When Charles V. came into Provence in the year 1537, ‘tis said that Antonio de Leva, seeing the emperor positively resolved upon this expedition, and believing it would redound very much to his honour, did, nevertheless, very stiffly oppose it in the council, to the end that the entire glory of that resolution should be attributed to his master, and that it might be said his own wisdom and foresight had been such as that, contrary to the opinion of all, he had brought about so great an enterprise; which was to do him honour at his own expense.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Duchenne has given a photograph [1227] (fig. 21) of the same old man as before, with his eyes somewhat staring, the eyebrows partially raised, and at the same time strongly contracted, the mouth opened, and the platysma in action, all effected by the means of galvanism.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

They carried on unceasing war despite occasional proclamation of peace between England and Spain, for the Spanish treasure ships were tempting prizes, and though at times policy made their government desire friendly relations with Spain, the English people regarded all Spaniards as their natural enemies and all Spanish property as their legitimate spoil.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

In spite of this careful subdivision, it is always well to count the stitches, to ensure perfect regularity.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

It was equally in Cortes' power to have detained Duero, the priest Guevara, and others; this, however, he had not done, but, on the contrary, had shown them every possible respect.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

While the former, the so-called moral law, is something that experience pours ridicule on at every step; indeed, as Kant himself says, it is doubtful whether in practice it has ever really been followed on any single occasion.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

So the Earl placed Robert Harburgh to guard the chest, and to lie discreetly concerning it if any of the King's men should come near, saying that it was but some foulness appropriate to the den.
— from The Grey Man by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The religion of Wales is more emotional and sentimental than English Puritanism; Romanism has indeed given way to Calvinism among the Welsh,—the one superstition has supplanted the other,—but the Celtic sentiment which made the Welsh such devout Catholics, remains, and gives unction to their Methodism; theirs is not the controversial, rationalistic, intellectual side of Protestantism, but the devout, emotional, religious side.
— from Celtic Literature by Matthew Arnold

I know that a good many people resent what they say in the Entente newspapers, and [309] I suppose the Entente public resents a great deal of what is being said in our newspapers.
— from The Iron Ration: Three Years in Warring Central Europe by George Abel Schreiner

While seeking to establish pacific relations with the powers of Europe the First Consul was preparing to strike a great blow in Italy.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various

There is a mere alley—I forget its name—on the right bank, which runs down to the Seine, in which it is said that every Paris revolution has broken out.
— from Memoirs by Charles Godfrey Leland

The sacerdotal economy, therefore, is so arranged, that whenever the priest dispenses the water at the font, the Holy Spirit follows, as in instantaneous compliance with a suggestion: and whenever he spreads his hands over the elements at the communion, God immediately establishes a preternatural relation, not subsisting the moment before, between the substances on the table and the souls of the faithful communicants: so that every partaker receives, either directly or through supernatural increase of faith, some new share in the merits of the cross.
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom

So saying, the enraptured Proserpine rose from the bank of violets, and had scarcely run forwards fifty yards when she suddenly stopped, and started with an exclamation of wonder.
— from The Infernal Marriage by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

"Let's go over to the cook tent and either beg or steal something to eat," proposed Reade.
— from The Young Engineers in Colorado; Or, At Railroad Building in Earnest by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

The genial, chatty L'Escarbot has left us a pleasant volume of the early days of Acadie, when De Monts and De Poutrincourt were struggling to establish Port Royal.
— from The Intellectual Development of the Canadian People: An Historical Review by John George Bourinot

Two years 87 after he came to the throne, the Portuguese sent the expedition, previously referred to, to discover a route to the Indies round Africa.
— from Ancient and Modern Ships, Part 1: Wooden Sailing Ships by Holmes, George Charles Vincent, Sir