That process of elimination left us Luzon and the six main Visayan Islands above, as constituting, for all practical governmental purposes all the Philippine archipelago except the Moro country, Mindanao ( i.e. , parts of it), and its adjacent islets; Luzon and the Visayan Islands contain nearly 7,000,000 of people, and of these the wild tribes, as you can see by a glance at the above table, constitute less than 300,000, sprinkled in the pockets of their various mountain regions.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Wouldn’t it be more correct to say ‘many’?” “Very well, many.”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

They said my very walk was respectable, and that seen from behind I looked like the British Constitution.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

The proportion which each parish ought to support of what is assessed upon the whole election, and that which each individual ought to support of what is assessed upon his particular parish, are both in the same manner varied from year to year, according as circumstances are supposed to require.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

And Mr Vladimir developed his idea from on high, with scorn and condescension, displaying at the same time an amount of ignorance as to the real aims, thoughts, and methods of the revolutionary world which filled the silent Mr Verloc with inward consternation.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

Why didn’t they search more vigilantly?
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Isidor, the valet, had looked on very sulkily, while Osborne's servant was disposing of his master's baggage previous to the Captain's departure: for in the first place he hated Mr. Osborne, whose conduct to him, and to all inferiors, was generally overbearing (nor does the continental domestic like to be treated with insolence as our own better-tempered servants do), and secondly, he was angry that so many valuables should be removed from under his hands, to fall into other people's possession when the English discomfiture should arrive.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Mahomet, perhaps, is the only lawgiver who has defined the precise measure of charity: the standard may vary with the degree and nature of property, as it consists either in money, in corn or cattle, in fruits or merchandise; but the Mussulman does not accomplish the law, unless he bestows a tenth of his revenue; and if his conscience accuses him of fraud or extortion, the tenth, under the idea of restitution, is enlarged to a fifth .
— 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

"I lived with Tom Fulton as his wife," said Rose, in the same moving voice.
— from Rose MacLeod by Alice Brown

The Duke devoted his earliest leisure to signalise his gratitude for the unflinching loyalty of his subjects by conferring upon their several municipalities various privileges and immunities, and remitting their fiscal arrears.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630. by James Dennistoun

Motion is a fact seen by the eye, felt by the hand; it enters into us by the perception we have of the solid masses visible to the naked eye which exist in our field of observati
— from The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet

Just then I heard the whistle of the locomotive, which seemed to stop my very heart from beating.
— from A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith

IV, 27; nahtam jah dagam , th. s.; Mk. V, 5. Lu.
— from A Gothic Grammar, with selections for reading and a glossary by Wilhelm Braune

Those who are taken thus a second time see more visions and gain great knowledge.
— from Serpent-Worship, and Other Essays, with a Chapter on Totemism by C. Staniland (Charles Staniland) Wake

XXV At last resolved, although he hoped small grace, Yet ere he did to tell how much he loved, For pleasing words in women's ears find place, And gentle hearts with humble suits are moved: "O thou," quoth he, "withhold thy wrath a space, For if thou long to see my valor proved, Were it not better from this warlike rout Withdrawn, somewhere, alone to fight it out?
— from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso

“Let’s go around the corner of the cabin and see if she is back there,” suggested Mrs. Vernon.
— from Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

He was distinguished alike for the sterner military virtues,—for a gentlemanly deportment,—and an amiable disposition, which procured him the esteem of all ranks; and on the breaking up of the army on the continent he received a flattering mark of the approbation of the hereditary Prince of Brunswick, [27] —namely, a valuable gold snuff-box, embellished with highly-chased military trophies, accompanied by an autograph letter, of which the following is a copy:— "Munden, ce 17 de Nov. 1762.
— from Historical Record of the Fourth, or Royal Irish Regiment of Dragoon Guards. Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685; and of Its Subsequent Services to 1838 by Richard Cannon