All this has already been explained in the preceding book; it is related to what we are considering at present in the following way.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

Now then, young Brooke, pitch into a man of your own size, will you?" cried Laurie, delighted with a poke in the face from a tiny fist, flapping aimlessly about.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

Wendy, of course, had stood by taking no part in the fight, though watching Peter with glistening eyes; but now that all was over she became prominent again.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

I make no doubt it is a virtue which the present representative of the Lucys inherits from his ancestors; for Shakespeare, even in his caricature, makes Justice Shallow importunate in this respect, as witness his pressing instances to Falstaff: “By cock and pye, Sir, you shall not away to-night.....
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

Pelagéya Danílovna, having given orders to clear the rooms for the visitors and arranged about refreshments for the gentry and the serfs, went about among the mummers without removing her spectacles, peering into their faces with a suppressed smile and failing to recognize any of them.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

that without any splitting or dilating of single Rays, or contingence in the inequality of the Refractions, as is proved in the fifth and sixth [Pg 63] Experiments.
— from Opticks Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections, and Colours of Light by Isaac Newton

His grief and fears were poured into the firm and faithful bosom of the doge; but in the camp he diffused an assurance of safety, which could only be realized by the general belief.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The war went on, and after several indecisive skirmishes, the decisive battle was fought at Paris, in the Faubourg St. Antoine, where the Parisians first learnt the use or the abuse of their favourite defence, the barricade.
— from Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims by François duc de La Rochefoucauld

Protasis in the Future.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

A very interesting and instructive essay by Professor Seely on the House of Bourbon, published in the first number of the English Historical Review , makes clear as light the place of this first family compact in the history of the wars that succeeded it.
— from A History of the Four Georges, Volume II by Justin McCarthy

He had occupied a distinguished place in the Federal ranks to an advanced period in his professional life; he had acquired an enviable fame at the Bar, and had left it, as most old lawyers do, with feelings of admiration and respect not only for his professional brethren but for the Bench, in the influence and power of which they seldom fail to take the deepest interest.
— from Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Martin Van Buren

If Winwick be the site of the battle-field, the traveller passing from thence northward by the great Roman road would arrive at Penwortham in time for supper, presuming that his journey commenced three or four hours previously.
— from On Some Ancient Battle-Fields in Lancashire And Their Historical, Legendary, and Aesthetic Associations. by Charles Hardwick

“Indeed,” said Eric, raising his eyebrows in inquiry, “do you mean—is there—some other more fortunate person in the field?”
— from White Turrets by Mrs. Molesworth

All the elements that had prepared or determined the revolution—dynastic opposition, republican bourgeoisie, democratic-republican small traders' class, social-democratic labor element-all found "provisionally" their place in the February government.
— from The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte by Karl Marx

The nest is warm, neat and impervious to rain; it is generally placed in the fork of a tree.
— from A Natural History for Young People: Our Animal Friends in Their Native Homes including mammals, birds and fishes by Phebe Westcott Humphreys

Their reversal it is true, led to Cannae; but this only establishes a negative presumption in their favor.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Endurance Test; or, How Clear Grit Won the Day Few stories "get" us more than illustrations of pluck in the face of apparent failure.
— from Storm-Bound; or, A Vacation Among the Snow Drifts by Douglas, Alan, Captain

In weighing his assets now he discovered that he had probably as excellent a conception of gridiron strategy and tactics as any man in America; that as a boxer he occupied a position in the forefront of amateur ranks; and he was quite positive that out-side of the major leagues there was not a better first baseman.
— from The Efficiency Expert by Edgar Rice Burroughs