It is the Congress which has opened up the royal road to a better understanding between the rulers and the ruled, and the Anglo-Indian papers have planted themselves like thorns across the whole breadth of that road," etc., etc. Nabendu had an inward fear as to the mischief this letter might do, but at the same time he felt elated at the excellence of its composition, which he fondly imagined to be his own.
— from The Hungry Stones, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
We are told that money was stolen—three thousand roubles—but whether those roubles ever existed, nobody knows.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
[120] Historical Notices extracted from the Papers of the Rev. Evan Evans, now in the Possession of Paul Panton, Esq., of Anglesea.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 94, August 16, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Then, again, within the limits of their respective estates, each noble was independent; while all situations of general trust and authority under the crown, were claimed by them as their birth-right.
— from Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, Visited in 1837. Vol. II by G. R. (George Robert) Gleig
BY F. MARION CRAWFORD Author of "Saracenesca," "Dr. Claudius," "Katharine Lauderdale," "The Ralstons," etc., etc. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.
— from A Rose of Yesterday by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford
Under the Roman Empire, everything not expressly forbidden was understood to be authorized.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIV July and October, 1871 by Various
No. 3. R E S T E V E R S E R E T R E E No. 4.
— from Harper's Young People, March 28, 1882 An Illustrated Weekly by Various
But he knew the strength of his leadership among his people; and he felt curious to see with his own eyes, to feel with his own heart, the charm, the enchantment, which had worked a spell so fatal on the richly endowed Endicott nature.
— from The Art of Disappearing by John Talbot Smith
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