There is not a word that you say, which is not the reproduction, now unconscious, but formerly conscious and voluntary, of verbal articulations reaching back to the most distant past, with some special accent due to your immediate surroundings.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Essays: by Henley, in Views and Reviews; by Brownell, in Victorian Prose Masters; by Monkhouse, in Books and Plays.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

verb, arise, rise, begin; spring, be born ôrnâmentum, -î , n. [ ôrnô , fit out ], ornament, jewel ôrnâtus, -a, -um , adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Cruelty is a werewolf; a frog-faced Lamia represents its mixture with Lust; and other vices are represented by other monsters, chiefly dragons with griffin forms, until the last is reached—the Devil, who is just opposite the Governor’s symbols across the quadrangle.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

But when Gayelette came running out to him she found his silks and velvet all ruined by the river.
— from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Founded in 1938 as a yoga retreat for students of East and West. end of class="blockgraphic" Central building of the Yogoda Sat-Sanga Brahmacharya Vidyalaya at Ranchi, Bihar, established in 1918 as a yoga school for boys, with grammar and high school education.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

The Jewish converts, who acknowledged Jesus in the character of the Messiah foretold by their ancient oracles, respected him as a prophetic teacher of virtue and religion; but they obstinately adhered to the ceremonies of their ancestors, and were desirous of imposing them on the Gentiles, who continually augmented the number of believers.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The prisoner received her food from public charity, and it is said that she became an object of veneration and respect by the whole town.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Nay, meseemed that he and Ursula had no part with us; inasmuch as that she was arrayed in velvet and rich brocade, and a bower, as it were, of yellow and purple ostrich plumes curled above her riding-hat.
— from Margery (Gred): A Tale Of Old Nuremberg — Volume 04 by Georg Ebers

Trees of other varieties are ruined by blight while Riehl Best is in perfect health and bears every season.”
— from The Pears of New York by U. P. Hedrick

Mrs. Egmont invited me to accompany them to their friends, who lived in the village, and rest before seeking my uncle; but, as I had arrived so near the termination of my journey, I wished to reach Page 78
— from The Path of Duty, and Other Stories by Harriet S. Caswell

Russia and Austria are represented in the persons of the learned and distinguished jurists who compose the Tribunal, while Great Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, Mexico, the United States, and Venezuela are represented by their respective agents and counsel.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

Each of these gentlemen has brought to the movement a zeal and ability which could only come of a devotion to high ideals of patriotism, curiously combined with a shrewd practical instinct for carrying on varied and responsible business undertakings.
— from Ireland In The New Century by Plunkett, Horace Curzon, Sir

In the case of rag papers the two extremes of variation are represented by the ordinary blotting paper on the one hand and a hard strong writing paper known as a loan on the other.
— from The Manufacture of Paper With Illustrations, and a Bibliography of Works Relating to Cellulose and Paper-Making by R. W. (Robert Walter) Sindall

There is thus seen to be room for variation as regards both the time during which the union lasts, and the number of individuals who form it, the chief factor in the determination of these points being the interests of the offspring.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Havelock Ellis

Not only had he left a fellow-countryman to possible violence and robbery, but his action would inevitably recoil on himself.
— from Swirling Waters by Max Rittenberg

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— from Whirligigs by O. Henry

“I was to take your dispatches, written or verbal, and return by post; and when he shall know what you have done, he will advise what you have to do.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas