Now, I say, as the Word is carried every way, so the gates, the open gates, look also into all corners after them, to signify that loving reception that shall be given to every soul that from any corner of the whole world shall unfeignedly close in with grace, through the Lord Jesus Christ.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan

One of the earliest steps taken for a civil organization, after the occupation of New Orleans, was to make a registration of voters.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2 by Jefferson Davis

42 ‘And what do you think of my poetry?’ asked the Emperor, sorely thirsting for a compliment.
— from Darkness and Dawn; Or, Scenes in the Days of Nero. An Historic Tale by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

Hence, to establish systematic tests for a certain purpose, such as that of preparing children to write, without taking their ages into account, is valueless.
— from Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori

In many cases, the external appearance proves no certain index of the nature of the tumour; sometimes, however, its feel and general external character lead the experienced surgeon to form a correct estimate of its internal structure.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

Not only must art be discriminated from science , but art in the industrial or mechanical sense must be distinguished from art in the esthetic sense; the former aims chiefly at utility, the latter at beauty.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

Still his plan is worth considering; For, the name of Wildenstein is Well known all throughout the Empire, Since they followed as crusaders In the train of Barbarossa.
— from The Trumpeter of Säkkingen: A Song from the Upper Rhine. by Joseph Victor von Scheffel

We are making for Santos, and an old German who rests his elbows on the rail tells how he has known this coast for thirty years, and how, in the [Pg 18] old days, it reeked with yellow fever; how whole ships' crews went down before the scourge, and how no passenger boats dared lie at Santos for the night, but always slipped down to the mouth of the river in the evening so that fresh air could be obtained.
— from The Amazing Argentine: A New Land of Enterprise by John Foster Fraser

The disturbances were merely the forerunner of the terrible eruption soon to follow, and confidence was soon restored.
— from The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Edwin J. (Edwin James) Houston