During Iyétsuna's minority the government was carried on in his name by his Council of State, composed of Hereditary Servants ( fu-dai daimiôs ), and the personal authority of the head of the Tokugawa family thus received its first serious blow.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

"Lucy, did you hear that impertinent 'my dear'?" asked Christie, whose sense of propriety had received its first shock.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

Hence, in swampy places, alder piles driven close together beneath the foundations of buildings take in the water which their own consistence lacks and remain imperishable forever, supporting structures of enormous weight and keeping them from decay.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Their melancholy eyes they raised; In fruitless search a while they gazed.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

'That really is fine,' said Margaret.
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

It lies in the Northern half of the island, and from Kiriwina it is only a few miles walk, but to reach it from Sinaketa or Vakuta it is necessary to sail North.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

What cause soever ye had, said Arthur, ye should have forborne her in my presence; therefore, think not the contrary, ye shall repent it, for such another despite had I never in my court; therefore withdraw you out of my court in all haste ye may.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

The following day Napoleon signed the Concordat with the Pope, which paved the way for the restoration of the Roman Catholic religion in France (September 11).
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

All this while I knew not what was the matter; but rousing immediately from sleep with the noise, I caused the boat to be thrust in, and resolved, with three fusils we had on board, to land and assist our men.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe (1808) by Daniel Defoe

While luxuriating in this sumptuous retreat, in fancied security, William of Nosgeret surrounded the palace with three hundred horse, and a scuffle ensued in which the vicegerent of God was rudely seized by the throat, severely kicked and cuffed, and cast into prison.
— from Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger

Until after it has reached its full size it is green, when at maturity of a bright red, and black only after it has become thoroughly dry.
— from Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 by Various

"It's better for you, Theresa," responded Irma, "for some of these things may find their way to your room.
— from Irma in Italy: A Travel Story by Helen Leah Reed

Here where is more Celtic blood than in any other region in France, save Brittany, the Celtic hero, Vercingetorex, inflicted on Cæsar his sole defeat.
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

He then removed it farther southeast (in the same town), where later it became the property of Erik Lee, the father of Andrew E. Lee, of South Dakota.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

In my relief I felt strong enough to brave the weight of my mother-in-law's anger, which I was very sure was about to descend upon me.
— from Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Adele Garrison

For that reason, when it is constrained by some fold to relinquish its flat situation, it is observed that, at the part of its greatest restraint, it is continually making efforts to return to its natural shape; and the parts most distant from it reassume more of their primitive state by ample and distended folds.
— from A Treatise on Painting by da Vinci Leonardo

He received it from Steinver the Old; but then he gave her a mottled cloak, and that was a pledge of sale; and this has never been contested.
— from Grettir the Outlaw: A Story of Iceland by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould