Impregnable Malta surrenders without a shot; his most reckless schemes are crowned with success.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

This argument has more plausibility than real force; for, instead of attempting to make men believe such contradictory statements, it would be much more reasonable to tell them that if brave cavalry may break a square, brave foot-soldiers may resist such a charge; that victory does not always depend upon the superiority of the arm, but upon a thousand other things; that the courage of the troops, the presence of mind
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Now I like the colored people, and sympathize with all their reasonable aspirations; but you and I both know, John, that in this country the Negro must remain subordinate, and can never expect to be the equal of white men.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

For this labor native Indian and negro women are preferred, as they are more rapid, skilful, and careful in handling the trees.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

A small branch—it might be of rotten wood, or it might be broken by force—came heavily down in the nearest part of the forest, Margaret ran, swift as Camilla, down to the window, and rapped at it with a hurried tremulousness which startled Charlotte within.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

In 1822 this "deserted woman" had lived for three years in the most rigid seclusion at Courcelles near Bayeux.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Trim took it up with the most respectful slowness, and casting a glance of humiliation as he did it, upon the embroidery of the fore-part, which being dismally tarnish'd and fray'd moreover in some of the principal leaves and boldest parts of the pattern, he lay'd it down again between his two feet, in order to moralize upon the subject.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Here my self-support gave way all at once; and with a movement of my hands, intended to show her my ragged state, and call it to witness that I had suffered something, I broke into a passion of crying, which I suppose had been pent up within me all the week.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

[Pg 417] Blunt-nosed minnow, red shiner, and channel catfish (yearlings and older) are more mobile than other species.
— from Fish Populations, Following a Drought, in the Neosho and Marais des Cygnes Rivers of Kansas by James E. Deacon

"They attended a party at Bailey's Beach and remained the night with Master Van Antwerp." "How have they been?" "Very well, thank you, except—" "Except?" "I found Master Ronald smoking a cigarette in the smoking-room yesterday.
— from Prince or Chauffeur? A Story of Newport by Lawrence Perry

Once or twice, during our voyage, “when no small tempest lay upon us,” when the raging billows seemed on the point of ingulphing us, so great did my responsibility seem, as connected with the immortal souls of my little unprepared party, that I almost wished that I had never ventured on the perilous step.
— from The Life and Letters of the Rev. George Mortimer, M.A. Rector of Thornhill, in the Diocese of Toronto, Canada West by John Armstrong

One of their number, Lord Turbashaw, a man of military renown, sent a challenge to any captain of the Christian army to fight with him in [Pg 134] single combat.
— from Curiosities of Human Nature by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

2. The next documents in point of antiquity are Monastic Records , such as Chartularies, Leiger-Books, Chronicles, Obituaries, Registers of Marriages and Burials, and Abbey Rolls.
— from The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower

The days of popular agitation were not entirely over, and appeals to the populace as well as debates and harangues in public places were by no means rare, so a crowd speedily gathered around the judge and the countryman, who, in spite of his gigantic stature, had not succeeded in freeing himself from the iron grasp of Cloarek, who, shaking him violently, continued in even more vociferous tones: "I am judge of the court in this town, and this wretch has offered me gold to acquit a criminal.
— from Avarice--Anger: Two of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue