[100] praepotens sit, efficere, ut unus de multis esse videatur; quod in Catulo, et in patre et in filio, itemque in Q. Mucio† Mancia
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Well, Luke knows this; and the landlord has warned him of it times and often, for he lives close against us, and he keeps a pretty sharp eye upon all my husband's goings on; but when Luke's tipsy he doesn't know what he's about, and only a week ago he left a candle burning in one of the out-houses, and the flame caught one of the rafters of the sloping roof, and if it hadn't been for me finding it out when I went round the house the last thing, we should have all been burnt to death, perhaps.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

Abrió la boca para decir algo en consonancia con tan maravilloso pensamiento; pero sólo exhaló un suspiro.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Pleasure soon exhausts us, and itself also but endeavour never does.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

It appears to have a proportionately similar effect upon the powers of the mind.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

From the physiological standpoint, everything ugly weakens and depresses man.
— from The Twilight of the Idols; or, How to Philosophize with the Hammer. The Antichrist Complete Works, Volume Sixteen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The good of mentioning them is that you make people so extremely uncomfortable about them that they finally stop blaming “human nature” for them, and begin to support measures for their reform.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

The wind Continued to blow hard from the Same point S. E untill 3 P. M
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Sitting Bull at, 184 ; Gen. Reynolds captures Crazy Horse’s village on the, 186 ; Gen. Terry at, 218 , 265 , 312 Powder River Expedition, the, 3 –18; reminiscences of, 59 –71 Powell, Capt. James, 22 ; report of, to Gen. Carrington, 23 ; command of relief party given to, 25 ; detailed to guard wood-cutting party, 42 ; sketch of, 42 ; his gallant fight in the wagon-corral against Red Cloud, 48 –55; promotion of, 57 Prairie schooners, early use of, 7 Pretty Bear, Cheyenne chief, killed, 176 , 177 Pumpkin Buttes, 61 R Rabbit Creek, 307 Rain-in-the-Face (Itiomagaju), Indian chief, his grievance, 209 –215; capture of, 213 –215; escapes, 215 ; attacks Custer, 256 ; his revenge, 257 ; his personal story of the fight, 279 –292; boasts of murdering Dr. Honzinger, 283 ; his map of Custer’s battlefield, 287 ; wounded, 289 note Red Cloud (Mahapiya-luta), Sioux chief, opposes treaty with Gen. Carrington, 7 , 8 ; revenge on, for massacre at Fort Phil Kearney, 39 ; becomes leading war chief, 40 ; surprised and disarmed by Gen. Mackenzie, 40 note; his most thrilling adventure, 40 , 41 , note; determines to capture Fort Phil Kearney, 41 ; 418 his attack, 46 ; his baptism of fire, 51 –56; his losses in the attack on Capt. Powell’s wagon-corral, 58 Red Cloud Agency, 293 Rees, Indian auxiliaries, 238 , 240 , 267 Religious belief of Indians in regard to scalping, 91 –92 note Reno, Major Marcus A., in the Big Horn country, 218 ; Custer gives command to, 232 ; record of, 232 note; his advance, 234 –236; his failure at the Little Big Horn, 237 –243; plan of his defence on the bluff, 247 ; his failure to press his attack, 260 ; his report to Custer, 265 ; further light on the conduct of Major Reno, 398 –405 Reno’s Creek, 233 , 253 Reynolds, Charlie, famous scout, killed with Custer, 258 Reynolds, Gen. Joseph J., surprises and takes Crazy Horse’s village, 186 Riley, Lieut., killed, 258 Rodenbough, Gen., his “Sabre and Bayonet” quoted, 43 , 44 Roman Nose, Indian chief, insolent speech of, 72 , 73 ; attacks Capt. Forsyth, 83 –85; charge of his five hundred warriors, 85 –88; killed, 87 ; his tepee discovered by Capt. Carpenter, 105 , 108 , 109 Romero, Indian interpreter, 155 , 167 Rosebud River, Crook’s advance against Indians on the, 189 , 191 –193; battle of the, 193 –198; map of battle, 197 ; Ex-Trooper Towne’s account of the battle on, 203 –208 Rough Riders of ’68, the, 72 –96 Royall, Col. William B., Fifth Cavalry, ordered to attack Indians on Beaver Creek, 124 ; given command under Gen. Crook, 188 ; anecdote of, 188 note; charges Indians at the Rosebud, 195 , 196 , 198 S Salt Lake, white settlements at, 5 Salt Lake trail, 59 Sample, Gen. Carrington’s orderly, reports on Fetterman’s command, 30 Sand Creek, 60 Sans Arc Indians attack Capt. Powell’s corral, 48 Santa Fé trail, 7 Satanta, Kiowa Indian chief, 164 ; captured by Custer, 169 Savage warfare, 339 –344 Savagery, the rights of, 6 Scalping, Indian belief in, 91 –92 note Schlesinger, Sigmund, his bravery in Gen. Forsyth’s fight, 110 ; Gen. Fry’s poem on, 110 note; his story of the defense of Beecher’s Island, 113 –122 Schwatka, Lieut., Arctic explorer, successful attack on Sioux by, 307 Second Cavalry, in tragedy of Fort Phil Kearney, 25 , 60 ; 419 other engagements, 188 , 195 , 196 , 312 , 335 Settlers on Indian lands, 6 –7 Seventh Cavalry, Gen. Custer in command of, 146 ; formation of regiment, 147 ; protects Kansas settlers, 148 ; in Sheridan’s winter campaign, 150 ; other engagements, 213 , 218 , 229 , 293 , 305 , 355 Sheridan, Gen. Philip, attacks the Cheyenne Indians, 75 ; inaugurates winter campaign against Indians, 150 Sheridan City, terminus of Union Pacific Railroad, 134 Sherman, Gen., advises ladies to join Gen. Carrington’s expedition, 11 ; boy’s challenge to, 12 ; acquits Gen. Carrington of all blame for disaster at Fort Phil Kearney, 38 Short Nose Creek, 125 , 127 Shoshone Indians, auxiliaries in Gen. Crook’s expedition, 190 , 205 Sibley, Lieut.
— from Indian Fights and Fighters: The Soldier and the Sioux by Cyrus Townsend Brady

"Do you wish me to die?" murmured the princess, sinking exhausted upon the divan.
— from Berlin and Sans-Souci; Or, Frederick the Great and His Friends by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Dorothea is generous in reading aloud all that she may, and I could stand a pretty stiff examination upon your life in that delightful little Cranford of a place, which you don’t appreciate as you ought.
— from An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

So severe a reproof seemed at last to produce some effect upon him, and he returned to his wife, who quickly recovered her health and spirits when she found that her husband was kindly disposed towards her.
— from Chantilly in History and Art by Luise Richter

Under such an administration, venality sooner or later spreads through every part, and peace so enjoyed under a king is worse than the disorders of an interregnum.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A bushel of coals may evaporate the same number of cubic feet of water under two boilers, but may take twice as great a time to produce such evaporation under one than under the other.
— from The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt by Dionysius Lardner

No, the very fact of his putting such emphasis upon the name shows it was accidental.
— from The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford