The kingdom is a mighty crucible out of which will emerge a new England determined to come back to her old industrial authority.
— from The War After the War by Isaac Frederick Marcosson

Far, then, from counting upon their support, Positivists must expect to find them hostile: although from the incoherence of their opinions it will not be difficult to reclaim those of them whose errors are not essentially due to pride.
— from A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life by Auguste Comte

To be sure, this is scarcely surprising, if, as tradition says, it was no mortal architect who built this bridge; but a set of workmen whose erections are not easily destroyed, and who, after all, might have laid the first foundations of the fortress on the height, as well as this huge tower, which seems of a-piece with one of the rocks its neighbours.
— from Béarn and the Pyrenees A Legendary Tour to the Country of Henri Quatre by Louisa Stuart Costello

At that time her debility was excessive, and nearly every day she fell spontaneously into the somnambulic condition, became clairvoyant, and related her visions.
— from Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by R. Osgood (Rufus Osgood) Mason