Duke de Villequier, Gentleman of the Chamber, gets such contumelious rating, in presence of all people there, that he may see good first to exculpate himself in the Newspapers; then, that not prospering, to retire over the Frontiers, and begin plotting at Brussels.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Everything had been admirably thought out as is usual in dispositions, and as is always the case, not a single column reached its place at the appointed time.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Experience cannot be suspended or sustained in being, because its very nucleus is mobile and in shifting cannot retain its past phases bodily, but only at best some trace or representation of them.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

1883—The Burns Improved Sample Coffee Roaster is patented in the United States by Jabez Burns.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

When order was a little restored, and society and the minds of people became more composed, we see commerce recovering its position; and France was, perhaps, the first country in Europe in which this happy change took place.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

But that duty which those same Stoics call "right" is perfect and absolute and "satisfies all the numbers," [BC] as that same school says, and is attainable by none except the wise man.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

6, Plate 40, with the infantile variety, Fig. 5, Plate 40, we find that they agree in so far as the intestinal sac is distinct from the tunica vaginalis; whereas the difference between them is caused by the fact of the serous cord remaining in part pervious in the infantile hernia; and on comparing Fig.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

The value of that sort which sometimes does, and sometimes does not afford rent, should constantly rise in proportion to that which always affords some rent.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Note 39 ( return ) [ Arrian, in the second century, remarks (in Periplo Maris Erythraei, p. 12) the partial or total difference of the dialects of the Arabs.
— 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

There was a Hebrew chronicle under the title of Zemach David , [14] written by a sensible chief rabbi in Prague, [Pg 29] named Rabbi David Gans.
— from Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. by Solomon Maimon

The submission which such confidence requires, is paid without pain, because it implies no confession of inferiority.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Samuel Johnson

The neighbouring hills were no longer able to meet the demand, the stones continually rose in price, the better qualities could hardly be procured, and thus the agate manufactory was menaced with decline, when a fortunate circumstance gave it a new impulse.
— from The Subterranean World by G. (Georg) Hartwig

Further, it may be said that, in more recent times, mining enterprise and the attention of capital needful for such has not been drawn so strongly to the possibilities of gold-mining in the Latin American countries, and, lastly, political unrest and revolution in these States has in some cases rendered it precarious.
— from Spanish America, Its Romance, Reality and Future, Vol. 2 (of 2) by C. Reginald (Charles Reginald) Enock

"We are now off the mouth of the Santa Cruz river in Patagonia," said Captain Barrington, "it is a good place to lie to.
— from The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash; or, Facing Death in the Antarctic by John Henry Goldfrap

If we take the second of these Londons we shall find it to consist of twenty-nine large and small cities, ranging in population from 334,991 to 51,247 inhabitants.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 27, No. 161, May 1904 by Various

Upon approaching the limits of the town the speedy cortège reduced its pace considerably.
— from Winning His Wings: A Story of the R.A.F. by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman