staidness &c. adj.; gravity, sobriety, Quakerism[obs3]; philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper; self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins; presence of mind.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

1781—King Frederick the Great of Prussia establishes state coffee-roasting plants in Germany, declares the coffee business a government monopoly, and forbids the common people to roast their own coffee.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The whole being explained, many obliging things were said by the Miss Thorpes of their wish of being better acquainted with her; of being considered as already friends, through the friendship of their brothers, etc., which Catherine heard with pleasure, and answered with all the pretty expressions she could command; and, as the first proof of amity, she was soon invited to accept an arm of the eldest Miss Thorpe, and take a turn with her about the room.
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

He beheld the tower as a temple-spire of the religion of business, a faith passionate, exalted, surpassing common men; and as he clumped down to breakfast he whistled the ballad “Oh, by gee, by gosh, by jingo” as though it were a hymn melancholy and noble.
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

If not, many months would pass ere she could leave her bed of coral.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

If at this point you want to empty the supplementary ballast tanks in order to lighten your boat and rise to the surface, your pumps must overcome that pressure of 100 atmospheres, which is 100 kilograms per each square centimeter.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

But a weaker evidence can never destroy a stronger; and therefore, were the doctrine of the real presence ever so clearly revealed in scripture, it were directly contrary to the rules of just reasoning to give our assent to it.
— from An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding by David Hume

A cui Rustico disse: Hai l'inferno; e dicoti, che io mi credo, che Dio t'abbia qui mandata per la salute dell' anima mia; perciòche, se questo diavolo pur mi darà questa noia, ove tu cogli aver di me tanta pietà, e sofferire, che io in inferno il rimetta; tu mi darai grandissima consolazione, et a Dio farai grandissimo piacere, e servigio; se tu per quello fare in queste parti venuta se; che tu di.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

réalisé par un collectif de six auteurs (Chantal Beaslay, Laure Carlon, Luc Dall'Armellina, Philippe Meuriot, Anika Mignotte et Claude Rouah) - issus du département hypermédias de l'Université Paris 8 - autour d'un symbole primordial et spirituel, celui de l'oeuf.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Worldly prudence, perhaps, exacts some consideration on this head; nor will I absolutely and altogether condemn it.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

Lionel stared, a pained expression slowly capturing his mobile features as he stood in rigid indecision for a moment; then, with a sigh, he stooped down and picked up the sheets of paper which were being blown about on the grass.
— from The Redemption of Kenneth Galt by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben

I do not include among the causes which may agitate the crystals another cause which must produce excessively slight currents of air, namely, that arising from the subsidence of the cloudlets owing to their weight.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 613, October 1, 1887 by Various

There is consequently, in that special case, no element of irreligion, no other character quam puri et simplicis coitus ; and, if of the same species as Bestiality , it would be adequately stated by saying: I have been guilty of the sin of Bestiality ; which is not so.
— from Demoniality; or, Incubi and Succubi by Ludovico Maria Sinistrari

On the contrary, Mr. Gaul returned to the charge in a second pamphlet, entitled ‘Select Cases of Conscience touching Witches and Witchcraft,’ in which, while admitting the existence of witches—for he was not above the superstition of his age and country—he vigorously attacked Hopkins for accusing persons on insufficient evidence, and denounced the atrocious cruelties of which he and his associates were guilty.
— from Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

For details as to the number of prisoners, etc., see C. S. P. For. ,
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

[22] For Freeman's well-known theory of political expansion see Comparative Politics , chap.
— from A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3 by George Elliott Howard

The embankment of the railroad encroached upon one side of it, and the passing engines sifted cinders and ashes over the graves.
— from The Colonel's Dream by Charles W. (Charles Waddell) Chesnutt