At the end of that period the necessity of rest ourselves prescribes a halt in any case.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

Planchet, very proud of being raised to the dignity of landlord, thought he would make all ready, like an intelligent man; and with this view called in the assistance of the lackey of one of his master’s guests, named Fourreau, and the false soldier who had tried to kill d’Artagnan and who, belonging to no corps, had entered into the service of d’Artagnan, or rather of Planchet, after d’Artagnan had saved his life.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

It is prepared without Vinegar, thus: take of red Lead one pound, Oil of Roses one pound and an half, Wax half a pound, make it into a plaster according to art.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

This was said in a lower tone than usual, while her husband was talking to Adam; for Mrs. Poyser was strict in adherence to her own rules of propriety, and she considered that a young girl was not to be treated sharply in the presence of a respectable man who was courting her.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

In all civilized hostility, a treaty is established for the exchange or ransom of prisoners; and if their captivity be prolonged, their condition is known, and they are treated according to their rank with humanity or honor.
— 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

For how unjust is it, if when we allow different recreations to each particular course of life, we afford no diversion to studies; especially when trifles may be a whet to more serious thoughts, and comical matters may be so treated of, as that a reader of ordinary sense may possibly thence reap more advantage than from some more big and stately argument: as while one in a long-winded oration descants in commendation of rhetoric or philosophy, another in a fulsome harangue sets forth the praise of his nation, a third makes a zealous invitation to a holy war with the Turks, another confidently sets up for a fortune-teller, and a fifth states questions upon mere impertinences.
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

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— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Not to confer in each case a degree of power commensurate to the end, would be to violate the most obvious rules of prudence and propriety, and improvidently to trust the great interests of the nation to hands which are disabled from managing them with vigor and success.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

and heedless I was, that I had not once considered the impropriety of refusing one partner, and afterwards accepting another.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

The proper bureau was to receive (art. 5) from each country authenticated copies of its own registrations of patents and copyrights for transmission (art.
— from Copyright: Its History and Its Law by R. R. (Richard Rogers) Bowker

There is a suspicion in the general mind that this is true all round the circle of salaried life, and that we need swift and easy and decorous means of removing our public and semi-public servants more than we need to [548] fortify the good men in their positions.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, June 1884, No. 9 by Chautauqua Institution

In fact, the great quality about Turner's drawings which more especially proves their transcendent truth, is the capability they afford us of reasoning on past and future phenomena, just as if we had the actual rocks before us; for this indicates not that one truth is given, nor another, not that a pretty or interesting morsel has been selected here and there, but that the whole truth has been given, with all the relations of its parts; so that we can pick and choose our points of pleasure
— from Modern Painters, Volume 1 (of 5) by John Ruskin

Which is more important, to eat or to observe rules of propriety about eating?
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

The square is surrounded by galleries or cloisters, of round or pointed arches, covered with a timber roof or vault, with or without transverse arches, whence the term Place des Couverts , still common in some Southern towns.
— from Gothic Architecture by Edouard Corroyer

On the morrow morning, accordingly, our Thirteen set forth; or rather our Prior and Eleven; for Samson, as general servant of the party, has to linger, settling many things.
— from Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle

Dennis’s favours were usually connected with jackdaws, or rabbits, or puppies, and no doubt this would be something of the same kind.
— from Black, White and Gray: A Story of Three Homes by Amy Walton

For an instant he looked dangerous; then with a roar, of rage or pain according to the fancy of the audience, he made a snatch at a decanter with the object of hurling it at his tormentor.
— from A Poached Peerage by Magnay, William, Sir

It stands on a kind of rostrum or pedestal, and you can see it's been there ten million years.
— from Options by O. Henry

A shudder seemed to go through his powerful frame, a look of resolution, of pride, and of absolute disdain crept into his lazy, deep-set eyes.
— from The Tangled Skein by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness