Take as an example the attack made by Nansouty in columns of regiments upon the Prussian cavalry deployed in front of Chateau-Thierry.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

The particulars of this criticism will obviously vary almost indefinitely with the variations in [480] human nature and circumstances: I here only propose to discuss the general points of view which a Utilitarian critic must take, in order that no important class of relevant considerations may be omitted.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

bahálà n in charge of, responsible for.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Neāpolī, in celeberrimō oppidō , RabP. 26, at Neapolis, a town swarming with people .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

“It is nothing in comparison of Rosings, my lady, I dare say; but I assure you it is much larger than Sir William Lucas's.”
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

of a lodge his duty is a recording, corresponding, and receiving officer is a check upon the treasurer often receives compensation in case of death, or expulsion, a successor may be elected but not in case of removal, or sickness Senior Grand Warden.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Some years older than I, she knew more of the world, and could tell me many things I liked to hear: with her my curiosity found gratification: to my faults also she gave ample indulgence, never imposing curb or rein on anything I said.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

"It is nothing in comparison of Rosings, my lady, I dare say; but I assure you it is much larger than Sir William Lucas's."
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The novel I can only read, I can't read at all!
— from The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I) by Henry James

But as long as the substance alone of matter remains, it cannot be said to be multiplied; for multitude cannot consist in the addition of a thing to itself, since of necessity it can only result from division.
— from Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

Although man, according to the laws of human nature, is capable of reproducing extremely rapidly, the ideal of his happiness 328 makes a restriction of this power necessary.
— from The Prolongation of Life: Optimistic Studies by Elie Metchnikoff

There would have been no Franco-Prussian War but for her reckless machinations; the Prince Imperial would not, in consequence of reverses thereby induced, have gone to Zululand to throw away his life; the map of Europe would not have been changed by the division of Alsace-Lorraine; and there would probably have been no Republic in France to-day.
— from Due West; Or, Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou

From the nature of the gift it is clear that there must be a moral and religious congruity between the gift and the recipient, or, to put it into plainer words, you cannot get heaven unless your nature is capable of receiving these great gifts which constitute heaven.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren

But I do not wish to interfere; if you desire to know more that I can tell you, you are welcome to my knowledge, and, if you will, my counsel; if not, I can only regret that I can be of no more service to you, and wish you God-speed—that with all my heart."
— from The Capsina: An Historical Novel by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson

[376] An allusion to Shadwell; who boasted, that he drew his characters from nature, in contempt of regular criticism.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10 by John Dryden

This afternoon I played again alone to the monks, who gave me the finest subjects in the world—the "Credo" among others—a fantasia on the latter was very successful; it is the only one that in my life I ever wished I could have written down, but now I can only remember its general purport, and must ask permission to send Fanny, in this letter, a passage that I do not wish to forget.
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy