The surrender leaflet itself can be used as an authorization to surrender.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

The Grand Lodge will not interfere with a subordinate lodge in compelling it to pass an Entered Apprentice; because every lodge is supposed to be competent to finish, in its own time, and its own way, the work that it has begun.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Holmes’s eyes fixed themselves upon one of them, and following his gaze I saw the picture of a regal and stately lady in Court dress, with a high diamond tiara upon her noble head.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherefeddin, lib. iii. c. 17.
— 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

"Mrs. Rouncewell," said Sir Leicester, "I can never consent to argue, as you know, with any one on any subject.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

" "But what did he say, Lucy?" "I can scarcely tell you.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The round world Should have shook lions into civil streets, And citizens to their dens.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Libanius, (Orat. Parentalis,) on the side of the Pagans, and Socrates, (l. iii. c. 1,) on that of the Christians, have preserved several interesting circumstances.
— 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

And as upon thy face and looks, thy mind hath easily power over them to keep them to that which is grave and decent; so let it challenge the same power over the whole body also.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

The Americans turned to the east of Ontario, intending to assail Montreal by the St Lawrence in combination with their forces at Lake Champlain.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

acid in particular is corrosive in its action when taken in concentrated solution, losing its corrosive effect and becoming irritant when more dilute.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward

There’ll be more than a capful of wind there, but it will blow the right way for us, so let it come.’
— from An Ocean Tragedy by William Clark Russell

The next sample is somewhat elongated in form, rather below the average in color, the stem very long and well set and indicating a fruit that does not readily drop in windstorms, the texture exceedingly melting but the flavor slightly lacking in character and therefore rendering it of doubtful value for further test.
— from The Holy Earth by L. H. (Liberty Hyde) Bailey

[Pg 245] "It can hardly do that," she laughed, "I can only be married once whilst Mr. Beale is alive."
— from The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace

There are, of course, in every calling, those who go about the work of the day before them, doing it according to the rules of their craft, and asking no questions of the past or of the future, or of the aim and end to which their special labor is contributing.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Ah, Russia, Russia, from my beautiful home in a strange land I can still see you!
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

But, with your kind indulgence, Sir, I should like, in conclusion, simply to enumerate a few of the benefits certain to follow the introduction and enforcement of law and the establishment of sanctuaries.
— from Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador An Address Presented by Lt.-Colonel William Wood, F.R.S.C. before the Second Annual Meeting of the Commission of Conservation at Quebec, January, 1911 by William Charles Henry Wood

The poor boy had been so long in California that he did not know how to go about things.
— from The Art of Disappearing by John Talbot Smith