CHAPTER XIV THE SOUTH POLE I rushed on to the platform.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

It is to the memory of those pioneers, in recognition of their true worth, that this record of their coming is dedicated.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

Or if we do applaud, honour and admire, quota pars , how small a part, in respect of the whole world, never so much as hears our names, how few take notice of us, how slender a tract, as scant as Alcibiades' land in a map!
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

He who seeketh to retain the favour of God, let him be thankful for the favour which is given, and patient in respect of that which is taken away.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

The man came and put it right on Tuesday morning.”
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

But the Surigao affair seemed to teach the civil government nothing in the matter of subsequent protection of life, nor did it lessen their persistence in relying on their constabulary for due extension of such protection in time of need.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

And as they were respectfully prudent in receiving of these sound advices, so by honouring and following them did they prove no less fortunate in the happy success of all their endeavours.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

We have pleasure in recording our thanks to the following: MM.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

Partly in remembrance of that, and partly in the hope of making money someday by the scheme, I took advantage of my position about you, and possessed myself of a hold upon you, which you would give half of all you have to know, and never can know but through me.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

A village community is represented by a headman, its members make their gardens in one block and under the guidance of their own garden magician; they carry on their own feasts and ceremonial arrangements, mourn their dead in common, and perform, in remembrance of their departed ones, an endless series of food distributions.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

"Were my existence to be prolonged through ten centuries," exclaims the author, "I think I could never forget the pleasure I received on that delicious spot."
— from The Life of Sir Humphrey Davy, Bart. LL.D., Volume 2 (of 2) by John Ayrton Paris

Should they still persist in refusing obedience, they were menaced with all the extremes of war.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Another cloud was pouring its rain over the Asian shore, and we made haste to get to the landing at Prinkipo before it could reach us.
— from The Lands of the Saracen Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Sicily, and Spain by Bayard Taylor

My feelings also are similar when kneeling around their beds of sickness, and consecrating those elements of which we are about to partake in remembrance of that Redeemer who has taught us so emphatically that his disciples should love one another.
— from The Life and Letters of the Rev. George Mortimer, M.A. Rector of Thornhill, in the Diocese of Toronto, Canada West by John Armstrong

This country has a slight preponderance in representation on the Emergency Committee; and in the chairman, Dr. John R. Mott, the foremost Protestant leader of the world, and a man of such diplomatic gifts that President Wilson twice vainly called him to the position of minister to China,—though he accepted appointment upon commissions to deal with Mexico and Russia later,—the committee has a missionary statesman who is equal to the important trusts that will be committed to its consideration.
— from Religion and the War by Yale University. Divinity School

That the Quinctian Luperci had precedence in rank over the Fabian is evident from the circumstance that the fabulists attribute the Quinctii to Romulus, the Fabii to Remus (Ovid, Fast.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

Burke had denied the right of the French people to choose their own governors, blandly forgetting that the English government in which he saw final perfection itself rested on two revolutions.
— from History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard

Its permanent condition is to trend towards something else, to exist potentially in respect of the things that are to follow.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

This hood may be painted grey or khaki-colour, and a cross painted in red on the sides, or cut out of red paper and gummed on.
— from Toy-Making in School and Home by M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford) Polkinghorne