Then the uncle sang a French song, and cried, "Hurrah!
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Europe was in complete dependence on the food supplies of the United States; and financially she was even more absolutely at their mercy.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

The two halted, the nearer to us standing and facing Sunbury, the remoter being a grey indistinctness towards the evening star, away towards Staines.
— from The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Among them there were placed also, according to some unknown system, and for some unknown reason, firstly, Bagration 24 —tall and thin, and with a cluster of small flags and cannon beneath him, and the whole set in the narrowest of frames—and, secondly, the Greek heroine, Bobelina, whose legs looked larger than do the whole bodies of the drawing-room dandies of the present day.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

For harmony on the harp or lyre is attained by notes in unison and not in unison, sharp and flat somehow or other producing concord, but in the harmony of friendship there must be no unlike, or uneven, or unequal element, but from all alike must come agreement in opinions and wishes and feeling, as if one soul were put into several bodies.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

In this division of the rights of sovereignty, the share of the Union seems at first sight to be more considerable than that of the States; but a more attentive investigation shows it to be less so.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

But when Fra Mansueto said that her mother was in Paradise because those who die in the cause of religion dwell among the saints, Anna experienced an unspeakable sweetness and felt suddenly surge up in her soul an immense adoration for the sanctity of her mother.
— from Tales of My Native Town by Gabriele D'Annunzio

Under Mexican rule excessive tariff imposts were instituted, amounting to about a hundred per cent upon goods brought from the United States, and for some years, during the administration of Governor Manuel Armijo, a purely arbitrary duty was demanded of five hundred dollars for every wagon-load of merchandise brought into the Province, whether great or small, and regardless of its intrinsic value.
— from The Old Santa Fe Trail: The Story of a Great Highway by Henry Inman

He saw that his ears were very red with the cold, and he said to his sister, "I will go up stairs, and find something to put on his head."
— from Aunt Fanny's Story-Book for Little Boys and Girls by Aunt Fanny

Also, when a lad shall have passed the “seventh year” by seven years, and from his first conscious thought had been given habitually to unlawful selection; and further, shall have [Pg 178] come congenitally by predisposition for such selection, the merry-go-round correctional plant is the last place on earth wherein amelioration of his plight will be effected.
— from Criminal Types by V. M. (Vincent Myron) Masten

The fore wings on the under side are fulvous, shading outwardly into ferruginous.
— from The Butterfly Book A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of North America by W. J. (William Jacob) Holland

As a concrete illustration of how those high in authority have misled the public, I desire to state that Honorable James S. Sherman, Vice-President of the United States, and for some years Chairman of the House Committee on Indian Affairs, in a public address before the Lake Mohonk Conference in October, 1911, stated that the United States Government had kept all its treaties and obligations with the Indians.
— from The American Indian in the United States, Period 1850-1914 ... The Present Condition of the American Indian; His Political History and Other Topics; A Plea for Justice by Warren King Moorehead

Under this plan herds are tested under State and Federal supervision, the diseased animals are appraised, removed, and slaughtered under Federal inspection.
— from Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by Dr. (Benjamin Tilghman) Woodward