The huts which served for hospitals were surrounded with filth, and with the putrefying hides of slaughtered cattle—almost sufficient of themselves to have engendered pestilence; and when at last orders were given to erect a convenient hospital, the contagion had become so general that there were none who could work at it; for besides the few who were able to perform garrison duty, there were not orderly men enough to assist the sick.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Deor had this experience, and comforts himself in a grim way by recalling various examples of men who have suffered more than himself.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

There is one outstanding feature of the early American coffee houses, particularly of those opened in New York, that is not distinctive of the European houses.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Hovey's line, when it first drove in the enemy's pickets, was formed parallel to that of the enemy and confronted his left.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

The best history to consult concerning Connecticut is that of Benjamin Trumbull, entitled "A Complete History of Connecticut, Civil and Ecclesiastical," 1630-1764, 2 vols.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Advice of Sejanus’s proceedings was soon carried to the emperor at Capri; his indignation was immediately excited; and with a confidence founded upon an authority exercised for several years, he sent orders for accusing Sejanus (246) before the senate.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Hurstwood turned away and set his lips so as best to express and conceal his feelings.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

At this eleventh annual celebration, he was standing before me, untying the ribbons of his square little package.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

Thought Mrs. Bardell fainted away on the morning in July, because Pickwick asked her to name the day: knew that she (witness) fainted away stone dead when Mr. Sanders asked her to name the day, and believed that everybody as called herself a lady would do the same, under similar circumstances.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Even when William Lord Howard, Mary’s high admiral, went with a fleet of twenty-eight men-of-war to await the arrival of King Philip, who soon after appeared in the channel, escorted by one hundred and sixty sail, the Spanish flag flying at his main-top, the English admiral compelled him to lower it, by firing a shot before he would salute the intended consort of the Queen.
— from How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900 by William Henry Giles Kingston

“Shatov won’t come; and you must write that you quarrelled with him because he turned traitor and informed the police … this evening … and caused his death.”
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If his eyes were not opened, those of the world began to be; for, from that moment, he lost (when he had more need of them than ever) the esteem and confidence he had hitherto inspired, and became known by the name of Bebut the Ambitious.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 327, August 16, 1828 by Various

" Mr. Williams, who showed great pluck and presence of mind, got him off the engine, and conducted him towards Torridge, nearing which a portion of a relief party was met, and they carried the driver into the house.
— from The Blizzard in the West Being as Record and Story of the Disastrous Storm which Raged Throughout Devon and Cornwall, and West Somerset, On the Night of March 9th, 1891 by Unknown

So in the end, after convincing himself that the key could not be inserted into the lock, he sprang toward the back.
— from The Day Time Stopped Moving by Ed Earl Repp

Everyone is busied and labours to serve him, and indeed, to make amends for this, he does this good to mankind, as to invent for them all arts, machines, trades, engines, and crafts; he even instructs brutes in arts which are against their nature, making poets of ravens, jackdaws, chattering jays, parrots, and starlings, and poetesses of magpies, teaching them to utter human language, speak, and sing; and all for the gut.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by François Rabelais

[Pg 353] CHAPTER V Prince Metternich is appointed to teach the history of Napoleon to the Duc de Reichstadt—The duke's plan of political conduct—The poet Barthélemy at Vienna—His interviews with Count Dietrichstein—Opinion of the Duc de Reichstadt on the poem Napoléon en Égypte "Prince Metternich," says M. de Montbel, "was expressly charged to teach the Duc de Reichstadt the exact and complete history of Napoleon."
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas

He that eats a crust has a creed.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Wuodan then embraced the earth, and created his mighty son Thor , Donar, Thunder, the protector of his mother-earth, and the enemy of the wicked.
— from A Manual of the Historical Development of Art Pre-Historic—Ancient—Classic—Early Christian; with Special Reference to Architecture, Sculpture, Painting, and Ornamentation by G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi