The line of bearings in which he deviates most widely from truth is that of the cities on the Arabian Coast from Aden to Hormuz, which he makes to run steadily vers Maistre or N.W., a conception which it has not been very easy to realise on the map.[9] [Sidenote: Singular omissions of Polo in regard to China; Historical inaccuracies.]
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

In a remote solitude, vanity may still whisper in my ear, that my readers, perhaps, may inquire whether, in the conclusion of the present work, I am now taking an everlasting farewell.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

You may remember, that, when you made your addresses to the fat widow who kept a public-house at Islington, there was a report spread very much to the prejudice of your manhood, which coming to the ears of your mistress, you were discarded immediately: and I brought matters to a reconciliation, by assuring her you had three bastards at nurse in the country.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

“Now, my dear sir,” said Holmes, “is it not obvious to you now that this matter really strikes very much deeper than either you or the police were at first inclined to think?
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Widely ranging species vary most, and varieties are often at first local,—both causes rendering the discovery of intermediate links less likely.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

The extreme inequality and uncertainty of a tax assessed in this manner, can be compensated only by its extreme moderation; in consequence of which, every man finds himself rated so very much below his real revenue, that he gives himself little disturbance though his neighbour should be rated somewhat lower.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Note 45 ( return ) [ See Valerius Maximus, l. ii. c. 2, n. 2.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

It is astonishing what interesting and varied reading such volumes make.
— from Res Judicatæ: Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell

There were travelling incidents and accidents, and straits for money, and mishaps and arrests, and stories of steeple-chases and balls all mixed up together, and recounted so very much in the same spirit as to show how very little shadow mere misadventure could throw across the sunshine of their every-day life.
— from Barrington. Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles James Lever

Dealt with in this way the head band becomes of real structural value, much of which is lost if it is cut off short as is done in the large majority of cases.
— from The Book: Its History and Development by Cyril Davenport

The food of the Razor-bills consists of small fishes, roe, shrimps, various marine animals, and floating garbage, which they procure by diving and swimming, or pick up among the rocks which they frequent.
— from Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States Illustrated by Thomas G. (Thomas George) Gentry

‘I have been constantly admiring her discernment, for I own that at first his reserve stood very much in my way, but since she has raised his spirits, and taught him to exert himself, he has been a most valuable brother to me.
— from The Young Step-Mother; Or, A Chronicle of Mistakes by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

“Only we won’t do anything to hurt your feelings, Miss Rachel,” said Von Marlo.
— from Dumps - A Plain Girl by L. T. Meade

“Another hour or two and we should reach Snow Valley,” Miss Gordon declared, looking at her watch.
— from The Brownie Scouts at Snow Valley by Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine) Wirt