This interesting series of strategic movements ended on the 14th of August, when Villeneuve, in despair of reaching Brest, headed for Cadiz, where he anchored on the 20th.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

[281] It was not until the latter part of 1792 that reiterated letters from Morris, describing the situation and asking for instructions, forced Jefferson to make a very important declaration on relations that could be transacted with revolutionary governments.
— from Thomas Jefferson, the Apostle of Americanism by Gilbert Chinard

It is well to recognise, finally, that in the nature of things æsthetic, every artistic convention must in time be "played out," the law of variation involving deviations or recoils.
— from The Evolution of States by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

Extreme unction and the viaticum, if demanded or requested by the sick, should be governed by the same, rule.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 09 by Voltaire

He, verily, is desirous of refinement, both for you yourselves and for all that ye possess; lay not aside the fear of God and be not of the negligent.
— from The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh

Beyond it is seen a fragment of wall veneered with marble, with the upper part of an early two-light window, and two circular medallions; and above this a piece of wall veneered in diamonds of red and white marble—so far as I know, a unique example of such a treatment.
— from Brick and Marble in the Middle Ages: Notes of Tours in the North of Italy by George Edmund Street

This classification emphasizes the great variation in distribution of rainfall over the dry-farm territory of the country.
— from Dry-Farming : A System of Agriculture for Countries under a Low Rainfall by John Andreas Widtsoe

A boy, when playing, should endeavour to keep a watch over himself as much as on all other occasions, and he should especially endeavour to practise that very important duty of restraining his temper.
— from Ernest Bracebridge: School Days by William Henry Giles Kingston

Individual reactions vary in degree of redness, elevation, size, contour of the border, etc.
— from Nurses' Papers on Tuberculosis : read before the Nurses' Study Circle of the Dispensary Department, Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium by Chicago (Ill.). Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium. Dispensary Department

Of the Italian Opera and of Verge I dare only read the carte , and content myself with a chop at Richard’s and the Opéra Comique.
— from Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I by Charles James Lever

A very interesting development of Renaissance architecture took place in the little city of Vicenza, the birthplace of Palladio and the scene of some of his best work.
— from The Century of Columbus by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh