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As this was the only article to which he refused his consent, it was no longer insisted on; and the emperors either suffered the trade to flow in its natural channels, or contented themselves with such restrictions, as it depended on their own authority to establish.
— 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
As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my parents, so I could not be content now, but I must go and leave the happy view I had of being a rich and thriving man in my new plantation, only to pursue a rash and immoderate desire of rising faster than the nature of the thing admitted; and thus I cast myself down again into the deepest gulf of human misery that ever man fell into, or perhaps could be consistent with life and a state of health in the world.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
"It does not appear to have reached any important degree of popularity", adds the editor.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers
He found very regularly an immediate deflection of the galvanometer, indicating an abrupt alteration of the intra-cerebral temperature.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James
It is important to realise, and few readers are in danger of ignoring, this extraordinary deadness of feeling, but it is also important not to confuse it with a general positive ill-will.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley
I felt angry that I could not effect the miracle of resurrection, and I decided on leaving a stage where I had so wretched a part, but I was not generous to her, and put the finishing stroke to her humiliation by saying,— “‘Tis not my fault, madam, that your charms have so little power over me.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
Shakespeare has very neatly expressed this radical and innate diversity of temperament in those lines in The Merchant of Venice : [Footnote 1: Probl.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer
The wind was rising, and it drove on the clouds from the east, crowded and [pg 225] jagged as blocks of ice; each cloud as it passed over sprinkled cold rain; behind it rushed the wind and dried the rain again; after the wind again a damp cloud flew by; and thus the day by turns was cold and drizzly.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz
But such a war does not fit in under any rule and is directly opposed to a well-known rule of tactics which is accepted as infallible.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf
Time exposures are rather risky, as involving danger of shaking.
— from Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition Including A Description of a Number of Novel Effects Obtainable with the Camera by Walter E. Woodbury
By all these researches Metchnikoff proved that recovery and immunity depended on the absorption and digestion of living, virulent microbes by phagocytes.
— from Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916 by Olga Metchnikoff
For with what right am I deprived of my liberty by another's superstition and ignorance?
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther
Edmund ordered the men to cease rowing, as if despairing of escape.
— from The Dragon and the Raven; Or, The Days of King Alfred by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Although high oil prices and a relatively cheap ruble are important drivers of this economic rebound, since 2000 investment and consumer-driven demand have played a noticeably increasing role.
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
It is not possible, however, to remain silent and, at least passively, acquiescent when the interests of the race are in danger of neglect.
— from Race Improvement; or, Eugenics: A Little Book on a Great Subject by La Reine Helen McKenzie Baker
I think I never realized my responsibility as I did on Sunday night.
— from Catherine Booth — a Sketch by Mildred Duff
"No, my dear, but I think I will venture to leave her a moment while I run down and see if our boxes are all right; an immense deal of luggage, but then, I am going home, you know.
— from Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Newby, C. J., Mrs.
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