The following year La Bourdonnais appeared on the scene, and an action took place between his squadron and that under Commodore Peyton; after which, although it had been a drawn fight, the English officer deserted the coast, taking refuge in Ceylon, and leaving the control at sea with the French.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Upon his recovery he boarded for years at the house of the Unwins, cultured people who recognized the genius hidden in this shy and melancholy yet quaintly humorous man.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Bien entendu c'est très utopique comme propos.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Adjectives FIRST AND SECOND DECLENSIONS aequus bînî ducentî duo exterus înferus maximus medius minimus opportûnus optimus pessimus plûrimus posterus prîmus reliquus secundus singulî superus tardus ternî ûnus THIRD DECLENSION alacer, alacris, alacre audâx, audâx celer, celeris, celere citerior, citerius difficilis, difficile dissimilis, dissimile facilis, facile gracilis, gracile humilis, humile ingêns, ingêns interior, interius lênis, lêne maior, maius melior, melius minor, minus nôbilis, nôbile peior, peius ——, plûs prior, prius recêns, recêns similis, simile três, tria ulterior, ulterius Adverbs âcriter audâcter bene facile ferê fortiter magis magnopere maximê melius minimê multum optimê parum paulô plûrimum prope propius proximê quam statim tam undique Conjunctions Prepositions atque, ac aut aut ... aut et ...
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Ob talem uxorem cui praestantissima forma, Nil mortale refert.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Even when these contrary experiments are entirely equal, we remove not the notion of causes and necessity; but supposing that the usual contrariety proceeds from the operation of contrary and concealed causes, we conclude, that the chance or indifference lies only in our judgment on account of our imperfect knowledge, not in the things themselves, which are in every case equally necessary, though to appearance not equally constant or certain.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Is it any wonder that such teachings could in the long run satisfy neither the trained intellects nor the unthinking common people of Japan?
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

The recorded mythology and literature of ancient Ireland have, very faithfully for the most part, preserved to us clear pictures of the Tuatha De Danann; so that disregarding some Christian influence in the texts of certain manuscripts, much rationalization, and a good deal of poetical colouring and romantic imagination in the pictures, we can easily describe the People of the Goddess Dana as they appeared in pagan days, when they were more frequently seen by mortals than now.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Of what use was the universal custom protecting the temples in an invaded country, if the Athenians were to fortify Delium and live there, acting exactly as if they were on unconsecrated ground, and drawing and using for their purposes the water which they, the Boeotians, never touched except for sacred uses?
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

A scene of the utmost confusion prevailed and there was a perfect warfare of tongues; but, singular to say , the women were compelled to hold their tongues and depart, followed by a number of male Betties and subdued husbands, wearing the apparel of manhood, but in reality emasculated by strong-minded women....
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

The printers boldly printed and circulated their newspapers, and found a sufficient number of readers, though they used common paper, in defiance of the Act of Parliament.
— from The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson

Having caught sufficient trout, white-fish, and carp yesterday and this morning to afford the party two hearty meals, and the men having recovered from their fatigue, we proceeded on our journey, crossed the Upper Carp Portage, and embarked on the lake of that name where we had the gratification of paddling for ten miles.
— from The Journey to the Polar Sea by John Franklin

"The underground chamber, please.
— from Little Nobody by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

“Sounds more to me as if Mrs. Nature had a tummy ache,” said the unromantic Coyote Pete.
— from The Border Boys with the Mexican Rangers by John Henry Goldfrap

Listen, for comparison, to an unleavened society: a low as of the udderful cow past milking hour!
— from The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith

As before quoted, Mr. Darwin says that "unless carefully preserved by man," "any particular variation would generally be lost by crossing, reversion, and the accidental destruction of the varying individuals."
— from The Principles of Biology, Volume 1 (of 2) by Herbert Spencer

Men cherished easy mental ruts grooved by the unprogressive centuries; pioneering paths were only for the few.
— from Mountain: A Novel by Clement Wood

We thus find that the amount of black on the tail is greatest in Southern and Southeastern Mexican specimens, and farther north it begins to diminish; in Western Mexico it is still more reduced, while at Cape St. Lucas the white is as great in amount as in the Upper Californian P. nuttalli .
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

All that I shall succeed in accomplishing in literature or in learning—my old favourite relaxations—I shall with the utmost cheerfulness place before the bar of your criticism, for you have always had a fondness for such things.
— from The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order by Marcus Tullius Cicero

His greatest gift was not so much the ability to produce art, artistic though he was in faculty and feeling, as it was the ability to make people see the difference between the kind of beauty to which his eyes were open and the ugliness commonly preferred to it.
— from William Morris: Poet, Craftsman, Socialist by Elisabeth Luther Cary