Whether he had made Profession in Venice was not to be ascertained, whether he had bound himself over to the Calvinists by some outward act, remained equally dark.
— from Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Adolf Hausrath

The word revolution, in the sense, or at least the aspect, given to it amongst us by contemporary events, points to the overthrow of a certain regimen, and of the ideas and authority predominant thereunder, and the systematic elevation in their stead of a regimen essentially different in principle, and in fact.
— from A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 2 by François Guizot

It is situated on a rocky eminence difficult for the miner, the walls which, if they were not indeed in good condition, have been repaired before this time; and as to supplies of arms, powder, and provisions, a cloister so rich has inexhaustible supplies; fanaticism will animate their hearts and,--" "And do you think, gracious colonel, that they will force me to retreat?"
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Municipal inspection of dwellings and of all buildings, the municipality to keep close scrutiny on all real estate developments.
— from Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel Peter Orth

They become browner less from age than exposure to the sun; for, as soon as they are able to be abroad, they scarce ever afterwards enter under the shadow of a roof, except during the hours of night.
— from Odd People: Being a Popular Description of Singular Races of Man by Mayne Reid

"She orders and regulates every detail herself; she knows where everybody is lodged in the Castle, settles about the riding or driving, and enters into every particular with minute attention.
— from Queen Victoria by E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) Browne

They had few scruples or qualms, and when they took hold of a mining scheme or a real estate deal, wise men kept out.
— from The Stampeder by Samuel Alexander White

As the poets' tables at the Cafe de Seville had been for some time transformed into beds of torture upon which Amedee Violette's poems were stretched out and racked every day from five to seven, the amiable Paul Sillery, with a jeering smile upon his lips, tried occasionally to cry pity for his friend's verses, given up to such ferocious executioners.
— from A Romance of Youth — Volume 3 by François Coppée

Also "rations" of soap of a retiring early disposition; facing a condition, not a theory; compost of refuse alkaline and oleagenous, but with soaring spirit of the army mule stowed in a steamer's hold until he soaks the air with sounds of remonstrance, kicks the rivets from the boiler and goes aloft with the explosion.
— from The Army Mule, and Other War Sketches by Henry A. (Henry Anson) Castle