the common Salmon and red Charr are the inhabitants of both the sea and rivers.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Consider: in the existing relations of the various members of society, for me, for me, after midnight to go in to the wedding of my subordinate, a registration clerk, at ten roubles the month—why, it would mean embarrassment, a revolution, the last days of Pompeii, a nonsensical folly.
— from Short Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Such a rich country as Holland,
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

He introduced a printing-press into his dominions, in which both Siamese and Roman characters are used.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

‘“Well,” said Tom, slowly undressing himself, and staring at the old chair all the while, which stood with a mysterious aspect by the bedside, “I never saw such a rum concern as that in my days.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

But his barque seemed a roomy craft, and his taciturn magnanimity accepted as a matter of course the presence of passengers.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Then followed through that vasty hall a sharp and rattling crash, as of the descent of innumerable slates.
— from He by Walter Herries Pollock

Many influences control the ruler in his aims and habits, such as religion, custom, and the very language he speaks, by which praise and blame are assigned automatically to the objects loved or hated by the people.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

On the whole, what I do expect is that they will offer a pertinacious, vehement, provoking opposition to safe and reasonable change, and that then, in some moment of fear or caprice, they will bring in, and fling on the table, in a fit of desperation or levity, some plan which will loosen the very foundations of society.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Thus, I may see a red colour, and occupy all the intellect at my disposal in the perception of this colour, seeing nothing but it, and thinking of nothing but it.
— from The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet

These alterations in his bearing, which belied his steady and resolute character, astonished and dejected both Madeline and her father.
— from Eugene Aram — Volume 05 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The other smiled: “All right, come along.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

With shouts the older children surrounded it; Ellie followed more slowly, awed by such splendor; and Rosamond crept after, drawn irresistibly by a hundred glittering lures.
— from The Nest Builder: A Novel by Beatrice Forbes-Robertson Hale

The Pope was roused to thorough and energetic action, and started a resolute campaign against the accursed race of magicians.
— from Mediæval Heresy & the Inquisition by Arthur Stanley Turberville

The man Sebastian had, a week earlier, seen and recognised Conyngham as the bearer of the letter addressed to Colonel Monreal, and left at that officer’s lodging in Xeres at the moment of his death in the streets.
— from In Kedar's Tents by Henry Seton Merriman

Transvaal Railways and the War To the foregoing account of the British use of railways for [255] military purposes during the course of the South African War it may be of interest to add a few notes giving the experiences of the Boers, as detailed in a statement on "The Netherlands South African Railway Company and the Transvaal War," drawn up at Pretoria, in April, 1900, by the Secretary of the Company, Mr. Th.
— from The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 by Edwin A. Pratt