However, the Abbé whispered to the Marchioness, who half rose, honoured Candide with a gracious smile, and Martin with a condescending nod; she gave a seat and a pack of cards to Candide, who lost fifty thousand francs in two deals, after which they supped very gaily, and every one was astonished that Candide was not moved by his loss; the servants said among themselves, in the language of servants:— "Some English lord is here this evening."
— from Candide by Voltaire

Atropates commanded the Medes, with whom were arrayed the Cadusians, Albanians, and Sacesinians.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

It is a pleasure to be able to close this discussion with reflections profound and wise as those contained in the following extract from the essay heretofore alluded to.
— from Know the Truth: A Critique on the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation Including Some Strictures Upon the Theories of Rev. Henry L. Mansel and Mr. Herbert Spencer by Jesse Henry Jones

Can you guess what it is?” Anne never supposed that Miss Lavendar could GUESS; but Miss Lavendar’s face grew very pale and Miss Lavendar said in a quiet, still voice, from which all the color and sparkle that Miss Lavendar’s voice usually suggested had faded.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

The Mariner's Compass Boxing the Compass consists in enumerating the points, beginning with north and working around the circle as follows: North North by East North, North-east North-east by North North-east North-east by East East, North-east East by North East East by South East, South-east South-east by East South-east South-east by South {53} South, South-east South by East South South by West South, South-west South-west by South South-west South-west by West West, South-west West by South West West by North West, North-west North-west by West North-west North-west by North North, North-west North by West North NOTES {54} Notes {55} Notes {56} Notes {57} CHAPTER II WOODCRAFT Woodlore By Ernest Thompson Seton, Chief Scout The Watch for a Compass (From "Boy Scouts of America," by Ernest Thompson Seton.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

There was an ironical tone in his voice which he could not quite disguise and which astonished the coadjutor.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

The scout shook his head, and muttering some unintelligible words, among which “throat” and “Iroquois” were alone audible, he walked away, to collect and to examine into the state of the captured arsenal of the Hurons.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

My wife and The. come after us, after they had been to buy some things abroad, and so after the play done we to see them home, and then home ourselves, and my wife to read to me, and so to supper and to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Now that the fog had lifted, the weather was all that could be wished.
— from Under a Charm: A Novel. Vol. II by E. Werner

Vincent and Muratet which contains a full account of recent progress in bacteriology and epidemiology as well as the clinical features of typhoid and paratyphoid fevers.
— from Artificial Limbs by Auguste Broca

Fortunately for the minister, his old patron, the Abdali, was able to come to his assistance; and in April, 1767, having defeated the Sikhs in several actions, Ahmad once more appeared in the neighbourhood of Panipat, at the head of 50,000 Afghan horse.
— from The Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by H. G. (Henry George) Keene

But the royal authority was still upheld, and it was evident that the action of the capital, reversing the order of revolutionary proceedings to which France has now accustomed us, would await the course of events in the provinces.
— from William the Third by H. D. (Henry Duff) Traill

The moment chosen was the one when a trumpet call gave the alarm to the Florentines, surprised while bathing by the Pisans.
— from Michelangelo by Romain Rolland

Dinner over, Madame Claes proposed that coffee should be served in the garden, by the bed of tulips which adorned the centre of it.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

His store was his castle; and his reputation for integrity and square dealing as wide as the city.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

The Cachil assembled the People at all the Forts, acquainted them with the Success of Ternate , and that all was now subject to the Spaniards , by whose Authority that Captain Manner of taking Possession. came to take Possession, that so all might pay their Obedience to his Majesty.
— from The Discovery and Conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. Containing their History, Ancient and Modern, Natural and Political: Their Description, Product, Religion, Government, Laws, Languages, Customs, Manners, Habits, Shape, and Inclinations of the Natives. With an Account of many other adjacent Islands, and several remarkable Voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other Parts. by Bartolomé Leonardo de Argensola

It was a society wedding in the highest sense of the word, and the church was crowded.
— from The Slave of Silence by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White