Men of republican principles have been jealous of a standing army, as dangerous to liberty.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Everything fell out as the master of Rede Place had ordained it should do.
— from Jane Oglander by Marie Belloc Lowndes

"Well?" "My only real problem," he went on earnestly, "is this.
— from The Cinema Murder by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

"The notes which at different times I have sent you, and which so fatally misrepresent our relative positions, have been sent to Edward; and this letter, of which I inclose you a copy, is the result.
— from Ellen Middleton—A Tale by Georgiana Fullerton

Wellington was felt by his officers and soldiers to be a man of real power; his British recruits were well drilled, and his veterans were good.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

In B , a man of rounded proportions has two sons who vary, one being fat, the other thin.
— from Darwinism and Race Progress by John Berry Haycraft

This Morel was very clever, but he was a man totally void of moral or religious principle; he confessed to me that he did not believe in anything.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

“I ought to explain that I have had a fortune left me, or rather papa has, and under our new circumstances it would be inconvenient for me to come to the theatre every evening.”
— from Helen Ford by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Nay, but my kindly poet Tupper, whose face I have never seen, but whose verses have given me many times and oft so much of real pleasure, have I not another supporter in you?
— from Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites by Gordon Stables

But the young officer is far away—a thousand miles of trackless ocean now between Condor and Crusader —little dreaming of the danger that threatens her to whom he has given heart, and promised hand; while Harry Blew is standing in the midst of ruffians plotting her ruin!
— from The Flag of Distress: A Story of the South Sea by Mayne Reid

We have been told that our fathers did the same; and the glorious mantle of Revolutionary precedent has been thrown over the mobs of our day.
— from How to Master the Spoken Word Designed as a Self-Instructor for all who would Excel in the Art of Public Speaking by Edwin Gordon Lawrence