WE, who thought that we should NOT be saved if we were Roman Catholicks, had the merit of maintaining our religion, at the expence of submitting ourselves to the government of King William, (for it could not be done otherwise,)—to the government of one of the most worthless scoundrels that ever existed.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

The learned critic contrasts this passage with the terse style of the Essay of Studies (Essay 50), which was published in 1597.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

The effect of so strange an echo on David may better be imagined than described.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

When he was at School, he was whipped thrice a Week for Faults he took upon him to excuse others; since he came into the Business of the World, he has been arrested twice or thrice a Year for Debts he had nothing to do with, but as a Surety for others; and I remember when a Friend of his had suffered in the Vice of the Town, all the Physick his Friend took was conveyed to him by Jack , and inscribed, 'A Bolus or an Electuary for Mr. Truepenny .' Jack had a good Estate left him, which came to nothing; because he believed all who pretended to Demands upon it.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Basilio realized from the expression of Simoun’s face that he was leaving the fated house forever, that the lamp was lighted.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Formalitäten the costs of any formalities die Kosten aller Formalitäten the costs of any formalities die Kosten decken cover the expenses die Kosten der Ausfuhrbewilligung the cost of export licence die Kosten der Luftfracht the cost of air freight die Kosten für die Miete der Planen the cost of hiring tarpaulins die Kosten für die Ursprungszeugnisse the costs of certificates of origin die Kosten solcher Handlung zahlen pay the expenses of such operations die Kosten tragen bear the costs die Kosten tragen; für die Kosten aufkommen pay the costs die Kosten übernehmen bear the expenses die Kosten; die sich ergeben in the cost involved in die Kostentabelle the schedule for the expenses die Leistung verbessern to improve the efficiency die Lieferung ermöglichen provide for delivery die maßgebliche Änderungsmitteilung the operative amendment die Mehrzahl der Geschäftsleute the majority of businesmen die Menge der
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Diogenes afterwards coming to Rome, and waiting at his door to be allowed to pay his respects to him, he sent him word to come again at the end of seven years.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Certainly his being at Randalls had given great spirit to the last two weeks—indescribable spirit; the idea, the expectation of seeing him which every morning had brought, the assurance of his attentions, his liveliness, his manners!
— from Emma by Jane Austen

The character of the fair Jewess found so much favour in the eyes of some fair readers, that the writer was censured, because, when arranging the fates of the characters of the drama, he had not assigned the hand of Wilfred to Rebecca, rather than the less interesting Rowena.
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

The Earl of Sandwich supplied his place.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

The feeling against the Government of National Defence was as strong as ever, and the elections of some of the Orleans princes gave rise to inconvenient demonstrations on the part of their political supporters, who pressed for the repeal of the law disqualifying that family.
— from Lord Lyons: A Record of British Diplomacy, Vol. 2 of 2 by Newton, Thomas Wodehouse Legh, Baron

When the two have met and united, the usual result is that, after a longer or shorter interval, the man's mental and physical stimulation reaches a climax in sensory intoxication and in the ejaculation of semen.
— from Married Love: A New Contribution to the Solution of Sex Difficulties by Marie Carmichael Stopes

The abundance of mineral veins is due, perhaps, to the existence of subterranean lava lakes.
— from The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. by Elisée Reclus

He proposed to the Japanese commander-in-chief to surrender all his 639 ships remaining afloat and all arms and ammunition, and to give possession of the forts still holding out, upon the sole condition that Admiral Ito would guarantee the lives of the Chinese sailors and soldiers, and of the European officers serving under the Chinese flag in the fleet and in the island forts.
— from The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea by Trumbull White

A winter hut is a hole hollowed out in the earth or snow, like a cellar; a large piece of ice serves for a door, and a lamp burns inside, where the family sleep on the skins of seals and sea-dogs.
— from The Boy's Book of Heroes by Helena Peake

[10] More frequently the effect of such surrounding circumstances is to give an air of familiarity to the new impression, to shorten the interval in which the required interpretative image is forthcoming.
— from Illusions: A Psychological Study by James Sully

At the end of six months Paul's position was pretty well assured.
— from The Day of Judgment by Joseph Hocking

The proletarians multiplied rapidly in [4] number, and all the evils of sharp class distinction were heightened.
— from Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel Peter Orth

Acting upon the hint that there were among them those who had witnessed the effect of shot and shell on a former occasion, the opportunity was embraced for reviving the impression.
— from The Manatitlans or, A record of recent scientific explorations in the Andean La Plata, S. A. by R. Elton Smile

III Much of the rest of the world was inclined to regard the elevation of Superior, Ohio, as a Fortean phenomenon in the same category as flying saucers and sea monsters.
— from And Then the Town Took Off by Richard Wilson