The stone of the Russian Note had sunk into the placid lake and not a ripple was left.
— from Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People by Arnold Bennett
Footnote 26 : Charles II. unconstitutionally suspended the penal laws against nonconformists and recusants in 1679.
— from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe
Footnote 28 : James II. unconstitutionally suspended the penal laws against nonconformists and recusants by Declarations of Indulgence in 1686 and 1688.
— from The History and Remarkable Life of the Truly Honourable Colonel Jacque, Commonly Called Colonel Jack by Daniel Defoe
The streets have been cleared of rubbish, by the French, so that the square or “place” looked as neat and ready for market-day as though the market-women might come at any moment with their pushcarts, station themselves in the center, and display piles of carrots, cherries, potatoes, and radishes to tempt the passing throng.
— from Over Periscope Pond Letters from Two American Girls in Paris October 1916-January 1918 by Esther Sayles Root
The tale of the King of the Cats 10 , a German tradition, has its exact counterpart in an Irish one, related to us as an original Hibernian legend, and published some time since in an excellent work, which having now disappeared, we may perhaps venture to give, as a novelty, the little tradition in these pages: A man passing, late at night, a ruined house, observed that it was lighted, and heard a great mewing, as of a conclave of cats, within.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 487, April 30, 1831 by Various
But it was as caterers for the people, in an abundant supply of pure, high-toned popular literature, and not as rivals of the great publishing houses through which the most eminent writers appeal to select classes of readers, that the Nelsons achieved their greatest success.
— from William Nelson: A Memoir by Wilson, Daniel, Sir
This post, he guessed, was probably left at nightfall and resumed at dawn, but it would be unwise to run the risk of passing between it and the glow he had noticed; he must make his way round it.
— from Kobo: A Story of the Russo-Japanese War by Herbert Strang
All through the night the sounds of the planking could be heard, and pavilion-parts, lettered and numbered and ready gilded and painted, were rushed along in haste.
— from Mushroom Town by Oliver Onions
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