There was the same kind of charm about her too slender form, her faintly colored face and light-brown hair, that modern poets find in mediaeval statuettes; and a sweet expression, a look of Christian resignation in the dark gray eyes.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

From a motive either of prudence or religion, she embraced a life of celibacy; and notwithstanding some aspersions on the chastity of Pulcheria, 69 this resolution, which she communicated to her sisters Arcadia and Marina, was celebrated by the Christian world, as the sublime effort of heroic piety.
— 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

From a motive either of prudence or religion, she embraced a life of celibacy; and notwithstanding some aspersions on the chastity of Pulcheria, this resolution, which she communicated to her sisters Arcadia and Marina, was celebrated by the Christian world, as the sublime effort of heroic piety.
— 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

As to the children, they were probably safe, either at Langley or Cardiff; yet there remained the possibility that they might have shared the fate of the Mortimers, and be closely confined in some stronghold.
— from The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time by Emily Sarah Holt

That she embraced a life of celibacy, renounced all vanity in dress, interrupted by frequent fasts her simple and frugal diet, and devoted several hours of the day and night to the exercises of prayer and psalmody.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, November 1883 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Promotion of True Culture. Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle. by Chautauqua Institution

Leaving out the probability of massacres by the Indians, many immigrants would have died from starvation, exposure and lack of clothing along the Columbia River, or after their arrival in the Willamette Valley.
— from Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon by Frederick V. Holman

“One thing I have to do first,” answered Hugh, “and it is to learn whether Sir Edmund Acour, lord of Cattrina, is dead or living, and if living where he hides himself away.
— from Red Eve by H. Rider (Henry Rider) Haggard

We thought her a young widow struggling for existence, but when all the work was done and everything was comfortably arranged, a husband appeared upon the scene; evidently a lord of creation who looked upon women, and especially wives, as born to labour.
— from Glories of Spain by Charles W. (Charles William) Wood

Sugar, as now obtained, be it from cane or beet, is white; yet the public is so wedded to its customs that white sugar except as lump or castor sugar does not,find a ready sale.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

She established a list of customers among the great ladies in the city, who bought large daily supplies from her, paying her the highest prices.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

Will you kindly let me see it, sir?—It is,' she explained, 'a letter of credit brought over by my brother from California.
— from The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Walter Besant

There has been some objection to the term lead as used in describing the effect of capacity in an alternating circuit, principally on the ground that such expressions as "lead of current," "lead in phase," etc., tend to convey the idea that the effect precedes the cause, that is, the current is in advance of the pressure producing it.
— from Hawkins Electrical Guide v. 05 (of 10) Questions, Answers, & Illustrations, A progressive course of study for engineers, electricians, students and those desiring to acquire a working knowledge of electricity and its applications by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins