Our Enemies press in on us, says Danton, but they shall not conquer us, "we will burn France to ashes rather, nous brulerons la France.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Or—and this seems within the probabilities—was he inclined simply to pass it over, until secretarial suggestions reached him for a Sunday editorial, or until some of the bondholders made their wishes known?
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

When a man’s temper is up he likes to pour it out upon somebody there this is not allowed.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

The Pythagoreans sought to explain the universe by numbers, forms, and harmonies; the Eleatics by the à priori ideas of unity, substance, Being in se , the Infinite.
— from Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker

But if we turn to pathology, it offers us some remarkable approximations to true Xenogenesis.
— from Discourses: Biological & Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley

It is by aggregation of cases , by the everlasting depullulation of fresh sprouts and shoots from old boughs, that this enormous accumulation takes place; and, therefore, the apparent anomaly is exactly paralleled in our unmanageable superstructure of law, and in the French supplements to their code, which have already far overbuilt the code itself.
— from Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 by Thomas De Quincey

The first chapel on the right belongs to the Barberini, and contains pictures by Sebastian del Piombo , (painted in oil upon stone, a process which has caused them to be much blackened by time,) from drawings of Michael Angelo .
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

To people in our unfortunate situation, a civil word even is well appreciated, but such a mark of kindness as this worthy Persian showed us, is not easily forgotten.
— from History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 3 (of 3) Third Edition by Kaye, John William, Sir

The total solitude--the undisturbed and chilling silence, which seem to have ever slept over the dark and ancient woods--the still lakes, reflecting the deep solemnity of the objects around them--all impress a powerful image of utter seclusion and hopeless separation from living man, and appear formed at once to court and gratify the sternest austerities of devotion--to nurse the fanaticism of diseased imaginations--to humour the wildest fancies--and promote the gloomiest schemes of penance and privation!
— from A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot by W. D. (William Dorset) Fellowes

When we recal to our minds those terrible scenes, they present themselves to our imagination like those frightful dreams which sometimes make a profound impression on us; so that, when we awake, we remember the different circumstances which rendered our sleep so agitated.
— from Narrative of a Voyage to Senegal in 1816 Undertaken by Order of the French Government, Comprising an Account of the Shipwreck of the Medusa, the Sufferings of the Crew, and the Various Occurrences on Board the Raft, in the Desert of Zaara, at St. Louis, and at the Camp of Daccard. to Which Are Subjoined Observations Respecting the Agriculture of the Western Coast of Africa, from Cape Blanco to the Mouth of the Gambia. by Alexandre Corréard

Shall we put on our hunting togs and chase the fiery, untamed hall-room to the death this morning, or shall we put it off until some pleasanter day?"
— from Coffee and Repartee by John Kendrick Bangs

The little figure that is best preserved is of unmistakably Semitic type, and wears a curled beard trimmed to a point, and hair that falls on the shoulders in two great twisted tresses; the face of the figure on his left is broken, but the head is clearly shaved.
— from A History of Sumer and Akkad An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy by L. W. (Leonard William) King

Polygamy, influence of, upon sexual selection; superinduced by domestication; supposed increase of female births by.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin