The French had less money and fewer men than their enemies; their resources were infinitely inferior; nevertheless they were constantly victorious, until their adversaries chose to imitate their example.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Thus the forces that are conspiring to increase the energy of the storm are powerfully assisted by the presence and condensation of aqueous vapor, and the increasing updraught and rarefaction are at once marked by the decreasing barometric pressure at the center.
— from The National Geographic Magazine, Vol. I., No. 1, October, 1888 by Various

Meanwhile the great assemblage stood in the attitude of supplication before Jehovah, not a gathering of mighty men of valour praying for blessing upon their strength and courage, but a mixed multitude, men and women, children and infants, seeking sanctuary, as it were, at the Temple, and casting themselves in their extremity upon the protecting care of Jehovah.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Books of Chronicles by W. H. (William Henry) Bennett

Young, beautiful, clever, and immensely popular, Mary of Burgundy seemed destined to accomplish what her father had failed to bring about, the unification and restoration of a great Burgundian state, but after only five years of rule she was killed by a fall from her horse while hunting, and Philip, her infant son, became duke in name, and the old political troubles rose to a climax that in the end brought in the Spanish dominion and the ruin that followed in its wake.
— from Heart of Europe by Ralph Adams Cram

His irruption occasioned so much trouble and confusion that in the end the Pope intervened, in his quality as Lord Paramount—Naples being a fief of Holy Church—and appointed a legate to rule the kingdom during Giovanna's minority.
— from The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series by Rafael Sabatini

The tiger lilies were in bloom in the village gardens, but never in any great number—a clump here and there, for they are seldom allowed to bloom, it is for their bulbs they are cultivated; this is their “edible lily,” and young bulbs of Lilium tigrinum are among their most prized vegetables.
— from The flowers and gardens of Japan by Florence Du Cane

Kings, like hyenas, will always fall upon dead carcasses, although their bellies are full, and although they are conscious that in the end they will tear one another to pieces over them.
— from Imaginary Conversations and Poems: A Selection by Walter Savage Landor

Driver says, 'he'll not take a cent; that if there ever was a nout-'n'-outer, I'm one, and he hopes that it won't be the last time we'll meet; and if he only had time, he wouldn't let me off without treatin' me.'
— from The History and Records of the Elephant Club by Edward F. (Edward Fitch) Underhill

This act, so simple in itself, was destined to lead to a circumstance thenceforth influencing the entire destiny of Charles Hatfield: for as he thrust the volume back into the place on the shelf whence he had taken it, he heard a sharp abrupt sound, like the click of a lock.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

They know that the moment they are caught that is the end for them, so that they are reckless to the verge of insanity.
— from Ted Strong in Montana Or, With Lariat and Spur by Edward C. Taylor