Sónya and fat little Pétya doubled up with laughter.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

H2 anchor CHAPTER 12 I had for some time past, dwelt upon the prospect of our being reduced to this last horrible extremity, and had secretly made up my mind to suffer death in any shape or under any circumstances rather than resort to such a course.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

To complete it, she seated herself in a chair by the side of the little chair, and protectingly drew under her arm the spare hand that crept up to her.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

faculté , f. , puissance physique ou morale; corps de professeurs dans une université.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Where the spirit of duty and self-sacrifice is low the troops are unready and inefficient; where, as in Prussia, these qualities, by the training of a whole century, have become instinctive, troops really are ready to the last button, and might be poured down upon any one of her neighbours with such rapidity that the very first collision must suffice to ensure ultimate success—a success by no means certain if the enemy, whoever he may be, is allowed breathing-time in which to set his house in order.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

It was echoed from Salêve, the Juras, and the Alps of Savoy; vivid flashes of lightning dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire; then for an instant every thing seemed of a pitchy darkness, until the eye recovered itself from the preceding flash.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

But the lack of hotel accommodations for a party deterred us from stopping over, and also prevented our visiting the celebrated Jain temples at Mount Abû, a ride of several miles to the mountains in a jinrikisha.
— from Travels in the Far East by Ellen Mary Hayes Peck

Kenryck must have been aware of something in the colonel's tone, for he promptly drew upon his reserve supply of tact and said, "Do you mind telling me the story of those [Pg 12] horns?
— from From Headquarters: Odd Tales Picked up in the Volunteer Service by James A. (James Albert) Frye

What pretext was there for agitation, seeing that the decision which must ultimately regulate the nature of our commercial policy depends upon the will of the constituencies?
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 71, No. 438, April 1852 by Various

You never could think of such a place, Dolly, unless you'd ha' seen it.
— from Hildegarde's Holiday: A Story for Girls by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

These are the official letters and petitions drawn up by the chiefs in their own tongues, and forwarded to the Spanish authorities.
— from Aboriginal American Authors by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton

We pass directly under Brantwood, the plain old house where Ruskin lived, and catch glimpses of the oriel window of [Pg 185] leaded glass in which he was wont to sit at his work.
— from In Unfamiliar England A Record of a Seven Thousand Mile Tour by Motor of the Unfrequented Nooks and Corners, and the Shrines of Especial Interest, in England; With Incursions into Scotland and Ireland. by Thos. D. (Thomas Dowler) Murphy

{163} DEFENCE OF A VILLAGE.—It is difficult to avoid the inclusion of villages in a scheme of defence on account of the facilities afforded for water, cover, and shelter, but while villages assist in the Delaying Action they are liable to become "shell traps" in a prolonged defence, unless there is good cellarage accommodation, while the local effect of a bursting shell is also increased.
— from Lectures on Land Warfare; A tactical Manual for the Use of Infantry Officers An Examination of the Principles Which Underlie the Art of Warfare, with Illustrations of the Principles by Examples Taken from Military History, from the Battle of Thermopylae, B.C. 480, to the Battle of the Sambre, November 1-11, 1918 by Anonymous

The inviting appearance of the pasture determined us to remain for a couple of days to rest the horses, after the unusually long marches of the preceding days.
— from At Home with the Patagonians A Year's Wanderings over Untrodden Ground from the Straits of Magellan to the Rio Negro by George C. Musters