It loves 174 the twilight of romance, and creates heroes impulsive, eccentric, extravagant in their resolves, servile in their devotion, and whose very natures are more or less allied to weakness and luxurious self-indulgence.
— from Hours in a Library, Volume 2 New Edition, with Additions by Leslie Stephen

He had dashed it all out from imperfect recollection; doubtless not meaning to say anything untrue, but not giving himself the trouble to verify the accuracy of his recollections, and consequently he is exposed to the mortification of being compelled to acknowledge that his facts and his charges are unfounded.
— from The Greville Memoirs, Part 2 (of 3), Volume 2 (of 3) A Journal of the Reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1852 by Charles Greville

Presently she recognized herself to be angry with an intense still jealous anger that seemed to rise and consume her in every part of her being.
— from A Daughter of To-Day by Sara Jeannette Duncan

On their return, accompanied by the brother of the Sheikh El Bakay, Sidi Alawate (who turned out a great rogue and cheated him in every way), with several followers, on the 7th of September his cavalcade set out for Timbuctoo.
— from Great African Travellers: From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley by William Henry Giles Kingston

Distinguish between radiant and conducted heat in each of the following examples: ( a ) The sun warms a room through the window.
— from Common Science by Carleton Washburne

But knowing how proud all Welshmen are of the fame of their race and country, happily I exclaimed at last, when 185 fear was getting the mastery, “What will be said of this in England, this low cowardice of the Cymro?”
— from Tales from the Telling-House by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

The interval between this day and the 2nd of November was employed in repairing the damage sustained by the ship, erecting jury-masts, fitting her rigging, and completing her in every respect for the voyage to England.
— from Authentic Narrative of the Death of Lord Nelson by William Beatty