A jagged rock hurtled through the porthole and crashed against the electric dome in the ceiling.
— from The Ice Pilot by Henry Leverage

The most important academic positions held by him later were those as professor of chemistry at Strasburg, 1849; dean of the Faculty of Sciences at Lille, 1854; science director of the Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, 1857; professor of geology, physics, and chemistry at the Ecole des Beaux Arts; Professor of chemistry at the Sorbonne, 1867.
— from The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various

As it is written, 'And Repentance and Prayer and Charity avert the evil decree.'
— from The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

"Nay, ask its forgiveness, sir," went on the King implacably; "and make good this debt of mine in token of your remorse, as it is written, 'And repentance, and prayer, and charity avert the evil decree.'"
— from The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

The monument erected to his memory in St. Paul's Cathedral represented, however inadequately, the widely felt sorrow which pervaded all classes at the early death of this heroic officer.
— from The Huguenots in France by Samuel Smiles

During May, the government and the East India directors decided that more European troops ought to be in India, in consideration both of the condition of India itself, and of the incidence of war in Persia and China; and the early dispatch of four regiments was decided on.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd

The worship of Rousseau penetrated all classes, and touched every degree of intelligence.
— from Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) by John Morley