And were we not convinced of the honesty and rectitude of some governors, we would be tempted to say that all the partial reforms are only plasters and salves of a physician who, not knowing how to cure the cancer, and not daring to root it out, tries in this way to alleviate the patient’s sufferings or to temporize with the cowardice of the timid and ignorant.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

A monstrous tripod, higher than many houses, striding over the young pine trees, and smashing them aside in its career; a walking engine of glittering metal, striding now across the heather; articulate ropes of steel dangling from it, and the clattering tumult of its passage mingling with the riot of the thunder.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

But the kings would none receive, but rebuked the messengers shamefully, and said they had no joy to receive no gifts of a beardless boy that was come of low blood, and sent him word they would none of his gifts, but that they were come to give him gifts with hard swords betwixt the neck and the shoulders: and therefore they came thither, so they told to the messengers plainly, for it was great shame to all them to see such a boy to have a rule of so noble a realm as this land was.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

Between each hunt they have a recess of several months.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

I should be much obliged if you would ask Mr. Bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on Saturday, for I rely on you to arrange my music for me.
— from The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People by Oscar Wilde

Ay, my good lord; a son that well deserves The honour and regard of such a father.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It is a minor consideration, but still for the dramatist not unimportant, that the audience would wholly sympathise with Hamlet's attempt here, as directed against an enemy who is lurking to entrap him, instead of being engaged in a business which perhaps to the bulk of the audience then, as now, seemed to have a 'relish of salvation in't.'
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

His array of arguments seemed to him a row of steam-hammers.
— from Ghetto Comedies by Israel Zangwill

She had schooled her own, and Winnie's heart to love her under any circumstances, but when she saw with what frigidity she received Winnie's warm welcome, thinking not of the condescension with which she had taken her own hand, her tender heart was pierced as Winnie looked toward her, as if for strength, and she had returned her look with a smile which could not fail to prove to her a ray of sunshine.
— from Natalie Or, A Gem Among the Sea-Weeds by Ferna Vale

Some months after the war ended, the Secretary of the Navy, recognizing the dilemma which confronted thousands of men who were asking whether the wave of the future would be to the specialist or to the all-around man, sent a message which applied not less to the officers of every service: It is intended that the highest posts will be filled by officers of the highest attainments, regardless of specialty.
— from The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Department of Defense

[Pg 80] all fully accoutred, with helmets on their heads and richly ornamented swords at their sides, while in the other were assembled Kuthen and his family, bare-headed and unarmed.
— from 'Neath the Hoof of the Tartar; Or, The Scourge of God by Jósika, Miklós, báró

The trade of Kwala Kangsa seems in the hands of the Chinese, with a few Klings among them, and they have a row of shops.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

Again, in the habits and regulations of schools, universities, and the like assemblies, destined for the abode of learned men and the improvement of learning, everything is found to be opposed to the progress of the sciences; for the lectures and exercises are so ordered, that anything out of the common track can scarcely enter the thoughts and contemplations of the mind.
— from Novum Organum; Or, True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature by Francis Bacon

I asked of some fays who were cutting out flowers If they had any remnants or snips; They said: “We had scraps of these poppies of ours, But we gave them to Peggy for lips.”
— from The Lover's Baedeker and Guide to Arcady by Carolyn Wells

The women were very lovely, with flowers in their hair and robes of scarlet which seemed to flicker like fire.
— from Faery Lands of the South Seas by James Norman Hall

The Holy See willingly granted dispensations to Crusaders who took a part in its cause, or who paid it a tribute; which made the good bishop of Lincoln accuse Innocent of exchanging the treasures of heaven for those of earth, and of selling the Crusaders as the heifers and rains of sacrifice were formerly sold in the Temple.
— from The History of the Crusades (vol. 2 of 3) by J. Fr. (Joseph Fr.) Michaud