le Premier, to lay before you my dispatches upon that business.—They take it kindly, said the king.—They do, Sire, replied the minister, and have the highest sense of the honour your majesty has done them——but the republick, as godmother, claims her right, in this case, of naming the child.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

In the case of an extensive and shallow sea, such as that within a large part of the Malay Archipelago, where the depth varies from thirty or forty to sixty fathoms, a widely extended formation might be formed during a period of elevation, and yet not suffer excessively from denudation during its slow upheaval; but the thickness of the formation could not be great, for owing to the elevatory movement it would be less than the depth in which it was formed; nor would the deposit be much consolidated, nor be capped by overlying formations, so that it would run a good chance of being worn away by atmospheric degradation and by the action of the sea during subsequent oscillations of level.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

I took leave of the rich and fortunate ambassador at midnight, and before passing the day with my new prize I went to sleep so as to be fresh and capable of running a good course.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

She wore a small blue silk necktie, that kept up like a ruff a gauffered cambric collar, and with the movements of her head the lower part of her face gently sunk into the linen or came out from it.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Note 38 ( return ) [ (a Greek corruption), and elsewhere, (l. iv.
— 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

If I could a’ rememb’red a gilt counterfeit, thou wouldst not have slipp’d out of my contemplation; but it is no matter; thyself upon thyself!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Not long after Robin had so gone to his rest a great cloud peeped blackly over the hills to the westward.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Then there are all the ordinary goods of life—beauty, wealth, strength, rank, and great connections in the State—you understand and also, (3), by the ordinary goods of life.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

It's not only the bad air, it's the depth; these places go down nobody knows how deep!" "One can but try," was the reply, as Gaunt completed the swift knotting of the rope.
— from The Daughter Pays by Reynolds, Baillie, Mrs.

Really, a genuine Claude Lorraine!
— from Problematic Characters: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

A Madame Jacquières, who resided at Gros Caillon, near Paris, who was greatly devoted to the Bourbon family, also came under the influence of Bruneau's agents, and finally fell a victim to his rascality.
— from Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton by Anonymous

"You have done well, sir," said Delwood, calmly, as he placed double the amount of Mrs. Santon's bribe in the Signor's hand; "you have done well, sir; and mark my words,--gold can never relieve a guilty conscience!
— from Natalie Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Ferna Vale

What about all the millions which we have spent in order to make Rome a great capital?
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Rome, Volume 2 by Émile Zola

At present these villages that I am going to occupy are all used by the brigands, whom the people regard as good customers; and though they ill-treat and murder without mercy any they suspect of being hostile to them, it is of course to their interest to keep well with the majority, and to pay for what they want.
— from Out with Garibaldi: A story of the liberation of Italy by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Thus, incense , from the religious use of it in the Mosaical service, denotes prayer , or mental adoration 164 — to tread a wine-press , from their custom of pressing grapes, signifies destruction, attended with great slaughter 165 — to give water in the wilderness , in allusion to the miraculous supply of that element, during the passage of the Israelites through the wilderness to the holy land, is the emblem of unexpected relief in distress 166 ;—and, to mention no more, a forest , such as Lebanon, abounding in lofty cedars, represents a great city, with its flourishing ranks of inhabitants 167 ; just as, a mountain , 264 from the situation of the Jewish temple on mount Moria, is made to stand for the Christian Church 168 .
— from The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 5 (of 8) by Richard Hurd

On his arrival, he refused to take any steps to raise a posse, although men were offered him by the railroad officials, and the only step taken by him to disperse the rioters, and preserve order during the troubles, was to issue a proclamation at night, on the 23d, requesting all good citizens to remain at their homes.
— from Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 Read in the Senate and House of Representatives May 23, 1878 by 1877 Pennsylvania. General Assembly. Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July

They were especially indignant because one night he took secretly out of the sacristy or treasure room a gold cross adorned with stones, and in company with a jeweller, who had come from London, whom he took into his lodgings, did abstract from the cross an emerald and a ruby, which the London jeweller bought of him, cheating the abbot badly.
— from Fountains Abbey: The story of a mediæval monastery by George Hodges