If the mutineers succeeded in crossing the stockade, he argued, they would take possession of any unprotected loophole and shoot us down like rats in our own stronghold.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
[252] Midir’s sons under Donn mac Midir, in rebellion against the Daghda’s son Bodh Derg, fled away to an obscure sídh , where in yearly battle they met the hosts of the other Tuatha De Danann under Bodh Derg; and it was into this sídh or fairy palace on the very eve before the annual contest that Finn and his six companions were enticed by the fairy woman in the form of a fawn, to secure their aid.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz
In the carriage next door the young men started singing “ Un, deux, trois. ”
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield
The horse obeyed, and although their progress was slow they finally reached the opposite river bank at a place where it was low enough to enable the creature to scramble upon dry land.
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
Their captain prepar'd for defense; but told William Penn, and his company of Quakers, that he did not expect their assistance, and they might retire into the cabin, which they did, except James Logan, [82] who chose to stay upon deck, and was quarter'd to a gun.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
The subject under discussion was an exceedingly disagreeable and delicate one.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
I may conclude with Gregory, temporalium amor, quantum afficit, cum haeret possessio, tantum quum subtrahitur, urit dolor ; riches do not so much exhilarate us with their possession, as they torment us with their loss.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
Sir Benjamin Bloomfield (1786–1846), a distinguished soldier, ultimately did get his peerage in 1825.
— from On Love by Stendhal
“This is chloroform —the stuff the surgeons use during operations to produce insensibility.
— from The War of the Axe; Or, Adventures in South Africa by J. Percy (John Percy) Groves
Sir John Totty lost his position as clerk of the tholsel, but continued to stir up discontent, in which he was supported by one Philpot, who had been under arrest for contempt of the Council’s decrees, and by three or four other agitators.
— from Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690 by Richard Bagwell
She is a being so unmistakably delighted with anything she receives, be it small or great, that it is an absolute joy to give to her.
— from Molly Bawn by Duchess
You would get sick unto death of the book if I should tell a quarter of what we hear about it, good and bad.
— from The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George Lewis Prentiss
O' THE YEAR TWAS EVER THUS TWICKENHAM FERRY TWILIGHT TWILIGHT TWILIGHT AT SEA TWO IN THE CAMPAGNA TWO LOVERS TWO TRIOLETS UNDER MY WINDOW UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE UNDER THE LEAVES UNDER THE LINDENS UNGUARDED UNITY UNSEEN SPIRITS UNTIL DEATH UP
— from The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Persons influence us, voices melt us, books subdue us, deeds inflame us.'
— from Res Judicatæ: Papers and Essays by Augustine Birrell
Unkeuschheit, so sie unter der Predigt, zu Verhinterung Gottes Worts und christlicher Andact, zu tun und behegen pflegen, in den Bann getan, und männiglich preis gegeben, dessen wirst du dich als der damals ohne Zweifel aus Anregung des heiligen
— from The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals by E. P. (Edward Payson) Evans
In the stores of the State Paper Office are to be found heartrending appeals for mercy, from prisoners sinking under dire diseases from too close contiguity, or from long confinement in one apartment.
— from Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume II. by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.
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