That name has been alleged to appear as early as the 10th century, in the form [Greek: Skoteinae], "The Dark Sea"; but an examination of the passage cited, from Constantine Porphyrogenitus, shows that it refers rather to the Baltic, whilst that author elsewhere calls the Euxine simply Pontus.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Sensuality often forces the growth of love too much, so that its root remains weak, and is easily torn up.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

She carried in her hands a thin handkerchief, which she tore into ribbons, rolled into a ball, and flung from her.
— from The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin

Snow, tempest, impracticable roads, rocks, icebergs—nothing stops him.
— from A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne

The signal roused to martial coil The sullen margin of Loch Voil, Waked still Loch Doine, and to the source Alarmed, Balvaig, thy swampy course; Thence southward turned its rapid road Adown Strath-Gartney's valley broad
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

30. (1) Things sold in the street are of no great value; (2) Nothing but rubbish can be had for a song; (3) Eggs of the Great Auk are very valuable; (4) It is only what is sold in the street that is really rubbish .
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

In England no one is compelled to bear Arms unless he wishes; but, should he desire to do so, the Inland Revenue requires a payment of one or two guineas, according to the method of use.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The signal roused to martial coil, The sullen margin of Loch Voil, note [Pg 144] Waked still Loch Doine, and to the source 580 Alarmed, Balvaig, thy swampy course; Thence southward turned its rapid road Adown Strath-Gartney's valley broad, Till rose in arms each man might claim A portion in Clan-Alpine's name, 585 From the gray sire, whose trembling hand Could hardly buckle on his brand, To the raw boy, whose shaft and bow Were yet scarce terror to the crow.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

The huipilili is a little sleeveless waist, loose at the neck and arms, and so short that it rarely reaches to the waist-line, to which, of course, it is supposed to extend; it is of bright cotton—red, brown, purple, with stripes or spots of white—and is stitched at the neck with yellow silk.
— from In Indian Mexico (1908) by Frederick Starr

“Looks like one o' them snake roots you dig up with a little mud stuck to it,” returned Rupert critically.
— from Cressy by Bret Harte

Furthermore, the tendency to wobble about the road is much greater, necessitating a much more frequent use of the right hand; so that it really requires greater quickness and lighter hands to drive a tandem than a coach.
— from Hints on Driving by C. Morley (Charles Lewis William Morley) Knight

In a short time Ismail returned, reporting Rabeh's flight with a considerable number of Bazingers and arms, and that Suleiman was quite prepared to surrender.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

It is a street that inspires respect rather than enthusiasm.
— from Your United States: Impressions of a first visit by Arnold Bennett