All I then knew of the history of his life was, that he had once held a situation in the University of Padua; that he had left Italy for political reasons (the nature of which he uniformly declined to mention to any one); and that he had been for many years respectably established in London as a teacher of languages.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Obviously, however, this surging up of personal factors into conscious recognition is a part of the whole activity in its temporal development.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

He could scarcely write his name, and knew nothing of the usages of polite society, yet he so intrenched himself in the hearts in his community that no other man, however educated or cultured, had the slightest chance of being elected to any office of prominence while "Ike" was around.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Their use of poetical figures is, however, much less frequent and elaborate, occasionally not going beyond the simplicity of the popular epic.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Upon the road we talked of the uncertainty of profit with which authours and booksellers engage in the publication of literary works.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

The "old masters" of literature—that is to say, the early writers whose work is so esteemed by later scribes and critics in the same language—never punctuated at all, but worked right along free-handed, without that abruption of the thought which comes from the use of points.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

The solution may be as complex and difficult as you like, or as happens, but the conditions ought to be easily understood, or people will not attempt a solution.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

When men are courting a woman who they think will be a good wife to them and who is of noble birth, and when they are each trying to win her for himself, they usually bring oxen and sheep to feast the friends of the lady, and they make her magnificent presents, instead of eating up other people's property without paying for it.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

I need add nothing to what was urged in the Introduction to the First Volume on the subject of Indian History; and trust that, however slight the analogy between the chronicles of the Hindus and those of Europe, as historical works, they will serve to banish the reproach, which India has so long laboured under, of possessing no records of past events: my only fear now is, that they may be thought redundant.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

In Dr. Lamberton, Professor of Greek, and Dean of the Department of Philosophy, the University of Pennsylvania has a scholar as acute and discerning in his observations as he is full and accurate in knowledge in his special field of classic Greek.
— from The Threshold Covenant; or, The Beginning of Religious Rites by H. Clay (Henry Clay) Trumbull

Arrive at the upper source of the Unjigah, or Peace River.
— from Voyages from Montreal Through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in 1789 and 1793. Vol. II by Alexander Mackenzie

Perhaps, by to-morrow's sunset, we shall all look back from our pleasant seats in the warm refectories of Klosterheim, with something of scorn, upon our present apprehensions.—
— from Memorials and Other Papers — Volume 2 by Thomas De Quincey

Weeng is the god of sleep, who is represented to have numerous small emissaries at his service, reminding us of Pope's [Pg 216] creation of gnomes.
— from The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

Dr Harley has found the ova in the urine of persons affected with hæmaturia at the Cape of Good Hope.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

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— from Paris Grant Allen's Historical Guides by Grant Allen

Positions covering landing could be taken up and there they would continue to draw towards them considerable Turkish forces which would otherwise be available for use on Peninsula.
— from Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 by Ian Hamilton

He would devote all his powers to the uplifting of people who had been downtrodden and oppressed in the simple act of earning their daily bread!
— from The Witness by Grace Livingston Hill

"I do believe that my father will be so enthusiastic a convert to the Doctor's system, that he will get books and medicines and practice upon our poor people when you are gone," said Feodora.
— from Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman