This uncertainty results either from circumstances prior to the battle, from ignorance of the enemy's position and plans, or from the fact that a portion of the army may be still expected to arrive on the field.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

I repeat it: there is no other way; and undoubtedly enough of love would follow upon marriage to render the union right even in your eyes.”
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

The same spring Harald went to the Uplands, and by the upper roads eastwards to Viken; and when he heard what King Magnus was doing, he also drew together men on his side.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

We have found that voluntary justice has its inmost source in a certain degree of penetration of the principium individuationis , while the unjust remain entirely involved in this principle.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

To the unprogressive ritual element it brought these conceptions, itself—he pterou dunamis, the power of the wing—an element of refinement, of ascension, with the promise of an endless destiny.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

A common form of the “Lanchang” charm runs as follows:— “Ho, elders of the upper reaches, Elders of the lower reaches, Elders of the dry land, Elders of the river-flats, Assemble ye, O people, Lords of hill and hill-foot, Lords of cavern and hill-locked basin, Lords of the deep primeval forest, Lords of the river-bends, Come on board this Lanchang, assembling in your multitudes, So may ye depart with the ebbing stream, Depart on the passing breeze, Depart in the yawning earth, Depart in the red-dyed earth.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Then, upon reflection, Erik went back to fetch the Punjab lasso, which is very curiously made out of catgut, and which might have set an examining magistrate thinking.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Her diminuendo is the non plus ultra , her portamento wonderfully beautiful, and her chromatic scales, in the upper register especially, unequalled.
— from Frederic Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works, v. 2 (of 2) by Maurycy Karasowski

Somewhere along the way between the ages of six and twenty-six he must gain the ability to assume a heavy responsibility, and it would seem a travesty upon rational education to force him to acquire this ability wholly during the eight years succeeding his school experience.
— from The Reconstructed School by Francis B. (Francis Bail) Pearson

It was here that Jackson executed his brilliant and successful flank movement around the Union right, ensuring a victory for his side but losing his own life.
— from The Every-day Life of Abraham Lincoln A Narrative And Descriptive Biography With Pen-Pictures And Personal Recollections By Those Who Knew Him by Francis F. (Francis Fisher) Browne

Chapter LIV The following day, being Sunday, was devoted to the usual religious exercises.
— from Masterman Ready by Frederick Marryat

It soon occurred to me, however, that the unwonted recent excitement might account for all her symptoms—that they were, in fact, the natural consequence of that sudden abundance of joyous spirits which I had remarked in her during the early part of the evening.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

Since reaching home, I hear wonder expressed at two things: the vast energy of the South; and their unexpected resources, especially in the procuring of cannon, small-arms, and ammunition.
— from Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army Being a Narrative of Personal Adventures in the Infantry, Ordnance, Cavalry, Courier, and Hospital Services; With an Exhibition of the Power, Purposes, Earnestness, Military Despotism, and Demoralization of the South by William G. Stevenson

In [Pg 543] that unknown region, each step which he ventured might be the last.
— from The Underground World: A mirror of life below the surface by Thomas Wallace Knox

The World's Need High Noon Transformation Thought-Magnets Smiles The Undiscovered Country The Universal Route Earthly Pride Unanswered Prayers Thanksgiving A Maiden To Her Mirror The Kettle Contrasts Thy Ship The Tryst Life
— from Custer, and Other Poems. by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Around the baskets are garlands of paper roses to hide from view the ugly rough edges of the straw.
— from The Lady of the Decoration by Frances Little

Since the warning of some years ago, at which time the plague danger was an anticipated one, bubonic plague has actually appeared in the United States (New Orleans), the cases being sufficiently numerous to cause grave concern and to call forth the utmost repressive efforts of the authorities.
— from Plague Its Cause and the Manner of its Extension, Its Menace, Its Control and Suppression, Its Diagnosis and Treatment by Thomas Wright Jackson