Mr. Hetherington's bassoon, however, may be regarded as the harbinger and foreshadow of the magnificent organ presented in after-times to the congregation of the "Second Temple" of St. James', by Mr. Dunn—a costly and fine-toned instrument (presided over, for a short time, by the eminent Dr. Hodges, subsequently of Trinity Church, New York), but destined to be destroyed by fire, together with the whole church, after only two years of existence, in 1839.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

On the following day the weather was bad, and in the afternoon the young man, by way of providing indoor amusement, offered to show her the pictures.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

The force of private intrigue, and then also the force of public opinion, grows so dangerous, confused!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

c. Some jockeys are great adepts at this work, and are invaluable to a confederacy as a means, not so much of attaining victory themselves, as of preventing its attainment in others.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

But there is only one Petronius in antiquity.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

A silence deferential, but full of reserves, reigned for a moment, and then the great lady exclaimed, not with resentment, but with a sort of protesting indignation: “And that officially is supposed to be a revolutionist!
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Why any one values anything at all, or anything in particular, is a question of physics; it asks for the causes of interest, judgment, and desire.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

Noirtier saw him seat himself with an appearance of perfect indifference, at the same time giving a side look at Valentine, which made her understand that she also was to remain in the room.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

I could not know how the lordly steamboatman scorns that sort of presumption in a mere landsman.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

I told my reasons most candidly to the jury, and they found me to be the most sensible man that they had ever heard of, placed in a similar position.
— from Rattlin the Reefer by Edward Howard

This outer precinct is all occupied by soldiers, labourers, and out-door servants; within this is another large court inclosed by walls likewise, in this the apartments are but of one storey, appropriated to the principal officers, priests, and servants.
— from Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile, Volume 4 (of 5) In the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 and 1773 by James Bruce

See Spark, electric Discharge, connective —— in insulating media —— in good conductors —— with fluid terminations in air —— —— liquids —— from a ball —— influence of points in —— affected by mechanical causes —— —— flame —— with glow —— charge of a particle in air —— —— oil of turpentine —— charge of air by —— currents produced in air —— —— oil of turpentine —— direction of the currents —— Porrett's effects —— positive and negative —— related to electrolytic discharge Discharge, dark —— with negative glow —— between positive and negative glow —— in air —— muriatic acid gas —— coal gas —— hydrogen —— nitrogen Discharge, disruptive —— preceded by induction —— determined by one particle —— necessary intensity —— determining intensity constant —— related to particular dielectric —— facilitates like action —— its time —— varied by form of conductors —— —— change in the dielectric , —— —— rarefaction of air —— —— temperature —— —— distance of conductors —— —— size of conductors —— in liquids and solids —— in different gases —— —— not alike —— —— specific differences —— positive and negative —— —— distinctions —— —— differences —— —— relative facility —— —— dependent on the dielectric —— —— in different gases —— —— of voltaic current —— brush —— collateral —— dark —— glow —— spark —— theory of Discharge, electrolytic —— previous induction —— necessary intensity —— division of the electrolyte —— stopped by solidifying the electrolyte —— facilitated by added bodies —— in curved lines —— proves action of contiguous particles —— positive and negative —— velocity of electric current in —— related to convective discharge —— theory of Discharging train generally used Disruptive discharge, .
— from Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume 1 by Michael Faraday

Another priest, hard by, was seen to be writing prayers upon bits of paper, in anticipation of future demand, suited to all sorts of cases; and to be sold to visiting penitents, who would pin or paste them up in the temples as already described, and where the gods could peruse them at their leisure.
— from Due West; Or, Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou

A group of fig-trees here and there, a palm-tree sadly out of place, in a dirty, dusty yard, an agave standing stiff and reserved among its upstart neighbors, the pea-vine and potato.
— from Overland Tales by Josephine Clifford

[Pg 55] Interstate commerce is carried on in the United States, as when goods are shipped from one state to another, or one place in a state to another, either by land or water.
— from Citizenship: A Manual for Voters by Emma Guy Cromwell

Page 325 : “attached a British outpost” probably is a misprint for “attacked”.
— from The Story of the British Army by Charles Cooper King

The ardor of contention, the pride of victory, the despair of success, the memory of past injuries, and the fear of future dangers, all contribute to inflame the mind, and to silence the voice of pity.
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Edward Gibbon