He would be both ashamed and afraid to bring forward, for the most distinguished or lucrative stations, candidates who had no other merit than that of coming from the same State to which he particularly belonged, or of being in some way or other personally allied to him, or of possessing the necessary insignificance and pliancy to render them the obsequious instruments of his pleasure.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

[ A fine sand from the Nile, similar to puzzuclano, which was strewed on the stadium; the wrestlers also rolled in it, when their bodies were slippery with oil or perspiration.]
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Thanks to Brissenden, his black suit was out of pawn and he was again eligible for dinner parties.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

She felt clearer and stronger already, and as if she could make up her mind very soon when one other point had been discussed.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

“My first feeling, as I have just said, was one of pity and horror.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

If ye shall not do so, we on our part shall either be forced by necessity to leave our land, or we shall stay in it and make a treaty with the invader; for what else can we do if ye are not willing to help us?
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Her strongest sense was one of personal contamination.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

After fixing the pattern, as represented in fig. 787 , upon the pillow, stick in 5 pins, hang 2 pairs of bobbins on to each and throw the 2nd bobbin of each pair over its fellow = 1 half passing with the 2nd and 3rd pairs = put up a pin at point 1 = 1 half passing with the same pair = this encloses the pin = lay the 3rd pair aside = 1 half passing with the 2nd and 1st pair = put up a pin at point 2 = enclose it with the same pairs = 1 half passing with the 5th and 4th pair = put up a pin at point 3 = enclose it with the same pairs = lay the 5th pair aside = 1 half passing the 4th and 3rd pair = put up the pin at point 4 = enclose the same = lay the 4th pair aside = work on in the same way over points 5 and 6 = 1 half passing with the 6th and 7th pair = put up the pin at point 7 = enclose the same = work on in the same way over points 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 = 1 half passing with the 8th and 9th pair = put up the pin at point 31 = enclose the same = work on over points 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 = 1 half passing with the 9th and 10th pair = put up the pin at point 21 = enclose the same and proceed as in the preceding rows, from point 22 to 29. Fig.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Our boat lay, rising and falling, upon the long, smooth rollers, and Evans and I, who were the most educated of the party, were sitting in the sheets working out our position and planning what coast we should make for.
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The session was one of peculiar interest.
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

Could one wonder: Mrs. Sellars with an uncle on the Stock Exchange, and Mr. Sellars with one on Peckham Rye?
— from Paul Kelver by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

she was his own heartworshipped Angel,—but on what errand had she wandered out of paradise?
— from Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self by Marie Corelli

She added that, as she had ordered her sister's dressing-case in the presence of all her attendants, she had taken a sufficient precaution, especially by saying that her sister was out of patience at not receiving it, and that therefore her own must be emptied and cleaned, and taken to the charge d'affaires, who would send it off.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

A slang word on the red lips of the handsome girl seemed wofully out of place to Jennie, who stared at her with the eager curiosity of a child.
— from The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop by Hamlin Garland

The marble mantel was strewn with ornaments of porcelain and alabaster, and a beautifully-carved vase of Parian marble stood in the centre, filled with brilliant flowers.
— from The Midnight Queen by May Agnes Fleming

We at last deliberately halted under a house where we could get a little shade, for the sun was intensely hot and, a crowd having soon collected, we harangued them alternately and received long answers in reply; but, although able to make out a great deal of what they said, we could not get them to understand a single word on our part.
— from Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1 by Grey, George, Sir