These combinations and changes were not effected without fierce controversies, ferocious wars, or persecutions, [ 19 ] and the formation of many devils.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Not expecting to come on the enemy down by the stream, and having stumbled on him in the fog, hearing no encouraging word from their commanders, and with a consciousness of being too late spreading through the ranks, and above all being unable to see anything in front or around them in the thick fog, the Russians exchanged shots with the enemy lazily and advanced and again halted, receiving no timely orders from the officers or adjutants who wandered about in the fog in those unknown surroundings unable to find their own regiments.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Loyal to Grant, and still more so to Mrs. Grant, who acted as his patroness, he said nothing, even when far gone, that was offensive about either, but he held that no one except himself and Rawlins understood the General.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

The most deserving of the Arabians and Persians were promoted to the honors of the state; and the whole body of the Turkish nation embraced, with fervor and sincerity, the religion of Mahomet.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Having frequently been in presence of the enemy, or, in other words, faced the ladies at Cheltenham and Bath, our friend, the Collector, had lost a great deal of his pristine timidity, and was now, especially when fortified with liquor, as talkative as might be.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

still thou errest, nor end wilt find Of erring, from the path of truth remote: Unjustly thou depravest it with the name Of servitude, to serve whom God ordains, Or Nature: God and Nature bid the same, When he who rules is worthiest, and excels Them whom he governs.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Hospitality, however, was not entirely wanting for I had not to find the inn unaided, a servant showing me the way there with a lantern.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

Nur eine Weisheit führt zum Ziele, / Doch 20 ihrer Sprüche giebt es viele —Only one wisdom leads to the goal, though the proverbs of it are many.
— 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.

He did not even wish for her life now, all he longed for was the end of this awful anguish.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Miss Anthony could not entirely recover from the disappointment of her reception in San Francisco, but a letter written to Mrs. Stanton, just before her first lecture in Oregon, shows no regrets but a wish that she had put the case even more strongly: I am awaiting my Wednesday night execution with fear and trembling such as I never before dreamed of, but to the rack I must go, though another San Francisco torture be in store for me....
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

The first effect of this new enjoyment, which Fritz and his Sister strove to repeat as often as they could, was that at home, with little clipped and twisted paper dolls, they set about representing scenes; and on Christophine's part it had the more important result of awakening and nourishing, at an early age, her æsthetic taste.
— from The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Thomas Carlyle

Specimens reported from caves not excavated were found on the floor, sometimes in situations where no addition of cave earth had taken place since the objects were left there; at other times where they were brought from below by burrowing animals; and, again, where they are exposed in the bed or banks of a drainage channel.
— from Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 by Gerard Fowke

Dead must be the man whose pulse beats not quicker, and whose enthusiasm is not enkindled when for the first time he is privileged to whisper to himself, The East!
— from Round the World by Andrew Carnegie

The one person who showed no enthusiasm was Florry herself.
— from Miss Maitland, Private Secretary by Geraldine Bonner

As it happens Lord Alfred has no ear whatever for music.
— from General John Regan by George A. Birmingham

Thare iz no excuse whatever for the insolence ov wealth; thare may possibly be for the insolence ov poverty.
— from The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Josh Billings

Hennie buried his nose, emerged, with, for one dreadful moment, a little trembling blob of cream on the tip.
— from The Garden Party, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

SEE Nelson, E. W. FUESS, CLAUDE MOORE.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1957 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office