These received a practical and rigorous training especially directed to the navy; and, so far as education went, there is reason to believe they would have made a most efficient body of men.
— from The Influence of Sea Power upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812, vol 1 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

[71] See the paper already referred to, "Ein dolichokephaler Schädel," etc.
— from Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth, F.R.A.I.

When Providence alone ruled the earth, during the interregnum of humanity, she caused such hecatombs that intelligence nearly perished.
— from Decadence, and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas by Remy de Gourmont

They also proposed a resolution to express disapproval of the reflections made by Mr. Grinnell upon the character of Mr. Rousseau.
— from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes

During this she imparted a vast deal of information, and received none in return, which is the habit of voluble people, and renders them exceedingly dangerous to themselves and useful to others.
— from In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman

[318] The next morning my husband was not in the least surprised, after what he had seen the night before, to receive a call from the officer, who presented a request to exchange dogs.
— from Tenting on the Plains; or, General Custer in Kansas and Texas by Elizabeth Bacon Custer

Rev. , CLVIII, 382 ff., protesting against regarding the economic "dependence of the wife as degradation;" and Collet , "Official Statistics on the Employment of Women," Jour. of the Stat.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3 by George Elliott Howard