On my return to Dresden the realisation of my complete loneliness came over me for the first time with full consciousness, as I could not help knowing that with the loss of my mother every natural bond of union was loosened with my brothers and sisters, each of whom was taken up with his or her own family affairs.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner
The result of many comparisons leads me to fix upon 16° 58´ as about the latitude of Ptolemaïs Epitheras.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo
The standards would be unattended and forsaken: the men would neither assemble in pursuance of orders, nor would any distinction be made as to fighting by night or by day, on favourable or unfavourable ground, by order or without the the orders of the general; nor would they observe standards or ranks; the service, instead of being solemn and sacred, would be confused and the result of mere chance, like that of freebooters.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy
I was heartily sorry to find a worthy man so destitute of friends, when he had such need of them, and looked upon my own situation as less miserable than his, because I was better acquainted with the selfishness and roguery of mankind, consequently less liable to disappointment and imposition.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett
Walked back again reading of my Civill Law Book, and so home and by coach to White Hall, where we did our usual business before the Duke, and heard the Duke commend Deane’s ship “The Rupert” before “The Defyance,” built lately by Castle, in hearing of Sir W. Batten, which pleased me mightily.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
Report of Mesopotamia Commission : London, 1917.
— from Scurvy, Past and Present by Alfred F. Hess
The rise of Mr Canning, long kept down by the plebeian aristocracy of Mr Pitt as an adventurer, had shaken parties to their centre.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
At a Court of Directors held on that day this minute was drawn up: "Resolved that the resignation of Mr. Charles Lamb, of the Accountant General's office, on account of certified ill health, be accepted, and it appearing that he has served the Company faithfully for 33 years, and is now in receipt of an income of Ł730 per annum, he be allowed a pension of Ł450 … to commence from this day."
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb
For the region of light soils and the localities which I have recommended for poultry farming, the following style of poultry house should be used: No floors, single boarded walls, a roof of matched cypress lumber or of cheap pine covered with tarred paper.
— from The Dollar Hen by Milo Hastings
I lose myself in the recollections of my childhood like an old man … I do not expect anything further in life than a succession of sheets of paper to besmear with black.
— from The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters by George Sand
[Footnote 216: See report of Missionary Conference, London, 1888, vol. i., p. 70.]
— from Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 by Frank F. (Frank Field) Ellinwood
Returned to computers, bearded again, Barnaby in early 1983 was working for a small rival of MicroPro, Chang Laboratories, aiming at the lucrative market for software compatible with IBM’s 16-bit PC.
— from The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman
At the middle of the back the tails terminated, leaving the well-worn rear of my corduroys, like a full moon seen through a dark haze.
— from The Life of Mansie Wauch tailor in Dalkeith by D. M. (David Macbeth) Moir
E MILE F AGUET —R EMY DE G OURMONT 203 T HE W RITINGS OF M. C LEMENCEAU 225
— from Aspects and Impressions by Edmund Gosse
I gulped the rest of my coke, lit another cigarette, shrugged cheerfully, and started for the door.
— from Direct Wire by Clee Garson
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