He wondered how Reid would receive him, and whether they would part in no greater unfriendliness than at present.
— from The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

The prisoner, usually a young German private in neat gray uniform and steel helmet, walks in front.
— from Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller

Of absolute rest, as Mr. Grove eloquently puts it, nature gives us no evidence.
— from Animal Locomotion; or, walking, swimming, and flying With a dissertation on aëronautics by James Bell Pettigrew

There is an objection to the use of it, as it is not very transparent, and a Nicol’s prism is now generally used for polarizing light.
— from Stargazing: Past and Present by Lockyer, Norman, Sir

But if the Mosaic authorship of the whole contents of the other books of the Pentateuch is now given up, much more should it be given up in the case of Deuteronomy.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper

[85] The full significance of this annulling power is not generally understood.
— from The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy by J. Allen (James Allen) Smith

Sed, opinor, quiescamus, ne nostram culpam coarguamus, qui, dum urbem, id est patriam, amamus dumque rem conventuram putamus, ita nos gessimus, ut plane interclusi captique simus.
— from Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero