Following , involving something precedent, not “imitation,” is the right expression for all influence that the products of an exemplary author may have upon others.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

It is fortunate, as such a cogent reason exists for abridging it, that I should, on a maturer view of the case, have been exceedingly unwilling to injure, by any such unaffecting details, the impression of the history itself, as an appeal to the prudence and the conscience of the yet unconfirmed opium-eater—or even (though a very inferior consideration) to injure its effect as a composition.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

These were declared before the Roman empire fell; and if they did not arrest ruin, still alleviated the miseries of society, and laid the foundation of all that is most ennobling among modern nations.
— from The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

In the dry season, for about three months, no rain ever falls; and in the wet it is almost continual.
— from Travels on the Amazon by Alfred Russel Wallace

The United Provinces, though as adverse as his Danish majesty to any participation in the war, did not, however, so scrupulously observe the neutrality they professed; at least, the traders of that republic, either from an inordinate thirst of lucre, or a secret bias in favour of the enemies of Great Britain, assisted the French commerce with all the appearance of the most flagrant partiality.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The South Australian Railway extends from Adelaide in the direction towards Murray River, not far from where it flows into Lake Alexandra.
— from Rambles on Railways by Roney, Cusack P., Sir

On September 26th, 1535, was consecrated at Winchester, to the See of Hereford, one of the most "excellent instruments" of the Reformation, Edward Foxe, and in the following year the suppression of the monasteries began in [pg 017] serious earnest.
— from Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh) Fisher

Not until Flemish realism entered French art, in the XV century, were certain gross scenes rendered.
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

Afterwards, a few days of drill each year would keep men well up to the mark; and even in regard to this brushing-up drill I would make things very easy, and would readily accept every reasonable excuse for absence, in the firm belief that the willing men would be amply sufficient to maintain our ‘reserve force.’
— from In the Track of the Troops by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

It is fortunate, as such a cogent reason exists for abridging it, that I should on a maturer view of the case have been exceedingly unwilling to injure by any such unaffecting details the impression of the history itself as an appeal to the prudence and the conscience of the yet unconfirmed opium-eater, or even (though a very inferior consideration) to injure its effect as a composition.
— from The Opium Habit by Horace B. Day