Ici s’offre un perron, là règne un corridor; Là ce balcon s’enferme en un balustre d’or; Il compte les plafonds, les ronds, et les ovales— Je saute vingt feuillets pour en trouver la fin; Et je me sauve à peine au travers du jardin!
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 by Isaac Disraeli

The reactionary electoral law of June 3 barred from the Russian Parliament the most progressive and democratic elements of the Empire.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow

53,688 Statement of the Strength of the Army Commanded by General R. E. Lee on July 20, 1862.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

Mr. Whitsitt, in his recent excellent "Life of Judge Wallace," uses the latter, but makes the great mistake of incorporating into his narrative some of the most glaring errors of McClung and Marshall.]
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 by Theodore Roosevelt

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— from The Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine Arts Translated from the German with Notes and Prefatory Essay by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

After that date, the purging goes on increasing against all ecclesiastics suspected of having compromised with the Revolution, either liberals or Jansenists.
— from The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

And, as was noted in the first chapter, in a rational universe, where truth counts and error fails, the Church has risen in power with every real emphasis laid on Jesus Christ.
— from The Jesus of History by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover