porte m behavior, demeanor, ways.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

The friends from whom she had just parted, though very good sort of people, must be doing her harm.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

Whether Dante’s father necessarily shared in the exile of his party may be doubted.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Consider physical analogy first, A pendulum may be deflected by a single blow, and swing back.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

16 Possession may be denoted by a phrase with of as well as by the possessive case.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

When France was invaded by Charles V., he inquired of a prisoner, how many days Paris might be distant from the frontier; "Perhaps twelve , but they will be days of battle:" such was the gallant answer which checked the arrogance of that ambitious prince.
— 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

30 The navy of the besiegers was less formidable: the Propontis was overspread with three hundred and twenty sail; but of these no more than eighteen could be rated as galleys of war; and the far greater part must be degraded to the condition of store-ships and transports, which poured into the camp fresh supplies of men, ammunition, and provisions.
— 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

For there, too, philosophy might be described as 'dying for love;' and there are not wanting many touches of humour and fancy, which remind us of the Symposium.
— from Symposium by Plato

With a horrified expression on his handsome face, Anatole looked at Princess Mary, but did not at once take his arm from the waist of Mademoiselle Bourienne who had not yet seen her.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

I am happy to have you comme pensionnaires—" "Madame," began Dr. Byram, but was cut short again.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

In these intervening years, when the United States was several times on the verge of forcibly occupying Florida, the possibility of a war with Spain, into which European powers might be drawn, increased the importance of General Jackson as a figure in the eyes of the public.
— from Rise of the New West, 1819-1829 by Frederick Jackson Turner

Pakistan thousands of Afghan refugees still reside in Pakistan; isolating terrain and close ties among Pashtuns in Pakistan make cross-border activities difficult to control; armed stand-off with India over the status and sovereignty of Kashmir continues - India objects to Pakistan ceding lands to China in 1965 boundary agreement that India believes are part of disputed Kashmir; disputes with India over Indus River water sharing and the terminus of the Rann of Kutch, which prevents maritime boundary delimitation Palau
— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

And this state of affairs may come about more easily than logical, statistical-minded people may be disposed to think.
— from In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

You knew already in Vienna to what charge you were liable, and you came directly to Hungary in the hope that if you could ally yourself with some propertied lady, your honorable person might be defended, thus practising fresh deceit against others.
— from Debts of Honor by Mór Jókai

DOANE, PENN M. Black Daniel.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

This was, apparently, Mr Shirley's view, for, in his Noble and Gentle Men of England he derives the Nevilles from 'Gospatric, the Saxon Earl of Northumberland', though he makes Robert fitz Maldred his great -grandson, as Rowland had done in his work on the House of Nevill (1830), by placing Maldred between Dolfin and Robert fitz Maldred.
— from Feudal England: Historical Studies on the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries by John Horace Round

Afid could I discover it, I fear my happiness there, Or my pain, might be dreams of return Here, to these things that were.
— from Last Poems by Edward Thomas

"'If the white queen doesn't block that pawn, the pawn may become dangerous,' she said, coldly.
— from In Search of the Unknown by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

If the animal is lousy, the parasite must be destroyed before the eczema can be cured.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

It seems a simple programme that periods marked by dearth in merit should also be marked by dearth of awards, but when did a simple programme ever prove attractive from the days of Naaman downwards?
— from Cambridge by M. A. R. (Mildred Anna Rosalie) Tuker