At any rate I did my best to display my appreciation of the gift.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The firmness which it has displayed in all retreats is due in equal degrees to the national character, the natural instincts of the soldiers, and the excellent dis [Pg 65] ciplinary institutions.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

If you don't derive profits, no royalty is due.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

I could not keep these thoughts out of my head as I would rest myself upon the mountain side; they haunted me as I went my daily rounds, and grew upon me from hour to hour, till I resolved that after shearing I would remain in doubt no longer, but saddle my horse, take as much provision with me as I could, and go and see for myself.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

As the gunboats were going around to Donelson by the Tennessee, Ohio and Cumberland rivers, I directed Thayer to turn about and go under their convoy.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

‘No, father,’ she returned, ‘I do not.’
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

A man of profession, too whose revenue is derived from another source often loves to secure his savings in the same way.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

In this position the power of the Rook is demonstrated by the first move, R - R 7, which immediately confines the Black King to the last rank, and the mate is quickly accomplished by: 1 R - R 7, K - Kt 1; 2 K - Kt 2.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

Dr. Bushell says of one of the lakes (Ichi-Nor), a few miles east of Chaghan-Nor: "We … found the water black with waterfowl, which rose in dense flocks, and filled the air with discordant noises.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Yet he felt at once that that was not the only cause of his uneasiness; there was something requiring immediate decision, but it was something he could not clearly understand or put into words.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[1878- H2 anchor THE NEWLY-WEDDED Now the rite is duly done, Now the word is spoken, And the spell has made us one Which may ne'er be broken; Rest we, dearest, in our home, Roam we o'er the heather: We shall rest, and we shall roam, Shall we not?
— from The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

The judges had decided; their verdict was, as it were, rendered in advance, and yet they wished to hear a voice raised in defence of those who were already doomed.
— from The Honor of the Name by Emile Gaboriau

He ceased speaking and his eyes alone betrayed his hatred; but Harold took his hand and said: "Frans, Dr. Roelofsz is dead."
— from Old People and the Things That Pass by Louis Couperus

"There would be no risk in doing so," Vane replies, "with a competent nurse left in charge of you.
— from Guy Kenmore's Wife, and The Rose and the Lily by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

The wise policy of reducing import duties on the raw materials needed for English manufactures was adopted, so that the cost of goods was perceptibly lowered, without any harm to the makers of them.
— from A History of England Eleventh Edition by Charles Oman

“It is a well-proved fact,” said Dr. Fornerol, “that the human race is degenerating.”
— from The Wicker Work Woman: A Chronicle of Our Own Times by Anatole France

"As you please." "Look here," said Nestley, turning round with a resolute frown on his haggard face, "what is the reason I don't leave the Grange?"
— from The Man with a Secret: A Novel by Fergus Hume

I looked up at the church first and then at the windows then down and our eyes met I felt something go through me like all needles my eyes were dancing I remember after when I looked at myself in the glass hardly recognised myself the change he was attractive to a girl in spite of his being a little bald intelligent looking disappointed and gay at the same time he was like Thomas in the shadow of Ashlydyat I had a splendid skin from the sun and the excitement like a rose I didnt get a wink of sleep it wouldnt have been nice on account of her
— from Ulysses by James Joyce