[Major Sykes remarks ( Persia , ch. xxiii.):
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

But to her great surprise D’Artagnan remained perfectly calm, and instead of being angry he laughed, and said to Porthos: “Yes, I understand, the air of La Rue Tiquetonne is not like that of Pierrefonds; but console yourself, I will soon conduct you to one much better.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

She sat down on one of the red plush chairs while he rang and rang, and then, getting no answer, kept his finger on the bell.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

(Numerus est quantitas phaenomenon—sensatio realitas phaenomenon; constans et perdurabile rerum substantia phaenomenon—aeternitas, necessitas, phaenomena, etc.)
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In order to render provisions cheap to the inhabitants of the towns, and thereby to encourage manufactures and foreign commerce, he prohibited altogether the exportation of corn, and thus excluded the inhabitants of the country from every foreign market, for by far the most important part of the produce of their industry.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

He relieved puzzled carpenters by putting up for them the pegless and nailless bridge described in Cæsar’s Commentaries.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

communication, intimation; notice, notification; enunciation, annunciation; announcement; communiqu; representation, round robin, presentment. case, estimate, specification, report, advice, monition; news &c. 532; return &c. (record) 551; account &c. (description) 594; statement &c. (affirmation)
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

‘Potatoes do sometimes make vines; turnips remain passive: cause unnecessary to state.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

“You expect to make me admit that you are right, but you are completely mistaken, for I feel that I should remain perfectly calm, and that by complying with my wishes you would gain my friendship.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

If he seen a red petticoat coming swinging over the hill, he'd be off to hide in the sticks, and you'd see him shooting out his sheep's eyes between the little twigs and the leaves, and his two ears rising like a hare looking out through a gap.
— from The Playboy of the Western World: A Comedy in Three Acts by J. M. (John Millington) Synge

These dismal notions have been the source of all the irrational systems that have ever prevailed; they have given birth to the most revolting practices, currency to the most absurd customs.
— from The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

And they never feel the light, and no eyes look upon them unless rich people come and pay.
— from Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 4 by Charles Herbert Sylvester

On the 7th October the order for the mobilisation of the cavalry division, one army corps, and eight battalions of lines of communication troops was issued, and a Royal proclamation calling out the army reserve was [p. 007] published.
— from History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902 v. 1 (of 4) Compiled by Direction of His Majesty's Government by Great Britain. War Office

In addition to such equipment, Neufchâtel requires a curdling apparatus which can be held at 70-75° F. This may be a room properly controlled, or a tank where temperature control is obtained by water and steam.
— from The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom

Original Friendliness of the Indians.—The River Pirates, Culbert and Magilbray.—Capture of Beausoliel.—His Rescue by the Negro Cacasotte.—The Cave in the Rock.—The Robber Mason.—His Assassination.—Fate of the Assassins.—Hostility of the Apaches.
— from Christopher Carson, Familiarly Known as Kit Carson by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Nevertheless, Rubinstein played Chopin, the greater and the miniature, as no one before or since.
— from Unicorns by James Huneker

to Address Oil, Burning, Best Mode of Keeping Clocks, Best for Enema Lamp, Best for Paint, Smell of, to Remove Paintings, Cautions Respecting To Remove from Hearths of Roses, for Hair of Turpentine, Properties and Uses of Oilcloth, to Clean Ointments and Cerates, Various ( 1 )-( 2 )
— from Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Robert Kemp Philp

To the west lay a great, rolling plain, covered with buffalo grass and sage; and dropping down the arc of the sky was the setting sun, ruddy-countenanced, whose almost level rays played full upon the face of the bluff up which the pony climbed so nimbly.
— from The Girl from Sunset Ranch; Or, Alone in a Great City by Amy Bell Marlowe