Queen Anne had not the intellect nor vigour to assert her independence of ministers, and George I, who understood no English, ceased to attend cabinet meetings.
— from The History of England - a Study in Political Evolution by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard

It was specified, in order to cut off lobby agents, that Congress should grant no extra compensation to any contractor after the service was rendered.
— from Robert Toombs Statesman, Speaker, Soldier, Sage by Pleasant A. Stovall

It was only on getting the details of the trial that the Bristolians became fully sensible of the danger they had so narrowly escaped; convinced then, as Captain Birch worded it, that they had been standing upon a mine.
— from No Quarter! by Mayne Reid

But when, from neglect or want of dexterity, the first operation has been imperfectly performed, one or more stones being left behind, the wound may not heal, nor even contract to any considerable extent; and then dilatation of the existing opening, with fresh section of the prostate, will probably be sufficient, though at an interval of many months.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

The powers of Hargreaves' machine soon became known among his ignorant neighbors, notwithstanding his strenuous efforts to keep his admirable invention a secret, and these neighbors naturally enough concluded that a contrivance, which enabled one spinster to do the work of eight, would throw many people out of employment.
— from Principles of Political Economy by Arthur Latham Perry

But they were the creation and the legacy of a bad age, and though they had not extinguished Catholic teaching and Catholic belief in the English Church, they had been a serious hindrance to it, and a support to its opponents.
— from The Oxford Movement; Twelve Years, 1833-1845 by R. W. (Richard William) Church

An interest became aroused of a most important character, unknown in any previous age in England, and which, though not fully maintained after his death, and least of all among the higher classes who ranked so largely among his patrons, was yet destined to have a marked and lasting influence on the future development and progress of the game, most apparent at first in England, but later nearly equally manifested in Germany, since in America and other countries, and not exclusively confined to any country, class, or creed.
— from Chess History and Reminiscences by H. E. (Henry Edward) Bird

Thirty-four women, the greatest number ever chosen to any country's parliament, were elected as delegates.
— from And the Kaiser abdicates: The German Revolution November 1918-August 1919 by S. Miles (Stephen Miles) Bouton

Return to Table of Contents THE policy of arming the Negroes early claimed the anxious consideration of the leaders of the colonial army during the American Revolution.
— from History of the Negro Race in America From 1619 to 1880. Vol 1 Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens by George Washington Williams