Whoever has taken a careful view of public proceedings, so as to endeavor to ground his speculations on his experience, must have observed how prodigiously greater the power of ministry is in the first and last session of a Parliament, than it is in the intermediate period, when members sit a little firm on their seats.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Of course, these poor people simply always took their cue from their leaders, knowing nothing themselves that could affect the success of this project except that we were their enemies and that they might get knocked in the head if they did not play the game.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

His estates were confiscated, his personal property seized, and there we were, in Germany, strangers, friendless, and in fact paupers.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

H2 anchor Camps of Green Nor alone those camps of white, old comrades of the wars, When as order'd forward, after a long march, Footsore and weary, soon as the light lessens we halt for the night, Some of us so fatigued carrying the gun and knapsack, dropping asleep in our tracks, Others pitching the little tents, and the fires lit up begin to sparkle, Outposts of pickets posted surrounding alert through the dark, And a word provided for countersign, careful for safety, Till to the call of the drummers at daybreak loudly beating the drums, We rise up refresh'd, the night and sleep pass'd over, and resume our journey, Or proceed to battle.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

A long syllable may be prolonged ( Protraction ) so as to have a length of three morae , in which case it is called a triseme (marked ⏗), or of four morae , when it is termed a tetraseme (marked ⏘).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The Pirate Prodigy started, and tears came to his eyes.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Harbottle Grimston described the commonwealth as miserably torn and massacred, all property and liberty shaken, the Church distracted, the Gospel and professors of it persecuted, Parliament suspended, and the laws made void.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion by Anonymous

Sue notices it, not keering much for that kind of build in a man," continued Sal, glancing at Gabriel's passively powerful shoulders, and the placid strength of his long limbs.
— from Gabriel Conroy by Bret Harte

The minister-elect reappeared with plumage properly smoothed, and the proceedings of the day set in, with the usual decorum of the denomination.
— from A Singular Life by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps

When they reached it, he just told them to "keep out of his way and not worrit him," which they politely promised, saying among themselves that they should not enjoy their cherry-gathering at all.
— from The Adventures of A Brownie As Told to My Child by Miss Mulock by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik

We have to labour like a portrait painter, slowly and tentatively approaching to the complete resemblance.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren

Papalísti, Papists, such as take part with the Pope.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

There is little solemnity in St. Peter’s, little shade and no music, only from side chapels; but there are grand proportions, perfect simplicity, and the pure light of heaven sending a beam upon a golden dove above St. Peter’s tomb, which radiates in a thousand streams of light over the marble pavement.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, November 1883 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. by Chautauqua Institution

Prep. Pass sulphurous acid to saturation through a solution of carbonate of soda.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson