I now thought of Mr. Archibald Constable as publisher, having been treated by him with much hospitality during a visit to Edinburgh; but first I determined to submit my work to Sir-Walter (then Mr.) Scott, being encouraged to do so by the cordial reception I had experienced from him at Abbotsford a few years previously, and by the favorable opinion he had expressed to others of my earlier writings.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

No matter how he feels about himself, unduly elated or unduly depressed, he may still truly know his own worth by measuring it by the outward standard he applies to other men, and counteract the injustice of the feeling he cannot wholly escape.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Note 185 ( return ) [ Four hundred years after Theodemir, his territories of Murcia and Carthagena retain in the Nubian geographer Edrisi (p, 154, 161) the name of Tadmir, (D'Anville, Etats de l'Europe, p. 156.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

[The Middle Classes.] POTEL, former officer of the Imperial forces, retired, during the Restoration, to Issoudun, with Captain Renard; he took sides with Maxence Gilet against the officers, Mignonnet and Carpentier, declared enemies of the chief of the "Knights of Idlesse."
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

The language of poetry is language in fusion; that of prose is language fixed and crystallised; and an attempt to copy the one material in the other must always count on failure to convey what is, after all, one of the most essential things in poetry,—its poetical quality.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

" And straightway, thrusting his foot forth, he broke the infirm neck and back of the old man, and crushed him.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

The tailor noticed my confusion, and was just going to inquire the reason when the door of the room opened, and the old man appeared, carrying with him my hatchet and shoes.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

He replied, that other men and chiefs of the country had in all respects as much power and right to give an answer as he had, and for that purpose he would call together a Thing.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

In the first place, though he was once the only man at Cæsar's house, he is not now allowed to be one in twenty:
— from The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Marcus Tullius Cicero

He accepted their offer, making a condition that the inhabitants of the chateau, from the marquis to the lowest valet, should be delivered into his hands.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Yet here is this great government of ours paying the railways for nearly one ton of fixtures and equipment for every ton of mail (all classes), carried.
— from Postal Riders and Raiders by W. H. Gantz

Endeavouring to fulfil thy wishes, I had a diligent search made for all the old manuscripts, and chose from them the least imperfect, which I now present to your Highness, arranged in order in a book which I earnestly desire thee approvingly to accept, as a token of especial goodwill.
— from Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent (vol. 2 of 2) by Alfred von Reumont

Jest you arsk the old mivvey as caters for me at the crib where I lodge.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 93, September 10, 1887 by Various

This question has been answered by some with so much confidence, that one might almost consider the point to be determined; but instead of real proofs, we find only conjectures or probabilities; and I must here remark, that I cannot help thinking that they are older than has hitherto been supposed, however desirous I may be to separate historical truth from conjecture.
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann

Rising, I went out to them, and began calmly talking about their unkind treatment of me and contrasting it with all my conduct towards them.
— from The Story of John G. Paton; Or, Thirty Years Among South Sea Cannibals by John Gibson Paton

The other made a courteous, half smiling sign of assent, not as if she were surprised.
— from A Red Wallflower by Susan Warner

He started a fresh conversation, after having made a tender survey of the wraps and conveniences of Mrs. Daker, who followed him with the deep eyes as he returned to my side with his open cigar-case, to offer me a cheroot.
— from The Cockaynes in Paris; Or, 'Gone abroad' by Blanchard Jerrold

"Come inside," said the old man almost cheerfully.
— from Wild Youth, Volume 1. by Gilbert Parker