Myriads of pencilled rays, like sheets of rain, gathered into a transparent shaft and poured silently upon me.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Beside the door stood two stout cobs with broad soft-padded saddles, well fitted for easy traveling, and speaking of rich guests in the parlor.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

“Ladies and gentlemen,” he began solemnly, “once having had occasion to visit the great pyramid of Khufu, a Pharaoh of the fourth dynasty, I chanced upon a sarcophagus of red granite in a forgotten chamber.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

The secret of representative genius is simple enough.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

He gave not only a brief denial to his mother's schemes, but published his intention of using his influence to diminish the power of the aristocracy, to effect a greater equalization of wealth and privilege, and to introduce a perfect system of republican government into England.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

As Buck grew stronger they enticed him into all sorts of ridiculous games, in which Thornton himself could not forbear to join; and in this fashion Buck romped through his convalescence and into a new existence.
— from The Call of the Wild by Jack London

The idea of the column was derived from the papyrus plant, a species of reed growing in the river Nile.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various

He bit, and struggled, and snarled, or rather growled in vain; tighter and tighter grew each noose till he was hauled over on his back.
— from A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston

Thus, as we see the popular survey of regions, geography in its literal and initial sense, deepening into the various analyses of this and that aspect or element of the environment which we call the natural sciences—but which we might with advantage also recognise as what they really are, each a geolysis —so these sciences or geolyses, again, are tending to reunite into a higher geography considered as an account of the evolution of the cosmos.
— from Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick, Sir

It would be interesting to know what sort of real girl, if any, ended by becoming the owner of that hat.
— from Comedies and Errors by Henry Harland

This Swedish house, thus protected against the climate, stood on rising ground in the centre of an immense courtyard.
— from Seraphita by Honoré de Balzac

Even if Durham contributed more to his Report than seems probable, the view there propounded of the scope of Responsible Government is not nearly so cogent as that of the later pamphlet.
— from British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by J. L. (John Lyle) Morison

147 f statistics of Jewish emigration to, III 148 Hebrew writers in, III 163 University , Polish Jews study at U. of Padua, I 132 "Statute of 1804" admits Jews to Russian U's., I 345 Jewish U. graduates admitted into Russian Interior and to civil service (1861), II 166; required to possess learned degree, II 165, 167; requirement dropped (1879), II 167 Jewish U. graduates permitted to keep two Jewish servants in Russian Interior, II 166; fictitious servants of, II 344 ff Jews with U. education permitted to live in villages and own property (1904), III 98 ; [Pg 389] privilege extended to wives and children, III 99 Jewish U. students suspected of revolutionary leanings, II 348, III 28 admission of Jews to, restricted (1887), II 350; placed on Statute books (1908), III 157 f restricted admission drives Jews into foreign U's, II 351, III 31 , 158; and makes them antagonistic to Government, III 31 restricted admission to, abolished by professional councils (1905), III 124 ; restored (1907), III 152 ; placed on Statute books (1908), III 157 f See Education and School Ural , territory of, semi-civilized tribes of placed on level with Jews, II 367 Urussov , governor of Bessarabia, and later Assistant-Minister of Interior, favors mitigation of Jewish disabilities, III 93 discloses personal animosity of Nicholas II. against Jews, III 93 issues warning against pogroms, III 97 reveals in Memoirs Plehve's share in pogroms, III 97 discloses in Duma share of Russian Government in October pogroms, III 126 , 138 Ushitza , see Novaya Ushitza Ussishkin , Russian Zionist leader, III 47 Ustrugov , deputy-governor of Bessarabia, persecutes Jews, III 70 assists in arranging Kishinev massacre, VIII 71 sued by Jews, III 92 Uvarov, Sergius , Minister of Public Instruction, endeavors to spread enlightenment among Russian Jews, II 46 ff lays plans before "Jewish Committee," II 50 ff visits Lilienthal's school in Riga, II 52 negotiates with Lilienthal, II 53 instructs Lilienthal to enter into correspondence with Jewish leaders in Western Europe, II 67 petitioned by Moses Montefiore on behalf of Russian Jews, II 68 plans of, received favorably by Jews of Vilna, II 136 f See Lilienthal Valnyev , Minister of Interior, favors admission of Jewish artisans and mechanics into Russian Interior, II
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow

These had been the subject of rigid governmental inquiry.
— from Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel Peter Orth