But from the river the town 's open quite, Because the Turks could never be persuaded A Russian vessel e'er would heave in sight; And such their creed was, till they were invaded, When it grew rather late to set things right.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
This was accordingly done, and after being 189 scrutinised clause by clause in a committee of the Cabinet specially appointed for the purpose, and receiving various emendations, the bill was introduced on the 13th February 1837.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir
The combined Progressive and Republican vote exceeded that of the Democrats by 1,300,000.
— from History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard
But from the river the town's open quite, Because the Turks could never be persuaded A Russian vessel e'er would heave in sight;
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron
"Nobody admires that little paragon more than I—I should be frantically in love with her if I were a man—but she had better think twice before rejecting such a parti as René Vergniaud, especially if she has no dowry.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
Passing his thumb down the card, he paused at Rule VII.: 'Each member shall, on the death of another member, pay 1s.
— from Tales of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett
Too much credit cannot be given to Captain Fitzclarence and Lord Charles Bentinck for the coolness and gallantry with which they handled their men, or to the men for the way they responded, and what is said of them applies in the same degree to Captain Williams and the men of the British South Africa Police and Railway Volunteers engaged.
— from Mafeking: A Diary of a Siege by Frederick David Baillie
The senate met on the eighteenth of March in the temple of Tellus: “In quo templo quantum in me fuit jeci fundamenta pacis, Atheniensiumque renovavi vetus exemplum: Græcum etiam verbum usurpavi quo tum in sedandis discordiis erat usa civitas illa, atque omnem memoriam discordiarum oblivione sempiterna delendam censui.”
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 4 (of 4) by Plutarch
Sir Richard Phillips (1767-1840), schoolmaster, hosier, stationer, publisher, author, Radical, vegetarian, etc., removed from Leicester to London in 1795, was knighted in 1808, and finally retired to Brighton.
— from Lavengro The Scholar - The Gypsy - The Priest, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Borrow
Of course he paid a regular visit every day to the cottage on the esplanade to see his fiancée .
— from Caught in a Trap by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
If the American reader will forget Yankee notions of morality... if the reader will assume the French point of view, this book will prove a rarely valuable experience.
— from More Portmanteau Plays by Stuart Walker
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