The capture of this feebly-fortified gulf, which the Russians rapidly strengthened, procured for them in case of success an essential point d'appui beyond the Balkan, where depots could be established in advance for the army intending to cross those mountains: in case of failure, no one was compromised,—not even the small corps which had been debarked, since it had a safe and certain retreat to the shipping.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

The irrational conventionalities of society she persistently sought to counteract, by her words on suitable occasions, and by her example, especially in point of dress, which did not conform to the customs in vogue.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Compared with the infected city, our ship appeared an ark of safety, and we returned to it with joy and confidence, too soon to be destroyed.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

This becomes even plainer in the case of a guilty conscience, where we become aware of the inner condemnation of such acts which realized some of our definite wish impulses.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

For it is precisely when a force has fallen into harm's way that is capable of striking a blow for victory.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Meanwhile a necessary consequence of the belief in permanent self-identical psychic facts that absent themselves and recur periodically is the Humian doctrine that our thought is composed of separate independent parts and is not a sensibly continuous stream.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

She looked so like a radiant child of some other world that before I thought, I cried out,— “Speak, Oh, speak, beautiful child!”
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

After the defeat of Perseus (168 B.C. ) and before the outbreak of the third Punic War (149 B.C. ) a suitable opportunity seemed to present itself to Rome for continuing the interrupted conquest of Spain; but ‘for eight long years Viriathus, although a barbarian and of humble origin, defied the armies of Rome, and thereby secured for himself a position in history almost equal to that of Hannibal and Mithridates.’
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

In this connection it may be remarked that the inclusive cost of sites of schools purchased by the London School Board since its constitution, i.e. , the cost, including old buildings, business-disturbance, law charges, etc., has already reached the enormous sum of £3,516,072, [10] and the exclusive cost of the sites (370 acres in extent) ready for building by the Board is equal, on the average, to £9,500 per acre.
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

Most people have been content to rest their belief in another life on the agreement of the more enlightened part of mankind, and on the inseparable connection of such a doctrine with the existence of a God—also in a less degree on the impossibility of doubting about the continued existence of those whom we love and reverence in this world.
— from Phaedo by Plato

By what right does he raise his voice in a council of dog soldiers, elders, hallowed men who have been initiated in the inner circle of secrets handed down from days when, from the White Ridge yonder to the Blue Ridge (the Alleghenies) there, none but pure red men trod the warpath, and fished and hunted.
— from The Red River Half-Breed: A Tale of the Wild North-West by Gustave Aimard

The African giant looked down at his dwarf-like form as though in contempt of such half-grown humanity; the Malayan lady’s bodiless head turned its smiling face towards him; scores of dead beings seemed to contemplate half in pity, half in scorn, their would-be reviver.
— from The Witch of Prague: A Fantastic Tale by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Travelling in carriage of superior class to that for which ticket was held.
— from Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

The Convention, with its Mountain, its terrorists, its Committee of Safety, its persecutions and executions, had outlived its power, which it had consigned to the pages of history with so many tears and so much blood.
— from Empress Josephine: An Historical Sketch of the Days of Napoleon by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

And Riley up there is capable of seeing it, too.
— from Cubs of the Wolf by Raymond F. Jones

Alessandra, the innocent cause of strife, having become a widow, withdrew to the convent of San Pier Maggiore, and died there in 1506.
— from Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent (vol. 2 of 2) by Alfred von Reumont

"True," answered Balaam, "but I told you that I could only speak what the Lord put into my mouth.
— from Bible Romances, First Series by G. W. (George William) Foote

To strengthen, support, or propagate the impertinent conjectures of some enthusiasts, or to give validity to the cheats of impostors, in the name of a being, who exists only in their imagination, and who has made himself known only by the ravages, disputes, and follies, he has caused.
— from Good Sense by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

You have been very kind to have asked me here, but I have seen less of my hostess than I counted on seeing.
— from The Camp Fire Girls by the Blue Lagoon by Margaret Vandercook