown's work, 473 , 474 ; relation of events in Kansas to Civil War, 473 , 474 .
— from The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess

In the Senate, where he could meet his political opponents face to face, few dared to venture to degrade the subject in debate from the discussion of principles to the miserable subterfuge of imputing bad motives as a sufficient answer to good arguments; but still many of these dignified gentlemen smiled approval on the efforts of the low-minded, small-minded caucus-speakers of their party, when they declared that Webster's logic was unworthy of consideration, because he was bought by the Bank, or bought by the manufacturers of Massachusetts, or bought by some other combination of persons who were supposed to be the deadly enemies of the laboring men of the country.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple