Their geometrical ratio of increase, the result of which never fails to be surprising, simply explains their extraordinarily rapid increase and wide diffusion in their new homes.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Now, is not this symbolism evident to every reflective mind?
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Eisenbahnverkehr rail traffic Eisenbahnverkehr railroad traffic Eisenbahnwagen rail car Eisenbahnwaggon (US) railway car Eisenwarenhändler ironmonger Eisenwarenhandlung ironmongery Eitelkeit vanity elastisch elastic elastische Nachfrage elastic demand elastisches Angebot elastic supply Elastizität elasticity Elastizität der Nachfrage elasticity of demand Elastizität des Angebots elasticity of supply Elastizität des Marktes elasticity of the market elektrische Schreibmaschine electric typewriter Elektrizitätswerk power station Elektrogütermesse electrical goods fair Elektronengehirn electronic brain Elektronik electronics elektronisch electronic elektronische Datenverarbeitung electronic data processing elektronische Schreibmaschine electronic typewriter elektronischer Rechner electronic calculator Elektrowarengeschäft electrical supply store
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

In such cases the geometrical ratio of increase, the result of which never fails to be surprising, simply explains the extraordinarily rapid increase and wide diffusion of naturalised productions in their new homes.
— 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

For whenever any danger from without compels 474 them to unite and work together, the strength which is developed by the State is so extraordinary, that everything required is unfailingly carried out by the eager rivalry shown by all classes to devote their whole minds to the need of the hour, and to secure that any determination come to should not fail for want of promptitude; while each individual works, privately and publicly alike, for the accomplishment of the business in hand.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

But all the things, so new in time, Are nothing to the woman, Who now is "new," and seeks to climb To heights which seem to her sublime; (Excuse the execrable rhyme)
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, January 5th, 1895 by Various

Like thunder on my startled ear, thine everlasting roar Hath broken, and reverberates from shore to echoing shore; Continuous and fearful, with dread power in its tone, That shakes the earth’s foundations and rives the solid stone!
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Various

'You are always labouring and toiling,' she says, 'exposed to every risk and hardship.
— from A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Anne Thackeray Ritchie

You have no doubt observed that when one does a certain thing, the end result is always good, and when one does something else, the end result is always bad.
— from The Revolutions of Time by Jonathan Dunn

The regiments elected their captains, and the history of the Republican wars shows that the soldiers exercised their electoral rights with discretion.
— from A Book of the Pyrenees by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

So, if your method of perspective is good, it will produce the same effect; this effect results from standing near the line in which the columns are placed.
— from The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by da Vinci Leonardo

There is thus no point of similarity between the two types of structure except their external roundness.
— from Scotland in Pagan Times; The Iron Age by Joseph Anderson

"Of course, we know that Constance wouldn't be so silly as to try to keep a pin belonging to someone else that everyone recognized; but lots of girls would believe it.
— from Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman by Josephine Chase