The destruction of the Spanish fleet in the harbor of Manila by the United States naval squadron commanded by Rear-Admiral Dewey, followed by the reduction of the city and the surrender of the Spanish forces, practically effected the conquest of the Philippine Islands and the [ 148 ] suspension of Spanish sovereignty therein.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

As a good housewife out of divers fleeces weaves one piece of cloth, a bee gathers wax and honey out of many flowers, and makes a new bundle of all, Floriferis ut apes in saltibus omnia libant , I have laboriously [99] collected this cento out of divers writers, and that sine injuria , I have wronged no authors, but given every man his own; which [100] Hierom so much commends in Nepotian; he stole not whole verses, pages, tracts, as some do nowadays, concealing their authors' names, but still said this was Cyprian's, that Lactantius, that Hilarius, so said Minutius Felix, so Victorinus, thus far Arnobius: I cite and quote mine authors (which, howsoever some illiterate scribblers account pedantical, as a cloak of ignorance, and opposite to their affected fine style, I must and will use) sumpsi, non suripui ; and what Varro, lib.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

" "It'll be different coming to us, now she's grown up," said Nancy, shaking her head sadly.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

Amongst the novel objects that attracted my attention during my stay in the United States, nothing struck me more forcibly than the general equality of conditions.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Rest, rest, ill-fated virtue!—eternal peace shall guard thy tomb, and angels minister to thy unspotted shade; nor shall thine ashes lie in dark obscurity here will I raise a monument, more suited to thy excellence and name.”
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

IV I beg it to be understood that what I write here about my cousin (unless some necessity should arise for making it public) is for the information of the family only.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

I was fluttered by her being unexpectedly so near (she was almost within speaking distance before I knew her) and would have risen to continue my walk.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

But to her unbounded surprise now, she found herself, not in the main attic before the cedar chest, but in Pollyanna's little room sitting in one of the straight-backed chairs—so many, many times since Pollyanna came, Miss Polly had found herself like this, doing some utterly unexpected, surprising thing, quite unlike the thing she had set out to do!
— from Pollyanna by Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

Phr. falsus in uno falsus in omnibus [Latin: false in one thing, false in everything]; omnem movere lapidem[Lat]; una scopa nuova spazza bene
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Clipper ships of the largest size lay at anchor in the stream, or were girt to the wharves; and capacious high-pressure steamers, as large and showy as those of the Hudson or Mississippi, bodies of dazzling light, awaited the delivery of our mails to take their courses up the Bay, stopping at Benicia and the United States Naval Station, and then up the great tributaries—the Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Feather Rivers—to the far inland cities of Sacramento, Stockton, and Marysville.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Jack took well to computerization and would give the editors cards with numbers on them, saying, for instance, “Call up story number so-and-so if you want to know about a hot veterans parade coming up.”
— from The Silicon Jungle by David H. Rothman

And your committee, being convinced that it is the wish of a large majority of the citizens of the said Territory that a separation thereof should take place, deem it always just and wise policy to grant to every portion of the people of the Union that form of government which is the object of their wishes, when not incompatible with the constitution of the United States, nor subversive of their allegiance to the national sovereignty.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

From and after January 1, 1902, the classification and monthly pay of Mess Attendants in the United States Navy shall be as follows: Mess Attendants, 1st class $24 Mess Attendants, 2d class 20 Mess Attendants, 3d class 16 THEODORE ROOSEVELT. WHITE HOUSE, December 19, 1901 .
— from Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement by Theodore Roosevelt

But escape she must, until some newer strength could come to her.
— from The Wire Tappers by Arthur Stringer

The notes of this description now outstanding added to the United States notes still undiminished by redemption or cancellation constitute a volume of gold obligations amounting to nearly $500,000,000.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland

We sought no spoils from war; let us seek no spoil from peace.
— from Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed. A Collection of Speeches and Messages by Calvin Coolidge

There was a young feller what took his life in his hands, Mawruss, and yet from the maps which the newspapers printed, you would think it was already a dead open-and-shut proposition that if the airyoplane was to break down anywheres between Trespassing and Europe, Mawruss, there would be waiting United States navy ships like taxi-cabs around the Hotel Knickerbocker, waiting to pick up this here Read before he even so much as got his feet wet, understand me.
— from Potash and Perlmutter Settle Things by Montague Glass

vii.: “We may conceive the heavens and the earth, that were created in six days, ceasing to exist; but can we conceive the number ‘six’ ceasing to be the sum of six units?” : “Facilius coelum et terra transire possunt, quae secundum numerum senarium fabricata sunt, quam effici possit ut senarius numerus suis partibus non compleatur” ( apud Mercier ,
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey