But the 279 king with a firme countenance retired in time, the enemies not daring to pursue him any further, then they might be assured by aduantage of place.
— from The Lives of the III. Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John, Sir

" Balanced over-production will result in this, that every native will have a superabundance of loin-cloths and food.
— from British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals by J. Ellis Barker

For in Eugénie de Pastourelles, who is Phoebe's unconscious rival, I tried to embody, not the sensuous intoxicating power of an Emma Hamilton, but those more exquisite and spiritual influences which many women have exercised over some of the strongest and most virile of men.
— from Fenwick's Career by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The French declared their wish to conquer Naples and never restore it to the Emperor, not even under the most favourable conditions.
— from A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) by Leopold von Ranke

The sense of relation is transient; the economic need is all important.
— from Beauty and the Beast: An Essay in Evolutionary Aesthetic by Stewart Andrew McDowall

The result is that the earth neither falls to the sun nor to any one star, but moves around the sun in a regular path.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes

As to the period since Reconstruction—that is, the last thirty years—the acute sensibility of the South no longer takes the form of accusing the North of an attempt to submerge the white race, but rather is turned toward enlarged news of Southern wealth and prestige, which will be examined later in this book.
— from The Southern South by Albert Bushnell Hart

He was admitted to places from which other Europeans had been excluded, and so long as he remained in Turkish territory, every necessary provision was made for his safety and honorable recognition.
— from Universal Brotherhood, Volume XIII, No. 11, February 1899 A Magazine Devoted to the Brotherhood of Humanity, the Theosophical Movement, Philosophy, Science and Art by Various

Faithful to the traditions of his house, of his order, Maximus had welcomed the invasion which promised to restore Italy to the Empire; now that the restoration was effected, he saw with bitterness the evils resulting from it, and all but hoped that this new king of the Goths, this fortune-favoured Totila, might sweep the land of its Greek oppressors.
— from Veranilda by George Gissing