You had better read through Notions Générales de Chimie , by Pelouse and Frémy.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

if the Sieoux were at peace with them and Could be depended on he as also other Chiefs of the villages would be glad to go and See their great father, but as they were all afraid of the Sieoux they Should not go down &c. The Black Cat Chief of the Mandans Village on the North Side of the Missouri Sent over and requested me to go over to his village which envertation I axceptd and crossed over to his village.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

"Our friend Ned grows disturbing," Conseil replied.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Is not here a pretty enough third-act of a natural Greek Drama; catastrophe more uncertain than ever?
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

“Stopping’s no good,” drawled Charles.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

O ye best of Hellenes, is not this one of the things of which we were saying that not to know them is disgraceful, and of which to have a bare knowledge only is no great distinction? CLEINIAS: Certainly. ATHENIAN:
— from Laws by Plato

From this fact it is plain that not one of the Moral Virtues comes to be in us merely by nature: because of such things as exist by nature, none can be changed by custom: a stone, for instance, by nature gravitating downwards, could never by custom be brought to ascend, not even if one were to try and accustom it by throwing it up ten thousand times; nor could file again be brought to descend, nor in fact could anything whose nature is in one way be brought by custom to be in another.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Tum quia in patre naturaliter generante duplex causalitas concurrit, nempe materialis, quia semen, quod materia generationis, ministrat, et efficiens, quia agens principale est in generatione, ut communiter statuunt Philosophi.
— from Demoniality; or, Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari

No greater disgrace could befall the army, and through it our whole people, than the perpetration of outrage upon the innocent and defenceless….
— from A Life of Gen. Robert E. Lee by John Esten Cooke

No greater damage could be done to me and my usefulness.
— from Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a view of the primary causes and movements of the Thirty Years' War — Complete (1609-15) by John Lothrop Motley

LEONIDAS POLK, Southern General and Bishop. BRAXTON BRAGG, Southern General. NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST, Southern Cavalry Leader. JOHN MORGAN, Southern Cavalry Leader. GEORGE J. MEADE, Northern General. DON CARLOS BUELL, Northern General.
— from The Guns of Shiloh: A Story of the Great Western Campaign by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

“Mais, Dumois, you no go directe, comme befor’?” interposed Le Bossu.
— from Jules of the Great Heart "Free" Trapper and Outlaw in the Hudson Bay Region in the Early Days by Lawrence Mott

; second visit to Missouri, 265 ; arrives second time in Zion, 266 ; acknowledged in Zion President of High Priesthood, 267 ; organized Church with a view to independence, 269 ; visits Colesville branch on Big Blue, 269 and note; gives directions concerning literary affairs and stores in Zion, 270 and note; leaves Zion for Kirtland, 271 ; poison administered to, 271 ; instances of gift of seer-ship, 272 and note; arrival at Kirtland, 272 ; recommences translation of Scripture, 273 ; receives first copy Evening and Morning Star , 273 ; visits Albany, New York and Boston, 295 ; receives visit from Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball, 295 , 296 ; receives gift of tongues, 297 , reviews state of world close of 1832, 301 ; writes for the press on same subject, 312 ; et seq .; introduces ordinance of washing feet, 323 ; completes translation of New Testament, 324 ; reflection on mob violence in Jackson county, 393 , 400 ; mission to Canada, 416 , et seq .
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

[Christa NICKELS]; Party of Democratic Socialism or PDS [Lothar BISKY, chairman]; Republikaner [Rolf SCHLIERER, chairman]; National Democratic Party or NPD [Gunter DECKERT]; Communist Party or DKP [Rolf PRIEMER and Heinz STEHR, cochairpersons] Political pressure groups and leaders: employers' organizations, expellee, refugee, trade unions, and veterans groups International organization participation: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BDEAC, BIS, CBSS, CCC, CDB (non-regional), CE, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, ECE, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, G- 5, G- 7, G-10, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, MINUGUA, MTCR, NAM (guest), NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNITAR, UNMIBH, UNOMIG, UPU, WEU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO, WTrO, ZC Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Juergen CHROBOG chancery: 4645 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007 telephone: [1] (202) 298-4000 FAX:
— from The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Sur la Dicerate, nouveau genre de coquillage bivalve.
— from Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard