In the first instance, not a member was absent from his place; men were brought indeed from distant capitals to participate in the struggle and to decide it; the debate lasted for days, almost for weeks; not a public man of light and leading in the country withheld the expression of his opinion; the fate of governments was involved in it; cabinets were overthrown and reconstructed in the throes and tumult of the strife, and for the first time for a long period the Sovereign personally interposed in public transactions with a significance of character, which made the working classes almost believe that the privileged had at last found a master, and the unfranchished regained their natural chief.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

It should be noticed, however, that this coronet belongs to the prince as eldest son of the Sovereign and heir-apparent to the Throne, and not as Prince of Wales.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

“I realised that I was not a thinker, not a philosopher, but simply a dilettante.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Another instance of a change in the meaning of the old Cant, but the retention of the word is seen in “ CLY ,” formerly to take or steal, now a pocket;—remembering a certain class of low characters, a curious connection between the two meanings will be discovered.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

La vieillesse nous attache plus de rides en l'esprit qu'en visage —Old age contracts more wrinkles on the mind than the countenance.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The little princess during the whole discussion and the rest of the dinner sat silent, glancing with a frightened look now at her father-in-law and now at Princess Mary.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Duane did not even bother to keep back names and places—he told all his triumphs and his failures, his loves and his griefs.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

If, on the one hand, it should be observed that the expenses incurred in the prosecution of the ambitious enterprises and vainglorious pursuits of a monarchy are not a proper standard by which to judge of those which might be necessary in a republic, it ought, on the other hand, to be remarked that there should be as great a disproportion between the profusion and extravagance of a wealthy kingdom in its domestic administration, and the frugality and economy which in that particular become the modest simplicity of republican government.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

They chant their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim; Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise; Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heaven-ward flame; The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays: Compar'd with these, Italian trills are tame; The tickl'd ears no heart-felt raptures raise; Nae unison hae they with our Creator's praise.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Haec omnia ut invitis, ita non adversantibus patriciis transacta, quia nondum in quemquam unum saeviebatur.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Three years before, there was not a Protestant in the place.
— from History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson

Joseph no longer remembered the name of the person to whom the letter was addressed; but it was not a person of title.
— from The Lerouge Case by Emile Gaboriau

Killed all th’ hogs we had one night an’ piled ’em in a heap in th’ front door yard!
— from Tharon of Lost Valley by Vingie E. (Vingie Eve) Roe

It remains to show, in the third place, that the Antislavery Enterprise, which stands before you at once necessary and practicable, is commended by inherent Dignity .
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 05 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

Rev., July, 1882— “ Will is neither a power of unconditioned self-determination—which is not freedom, but an aimless, irrational, fatalistic power; nor pure spontaneity—which excludes from will all law but its own; but it is rather a power of originating action—a power which is limited however by inborn dispositions, by acquired habits and convictions, by feelings and social relations. ”
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

These things may seem a bit wearisome, but they became an important part of the daily program with the venturesome small boat cruisers, and as necessary as partaking of their meals.
— from Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise; or, The Dash for Dixie by Louis Arundel

Lieutenant Schwatka decided that he and I would take Toolooah's sled, with Joe to assist, and go by the way of Smith and Grant Points, and through the big inlet spoken of by the natives as putting in from Wilmot Bay, and meet the other sleds which, in charge of Henry, would go by the way of Richardson Point and Back's River, meeting at the bend of the river above the Dangerous Rapids, where we would find the Ooqueesiksillik natives and take on board a supply of fish to last us until we reached the reindeer country once more.
— from Schwatka's Search: Sledging in the Arctic in Quest of the Franklin Records by William H. (William Henry) Gilder

Is it permitted that I go now and prepare the same?” “Go, and may it be well for thee and for us,” said Umzilikazi.
— from The White Shield by Bertram Mitford

“If they would be inseparable, they would be insuperable, being assisted by these three circumstances—a country well defended by nature, a people contented to live upon little, a community whose nobles and commoners alike are trained in the use of arms; and especially as the English fight for power, [Pg 75] the Welsh for liberty; the English hirelings for money, the Welsh patriots for their country.”
— from Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures by A. G. (Andrew George) Little