"I defy Rome, Sparta, or Thebes," he would say, "to show me thirty years of such patriotism as Corsica can boast!"
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Partly because in the former the data can be collected more accurately and completely than in the latter; partly, because in history proper, it is not so much men as nations and heroes that act, and the individuals who do appear, seem so far off, surrounded with such pomp and circumstance, clothed in the stiff robes of state, or heavy, inflexible armour, that it is really hard through all this to recognise the human movements.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

—All three species possess a characteristic camphoraceous odor and are commonly grouped under the one name, albahacas (sweet basil).
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

opposit a Isd. on Sd Side Passed a Creek Called R. La freeau at the pt.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The gloomy Eugene too, is not without some kindred touch; for, when that appalling Lady Tippins declares that if Another had survived, he should have gone down at the head of her list of lovers—and also when the mature young lady shrugs her epaulettes, and laughs at some private and confidential comment from the mature young gentleman—his gloom deepens to that degree that he trifles quite ferociously with his dessert-knife.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

SYN: Portion, paragraph, stipulation, provision, article, condition, chapter, section, passage.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

Prow , sb. profit, advantage, C, C3, G, H, PP, HD; prou , H.—OF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

They make altogether a huge cluster, with the additional tents, extra wards for contagious diseases, guard-houses, sutler's stores, chaplain's house; in the middle will probably be an edifice devoted to the offices of the surgeon in charge and the ward surgeons, principal attaches, clerks, &c.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

Caps fitted with square peaks are called cheesecutter caps.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

This latter conclusion is startling, for it indicates a change in the atom which, up to the time of this discovery, was deemed unchangeable under the influence of such physical and chemical changes as were known to us.
— from A Brief Account of Radio-activity by F. P. (Francis Preston) Venable

Again it is thought that under Quetzalcoatl the spiritual power always closely connected with the temporal in Nahua governments, became so predominant as to excite the jealousy and fears of the nobility in Tollan, who were [262] restive under a priestly restraint not imposed on their brothers of corresponding rank in the other nations of the empire.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Lime, in the form of carbonate, constitutes the best building stones, including marble, so valuable for ornamental carving and decoration, and when burnt, to separate the carbonic acid, forms lime itself, which is invaluable as a cement when mixed with sand; lime, in union with another acid (sulphuric) forms plaster of Paris, also a most useful article in the arts, &c. Silica, in the form of sand, is very extensively used for glass making, and, in the form of flint, it is ground and used for pottery: all such stones as quartz, rock-crystal, Scotch pebble, agate, cornelian, &c. are but various forms of Silica, either crystallized or deposited in layers.
— from The Boy's Book of Industrial Information by Elisha Noyce

Mayborough ( see Penrith and Cumrew); circle at, compared to Little Salkeld, 127 .
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson

In the southern provinces about Cuenca, cutaneous affections are quite frequent.
— from The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America by James Orton

Her words, though spoken simply, produced a curious change in the light, sparkling atmosphere.
— from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

"Both flowers ( flos ) and hammer-scales ( squama ) have the same properties as crematum copper....
— from De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georg Agricola

Then she sprang down hastily and returned to her place, changed the position of her picture, pretended to be still dissatisfied with the light, pushed a table close to the partition, on which she placed a chair, climbed lightly to the summit of this erection, and again looked through the crevice.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

She knows historical facts well enough, but lacks insight into the historical process of development; and still less does she possess a clear comprehension of economic relationships.
— from Anarchism: A Criticism and History of the Anarchist Theory by E. V. (Ernst Viktor) Zenker

The latter generally forms in the dividing cell a sort of spindle, at the poles of which there is a very small particle, also colourless, called the "central body" (centrosoma).
— from The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Ernst Haeckel