But, nobody is half so much amazed as Hamilton Veneering, Esquire, M.P. for Pocket-Breaches, who instantly begins to find out that the Lammles are the only people ever entered on his soul's register, who are not the oldest and dearest friends he has in the world.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

I doubt if any type of pipe ever existed which was not represented in that rack.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Other people are represented to me by certain sense-data, such as the sight of them or the sound of their voices, and if I had no reason to believe that there were physical objects independent of my sense-data, I should have no reason to believe that other people exist except as part of my dream.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

“I know these ducal suites—and I want this one plumb empty except for you and me.
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

influence, weigh with, bias, sway, incline, dispose, predispose, turn the scale, inoculate; lead by the nose; have influence with, have influence over, have influence upon, exercise influence with, exercise influence over, exercise influence upon; go round, come round one; turn the head, magnetize; lobby. persuade; prevail with, prevail upon; overcome, carry; bring round to one's senses, bring to one's senses; draw over, win over, gain over, come over, talk over; procure, enlist, engage; invite, court.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

commendation, praise; laud, laudation; good word; meed of praise, tribute of praise; encomium; eulogy, eulogium[obs3]; eloge[Fr], panegyric; homage, hero worship; benediction, blessing, benison.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

I. If Batoum, Ardahan, Kars, or any of them shall be retained by Russia, and if any attempt shall be made at any future time by Russia to take possession of any further territory of His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan, in Asia, as fixed by the Definitive Treaty of Peace, England engages to join His Imperial Majesty, the Sultan, in defending them by force of arms.
— from Bleeding Armenia: Its history and horrors under the curse of Islam by Augustus Warner Williams

Judge Douglas ignores altogether the very well known fact that we have never had a serious menace to our political existence, except it sprang from this thing, which he chooses to regard as only upon a par with onions and potatoes.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

Tadpoles of Ptychohyla spinipollex have been found in streams inhabited by the tadpoles of Plectrohyla guatemalensis and P. quecchi ; tadpoles of Ptychohyla euthysanota euthysanota and P. schmidtorum schmidtorum
— from A Review of the Middle American Tree Frogs of the Genus Ptychohyla by William Edward Duellman

So the pink plant went into a pot again, and grew more beautiful than ever; and the only poetry Ethel ever made went into Tom's pocket.
— from Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

What became of the other prisoners, Edward?" Edward .
— from Domestic Pleasures, or, the Happy Fire-side by Frances Bowyer Vaux

This may seem paradoxical, but none the less all practical oarsmen will, from their own personal experiences, endorse the statement.
— from Boating by Walter Bradford Woodgate

As he was directly opposite the door of a house, standing back a few yards from the road, the door opened noisily, and he heard a woman's voice in a tone of piteous entreaty exclaim: "Oh, what shall I do--what shall I do?"
— from Tempest-Driven: A Romance (Vol. 1 of 3) by Richard Dowling

His intention was to [Pg 275] build a more sumptuous palace on the site of Bacon’s town-house; but Inigo Jones’s Gate was the only portion ever erected.
— from Rivers of Great Britain. The Thames, from Source to Sea. Descriptive, Historical, Pictorial by Various