In the turbulent times of the Crusades they withdrew thence and gradually overspread all Europe, occupying most of the high places in politics, art, literature, science and theology.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

It was an unreasonably attractive object, with dwarf plants in pots and long, striped blinds of lemon yellow and white.
— from The Innocence of Father Brown by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

The skipper, with a twinkle of his eyes which betokened mischief, though unfortunately Hanks did not perceive it, produced a large square bottle, thick at the top, from which he poured out a glass of first-rate Scheidam.
— from Salt Water: The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman by William Henry Giles Kingston

Music has its representative in a beautiful pianoforte, upon which some professed player is paid a liberal salary to perform.
— from The History of Prostitution: Its Extent, Causes, and Effects throughout the World by William W. Sanger

The public would learn with astonishment that a man who had attained to great prominence in Parliament and lived several years in the fierce light of the world's eye, had all the time masqueraded in a false character, being really a criminal convicted long ago for conspiring against the person of the late King.
— from The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir

In "The Moors" the actual sporting part is perhaps a little spoilt by the affectation of infallibility, qualified it is true by an aside or two, which so often mars the Christopherian utterances.
— from Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury

Setting aside unfounded calumnies as absurd as the one which claims that Philip II passed a law sentencing to death any foreigner who set foot on Spain's dominions in the New World, relegating such lies to where they belong, Spain's rule in her New World possessions, including California was marked by humanity as well as energy.
— from Chimes of Mission Bells; an historical sketch of California and her missions by Maria Antonia Field

If, then, we had scruples, here was a precedent to relieve our minds—here a case perfectly in point, at least so far as the legitimacy of the practice demanded.
— from Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever

Heavy = 4 " 5 10 " 12 = Violent = 5 " 6 Pressure in Pounds (Avoirdupois) (Land Scale).
— from A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments Explanatory of Their Scientific Principles, Method of Construction, and Practical Utility by Enrico Angelo Lodovico Negretti

In the mean time the young Greek had placed in position a large sketch in colors, dashed off in bold, strong lines; and now this took its turn of criticism.
— from In Paradise: A Novel. Vol. I. by Paul Heyse

But, even amidst these disorders, a love of liberty and independence prevailed in Poland, and long supported her feeble existence.
— from Memoirs of the life, exile, and conversations of the Emperor Napoleon. (Vol. IV) by Las Cases, Emmanuel-Auguste-Dieudonné, comte de