The value of these suggestions consists, first, in the opposition they offer, pro tanto , to that absurd tendency there is to remove everything like a tumour; and the impediment thence arising to any searching inquiry into the causes on which they depend.
— from Memoirs of John Abernethy With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published by George Macilwain

The commission was to expire on the 19th of November, and on the 10th Richard entered London amidst the acclamations of the people.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses by Anonymous

They had been leading a rather easy life at the Austro-Hungarian general headquarters.
— from The Iron Ration: Three Years in Warring Central Europe by George Abel Schreiner

It was the grandest of grand strategy that Jackson was engaged in, and it was directed by the masterful genius of Robert E. Lee, acting through and by the genius of Stonewall Jackson.
— from The History of the Confederate War, Its Causes and Its Conduct, Volume 1 (of 2) A Narrative and Critical History by George Cary Eggleston

“Faint heart ne’er won fair lady,” returned Erle, lightly; and then, as he saw the tears in Fern’s eyes, his manner changed.
— from Wee Wifie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

At best he could make only a rough estimate, less accurate than a professional cruiser's would be, but sufficient to satisfy him.
— from The Hidden Places by Bertrand W. Sinclair