Just before Napoleon ordered the last desperate charge Rothschild had made up his mind.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

As the mermaid superstition is seemingly absent in Wales, so there are no fairy tales of maidens who lure mortals to their doom beneath the water, as the Dracæ did women and children, and as the Nymph of the Lurley did marriageable young men.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

/2/ In other words, those great judges, although of course aware that a ship is no more alive than a mill-wheel, thought that not only the law did in fact de
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

11 When the storm-breeding Sun was succeeded by the Prophet whose prayer evoked the cloud, even the name of the latter did not need to be changed.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Each one talked to his neighbour; to his neighbour on the right during the soup, fish, and entree; to his neighbour on the left during the roast, sweet, and savoury.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

They are solemnly called upon to do so: "Let every one that nameth the name of the Lord depart from iniquity."
— from Elijah the Tishbite. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. V by Charles Henry Mackintosh

As a natural consequence he got obedience, but he won none of that loyal devotion which bound Collingwood, or Hallowell, or Hoste to Nelson.
— from Rodney by David Hannay

Just north of the Lago di Maggiore, accessible either from Como or from Milan direct via Arona, is the famous road over the Simplon Pass, at an elevation of 2,008 metres above the sea.
— from Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

Annie very soon grew as fond of Charlie—that was the name of the little dog—as she had ever been of Tip.
— from Little Wideawake: A story book for little children by Barker, Sale, Mrs.

Foolish people who would not obey the law deserved to lose their pets.
— from The Corner House Girls Growing Up What Happened First, What Came Next. And How It Ended by Grace Brooks Hill

The Mayor of Meudon thunders at our door in the name of the Law, demanding, I suppose, my husband's head.
— from With the Night Mail: A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together with extracts from the comtemporary magazine in which it appeared) by Rudyard Kipling

"Yes," replied Ellen, knowing nothing of the last development of the strained relations between her husband and her "boy."
— from The Second Generation by David Graham Phillips

Again she tied the basket round the neck of the little dog.
— from Wonder Tales from Many Lands by Katharine Pyle