Yet let us ponder boldly—'tis a base Abandonment of reason to resign Our right of thought—our last and only place Of refuge; this, at least, shall still be mine:
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

“A huge parti-coloured turban, surmounted by a bunch of feathers, a pair of ragged trousers, a loose long coat, which is very often out at elbows, and a capacious wallet, ordinarily constitute the Budubudukala’s dress.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

But some portions of it somehow always stuck so fast, that the denunciators have been vain to postpone the prophecy of refundment to a late posterity.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

It is also a remarkable fact, that although all the plants produced from the same lot of seeds were identical in appearance, yet some individuals at night had the leaflets of all their leaves arranged so as to form more or less highly inclined stars; others had them all sloping downwards and never forming a star; and others, again, retained them either in a horizontal position or raised them a little.
— from The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Our grandmothers in their crinoline may have looked like walking hay-cocks; but the young women of Otaheite who carry presents from one person of rank to another look as if they were issuing from an immense drum.
— from The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes by Wilfred Mark Webb

From the tops of the firs comes the sound of pigeons winging their way from the "grove" to the "conygers" (the latter word means the "place of rabbits"; there are lots of woods so called in Gloucestershire).
— from A Cotswold Village; Or, Country Life and Pursuits in Gloucestershire by J. Arthur (Joseph Arthur) Gibbs

Yet both retain the power of resuming to a limited extent their original nature; but in proportion as the word or the song resumes the characteristics of the cry or of the imitation does each lose its own slowly elaborated value, the word as a suggester of thought, the song as a presenter of form.
— from Belcaro; Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Vernon Lee

Failing to see the importance of establishing a good character, they fall easy victims to sinful temptations, and, ere long, verging farther and farther from the path of rectitude, they at length find every fond hope, every fair prospect, blasted for life.
— from Golden Steps to Respectability, Usefulness and Happiness Being a Series of Lectures to Youth of Both Sexes, on Character, Principles, Associates, Amusements, Religion, and Marriage by John Mather Austin

But he was not now in a state to reason on the propriety of reading through a letter evidently [269] not addressed to himself, although he continued to do so; but, breathless with surprise, in vain essayed to read collectedly.
— from The Exclusives (vol. 3 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool Albert Hotel, Glasgow Albion Hotel, Brighton Albion Hotel, Hastings Albion Hotel, Manchester Albion Hotel, Glasgow Bath Hotel, Leamington Bedford Hotel, Brighton Bell Hotel, Gloucester Bell Hotel, Worcester Brunswick Hotel, Liverpool Bull Hotel, Preston Bush Hotel, Carlisle Buck's Head Hotel, Glasgow Café Royal, Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Richmond Clarence Hotel, Brighton Clarendon Hotel, Leamington Clarence Hotel, Manchester Cavendish Mansion, Bridge House, Brighton Clarendon Mansion, Bridge House, Brighton Café de l'Europe, Manchester Crow Hotel, Glasgow Crown Hotel, Worcester Commercial Hotel, Belfast Dolphin Hotel, Southampton Dolphin Hotel, Chichester Eton College Eldon Dining Rooms, Liverpool Esplanade Boarding House, Brighton Fountain Hotel, Portsmouth George Hotel, Portsmouth George Inn, Warwick Greyhound Hotel, Richmond George Inn, Frome Great Northern Hotel, Lincoln Guildhall Hotel, Bristol Harrison's Hotel, Brighton Imperial Hotel, Liverpool Imperial Hotel, Dublin Jury's Hotel, Dublin King's Head Hotel, Gloucester King's Head Hotel, Margate King's Arms Tavern, Richmond Lamb Hotel, Cheltenham London Hotel, Dover London Hotel, Edinburgh Marine Hotel, Hastings Marlborough College, Marlborough Montague Tavern, Bristol Morrison Hotel, Dublin Mount Ephraim Hotel, Tonbridge Wells Nelson Hotel, Birmingham New Steine Hotel, Brighton Norfolk Hotel, Brighton Old Bowling Green Hotel, Leamington Old Ship Hotel, Brighton Pier Hotel, Brighton Plough Hotel, Cheltenham Queen's Hotel, Birmingham Queen's Hotel, Manchester Radley's Hotel, Dublin Railway Tavern, Southampton Reindeer Hotel, Worcester Red Lion Hotel, Portsea Regent Hotel, Leamington Roebuck Tavern, Richmond Royal Hotel, Edinburgh Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester Royal Albion Hotel, Ramsgate Royal Hotel, Plymouth Royal Hotel, Richmond Royal George Hotel, Southampton Royal Kent Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight Royal Western Hotel, Bristol Royal York Hotel, Brighton Royal Oak Hotel, Hastings Royal Oak Hotel, Portsea Royal Victoria Hotel, St. Leonard's Royal Hotel, Deal Royal Pier Hotel, Ryde, Isle of Wight Royal Hotel, Torquay Scarborough Hotel, Leeds Sea House Hotel, Worthing Star and Garter Hotel, Portsmouth Star and Garter Hotel, Richmond Star and Garter Hotel, Worcester Spread Eagle Hotel, Gloucester Talbot Tavern, Richmond Thistle Tavern, Glasgow Three Swans' Hotel, Salisbury Trafalgar Hotel, Greenwich Trinity College, Cambridge Unicorn Hotel, Worcester Union Hotel, Birmingham Victoria Hotel, Preston White Hart Hotel, Bath White Lion Hotel, Bath White Lion Hotel, Brighton Windsor Hotel, Southampton Wolverton Station Refreshment Rooms Wovendon's Dining Rooms, Manchester Waterloo Hotel, Liverpool White Hart Hotel, Margate York House, Bath The Patentee has also been favoured with approving testimony from (with full permission of reference to) a large number of the Nobility, Gentry and Clergy, the Heads of Public Institutions, Colleges and other Scholastic Establishments, with numerous Private Families, in nearly all parts of England, where his Machines are in constant use; as also in many parts of Ireland and Scotland; therefore, Gentlemen wishing to be satisfied of the merits of this Invention, may be referred to parties in their own vicinity who have it in use, by application to GEORGE KENT, 329, Strand, London.
— from The Overland Guide-book A complete vade-mecum for the overland traveller, to India viâ Egypt. by Barber, James, active 1837-1839

[ 394 ] For the following account of the Budubudukalas, I am indebted to a recent article 113 :—“A huge parti-coloured turban, surmounted by a bunch of feathers, a pair of ragged trousers, a loose long coat, which is very often out at elbows, and a capacious wallet underneath his arm, ordinarily constitute the Budubudukala’s dress.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 1 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

They must, however, not come with the purpose of remodeling the American Lutheran Church according to European standards, which would but lead to failure, strife, and separations.
— from American Lutheranism Volume 2: The United Lutheran Church (General Synod, General Council, United Synod in the South) by F. (Friedrich) Bente

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover commented on the examination as follows: It should be pointed out that the polygraph, often referred to as “lie detector” is not in fact such a device.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission