This spirit appertains more especially to the English lawyers; they seem indifferent to the real meaning of what they treat, and they direct all their attention to the letter, seeming inclined to infringe the rules of common sense and of humanity rather than to swerve one title from the law.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Consequently, it can well be imagined that the four young people spent a most enjoyable time that evening in the mansion.
— from Dave Porter and His Double; Or, The Disapperarance of the Basswood Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer

Could such a vote be obtained, it was confidently expected by the friends of the Union that its moral influence would, for the present, satisfy the border States; would arrest the tide beginning to rise among their people in favor of secession, and might enable them to exercise an effective influence in reclaiming the States which had already seceded.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 2 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis

The great lights of English literature besides these,—Tennyson, Carlyle, Ruskin, Thackeray, Dickens,—he was never introduced to, although he saw Tennyson in a picture-gallery at Manchester, and has left a description of him, such as might endure to the end of time.
— from The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Frank Preston Stearns

I had been warned by Felicia to keep what had passed between us a secret from her husband for the present; so we had (superficially speaking) a merry end to the evening.
— from Little Novels by Wilkie Collins

And in the same proportion as it was new, and represented the spirit not of a past age but of its own, was it a power stronger and more enduring than the Empire.
— from The Holy Roman Empire by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

At the solemn hour of sunrise or sunset he took up his position, overlooking the glories of earth and facing the “Great Mystery,” and there he remained, naked, erect, silent, and motionless, exposed to the elements and forces of His arming, for a night and a day to two days and nights, but rarely longer.
— from The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation by Charles Alexander Eastman

Warren had never intended she should, and made excuse to the effect that Bully Rawson had been obliged to go up-country again.
— from A Secret of the Lebombo by Bertram Mitford

It was further said that more than one Minister Plenipotentiary was unnecessary; that the Court of Great Britain had sent only a Consul to this country; and that, from the present appearances, no advantages could be expected to arise from sending a Minister, equivalent to the expense; the necessity contended for is merely conjectural; and by that rule, the Ministers Plenipotentiary may be increased, and one sent to Spain and another to Portugal.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress

In all the suburban towns of this state, and more especially throughout the entire length and breadth of Rhode Island and Connecticut, immense numbers of the Chinese varieties of fowls were being bred; and I saw, months before, that the market must of necessity be glutted, to the full, in the winter that was then approaching.
— from The History of the Hen Fever. A Humorous Record by Geo. P. (George Pickering) Burnham

In spite, then, of the discomforts noted above, it may be asserted that the poor man is more comfortable on a long journey than in Europe; and that on a short journey the American system affords more entertainment than the European.
— from The Land of Contrasts: A Briton's View of His American Kin by James F. (James Fullarton) Muirhead