London, 1919. (5) Barnes, Harry E. "Nationality and Historiography" in the article "History, Its Rise and Development," Encyclopedia Americana , XIV, 234-43.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

He was accordingly favoured with a visit from the lawyer, to whom, after the most solemn protestations of his own innocence, he declared, that, finding himself unable to wage war against such powerful antagonists, he had resolved even to abandon his indubitable right, and retire into another country, in order to screen himself from persecution, and remove all cause of disquiet from the prosecutrix, when he was, unfortunately, prevented by the warrant which had been executed against him.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

But while he did this, and wore the most careless and indifferent deportment that his practised arts enabled him to assume, he inwardly resolved, not only to visit all the mortification of being compelled to suppress his feelings, with additional severity upon Nicholas, but also to make the young lord pay dearly for it, one day, in some shape or other.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

At the beginning of a new waltz this demon of the Viennese musical spirit shook like a Pythian priestess on the tripod, and veritable groans of ecstasy (which, without doubt, were more due to his music than to the drinks in which the audience had indulged) raised their worship for the magic violinist to almost bewildering heights of frenzy.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

And although, no doubt, common men do not conceive it in such an abstract and universal form, yet they always have it really before their eyes and use it as the standard of their decision.
— from Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant

If you see that another lady, though she may be an entire stranger, is losing her collar, or needs attention called to any disorder in her dress, speak to her in a low tone, and offer to assist her in remedying the difficulty.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

But what seemed very strange was that those people who came out of the house were pale and thin, and their clothes were torn, and hanging in rags about them.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

At that moment M. de Castries came in, and I left the box and went to the pit, where I passed two anxious hours in reflecting on the possible consequences of the strange step this woman would have me take.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

in those "flights into the good and the beautiful;" though it was fantastic love, though it was never applied to anything human in reality, yet there was so much of this love that one did not feel afterwards even the impulse to apply it in reality; that would have been superfluous.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

A tail is likewise a great help to a hound in running.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

During the trip, which may have taken an hour, I remarked something also, which did not at the time seem significant but very soon I was to recall it and understand its import.
— from Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings

His left hand gripped the repeating rifle, his right the automatic, held in readiness for instant action.
— from Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England

Now, my dear friend, I must go back to Archie; he is restless and needs me.
— from The Tides of Barnegat by Francis Hopkinson Smith

We repeat this, and hear it repeated so many, many times, that we do not observe the contradiction contained in these words.
— from My Religion by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

There was a little explosion, one afternoon, when he ventured to advise her in regard to her relations with Bill.
— from The Snowshoe Trail by Edison Marshall

“Take this and hang it round your throat.
— from The Duel by A. I. (Aleksandr Ivanovich) Kuprin

So Mr. John made a rattling good profit out of the transaction and Henrietta in return for her generosity had to pay up in cash as Mr. Sipos had shrewdly anticipated she would have to do all along.
— from The Poor Plutocrats by Mór Jókai

In the Acts he is represented as spending "some days"
— from Supernatural Religion, Vol. 3 (of 3) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Walter Richard Cassels

One evening, in the month of November, 1790, I returned home rather late; I there found the Prince de Poix; he told me he came to request me to assist him in regaining his peace of mind; that at the commencement of the sittings of the National Assembly he had suffered himself to be seduced into the hope of a better order of things; that he blushed for his error, and that he abhorred plans which had already produced such fatal results; that he broke with the reformers for the rest of his life; that he had given in his resignation as a deputy of the National Assembly; and, finally, that he was anxious that the Queen should not sleep in ignorance of his sentiments.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

By the admirable arrangements of the Post-office, and the sure and swift-sailing packets that are here in regular attendance, a passage across the Channel is now a matter of as much certainty, as to time, as that of the mail from London.
— from The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2 by W. (William) Finden