A higher compliment could not have been paid to any commander-in-chief than to say of him that he understood the merits of Nelson, and left him, as far as possible, to act upon his own judgment.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

This alternative seemed to be present in the mind of not a living creature in that school.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

“And now you must on no account lose another instant.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The cartoon represents the American eagle, flag in claw, standing on the map of North America, looking toward South America as if ready for flight, its beak bent over Panama, the shadow of its wings already darkening [ 654 ] the northern portions of the sister continent to the south of us.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

She further added that when, after having ploughed the field and sown the teeth, armed men should arise from the furrows, he must on no account lose heart, but remember to throw among them a huge rock, over the possession of which they would fight among themselves, and their attention being thus diverted he would find it an easy task to destroy them.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

Some of these boats were dark and mysterious, others noisy and lighted up with torches.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

numbers with the mind only; nor again, like merchants or retail-traders, with a view to buying or selling, but for the sake of their military use, and of the soul herself; and because this will be the easiest way for her to pass from becoming to truth and being.
— from The Republic by Plato

For out of the waste islands had he come, Where saving his own sisters he had known Scarce any but the women of his isles, Rough wives, that laughed and screamed against the gulls, Makers of nets, and living from the sea.
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

The dearth of great libraries, books and periodicals is one reason why the country boy makes the most of good books and articles, often reading them over and over again, while the city youth, in the midst of newspapers and libraries, sees so many books that in most instances he cares very little for them, and will often read the best literature without absorbing any of it.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Let an attentive observer cast his eye for one moment on the map of North America; let him bear in mind, that from the forty-fifth degree of latitude the waters of Canada bound for a vast extent one of the most fertile, and which will become, one of the most populous parts of the United States; and he will readily perceive that the river St. Lawrence must soon be the outlet for one-third of all the products of American labor.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

During my service with the Pullman company I have traveled from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Gulf of Mexico to the borders of Canada, over nearly all the many different lines of railroad that makes the map of North America look like a spider had been crawling over it in search of a fly.
— from The Life and Adventures of Nat Love Better Known in the Cattle Country as "Deadwood Dick" by Nat Love

"But say, we've got an awful pile this month," observed Nick, anxiously, leaving the fireplace and joining the little ring of men about her.
— from The Girl of the Golden West by David Belasco

"You'll bankrupt me, man!" "Oh, no," answered Larson, with a winning smile.
— from Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds by Howard Roger Garis

The two girls must meet or not, as luck ordained.
— from Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

There is more of nightmare, and less of wit in them.)
— from The Stones of Venice, Volume 1 (of 3) by John Ruskin

It was then that I discovered that I was no longer at liberty, for it was told me that I must on no account leave the Lynches’ house without the permission of the Governor, but that no harm would come to me if I consented to his terms.
— from Grace O'Malley, Princess and Pirate by Robert Machray

The drivers of one of the wagons were making their first trip up to the battery area, and one of the instructions given them was that they must on no account leave anything behind them when they returned, however heavily they might be shelled.
— from War Services of the 62nd West Riding Divisional Artillery by Austin Thomas Anderson

The timber resources of northern Alberta, according to the evidence in hand, are very considerable, a matter of not a little importance in a new country.
— from The Unexploited West A Compilation of all of the authentic information available at the present time as to the Natural Resources of the Unexploited Regions of Northern Canada by Ernest J. Chambers