At one point he seemed about to jump up and cry out, but controlled himself and only shrugged his shoulders disdainfully.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"My Faith is gone!" cried he, after one stupefied moment.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Morbid conditions, however, are of such varied degrees that it is probable many have imagined a Being in whom their worst impulses are unrestrained, and thus there have been sufficient popular approximations to an imaginative conception of a Devil to enable the theological dogma, which few can analyse, to survive.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

And in this signification it is, that the Poets of the Heathen, that composed Hymnes and other sorts of Poems in the honor of their Gods, were called Vates (Prophets) as is well enough known by all that are versed in the Books of the Gentiles, and as is evident (Tit. 1.12.)
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

In the Eastern end of New Guinea a type of large basket, with three layers, manufactured in the Trobriands, was specially popular among people of consequence, because one could hide away one’s small treasures in the lower compartments.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

I said what I could to comfort her, and offered such counsels as I thought she most required: advising her, first, by gentle reasoning, by kindness, example, and persuasion, to try to ameliorate her husband; and then, when she had done all she could, if she still found him incorrigible, to endeavour to abstract herself from him—to wrap herself up in her own integrity, and trouble herself as little about him as possible.
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

Helen, after a decent pause, continued her account of Stettin.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

It is a creditable fact that no cadet, however adroit or skilful can cheat his way through the Military Academy, and that no officer, however plausible, can for any considerable time deceive or impose upon the cadets with a pretense of knowledge or a show of character which he does not possess.
— from Heroes of the Great Conflict; Life and Services of William Farrar Smith, Major General, United States Volunteer in the Civil War by James Harrison Wilson

The military on the docks and in every street; the poor women, bare-footed and bare-headed, performing the labor of beasts of burthen, being in fact the public porters, and thankful for the chance of carrying your luggage for a few sous; the incessant jabbering in a strange tongue, (strange, alas! to me,) 'for even the children here,' as one sagely remarked, 'talk very good French;' the streets without side-walks, and the picturesque figures in them; the immense clumsy diligences, arriving and setting off in cautious pace; the street harpists and music-grinders, (of which we have abundant specimens,) etc.
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 10, No. 3, September 1837 by Various

D. Dalbiac, Mrs., her adventures at Salamanca, 277 Dallas, Rev. Alexander, his diary, 7 ; description of his commissariat work, 317 ; takes orders, 331 Delafosse, Lemonnier, his Souvenirs Militaires , 31 Desertion, punishment of, 243 ; prevalence of, in the foreign corps, 223 , 225–6 Dickson, Colonel Sir Alexander, commands artillery, 158 ; at the sieges of Badajoz, 281–3 ; 388 at Villa da Ponte, 312 ; his papers edited by Major Leslie, 22 , 34 D’Illens, Major A., his reminiscences of Soult’s campaigns, 32 Dispatches, the Wellington, 9–12 ; Supplementary, 12 Divisions, the, of Wellington’s army, 163–77 ; sobriquets of, 172 ; and see Appendix II Donaldson, Sergeant Joseph, 94th Foot, his Reminiscences, 30 ; anecdotes from, 249–50 , 290 , 322 Douro, river, importance of, as a line of supply, 312 Dragoons, uniform of, Heavy and Light, 296–7 Drill-books, the French, 63 , 69 ; the British, 77 Duels, in the Army, 201–2 Dumas, Colonel, his account of Soult’s campaign in the Pyrenees, 38 Dundas, Sir David, his views on tactics, 77 D’Urban, General Sir Benjamin, criticizes Napier, 2 ; his memorandum on the Portuguese army, 233 ; at Salamanca, 234 ; his account of Majadahonda, 235 E. El Bodon, retreat of British troops in square at, 100 ; Grattan’s description of Picton at, 134 Elphinstone, Lieut.-Colonel, commands Royal Engineers, 158 Engineers, rank and file of, called “Royal Military Artificers,” and later “Royal Sappers and Miners,” 281 , 286 ; weakness of Wellington’s army in, 281 ; Wellington’s criticism of, 284–5 Erskine, General Sir William, Wellington’s mention of him in dispatches, 47 ; his blunders at Casal Novo and Sabugal, 151 Executions, by shooting, 243 ; by hanging, 244 F. Fantin des Odoards, General L., his Memoirs, 31 Fisher, Colonel G. B., chief of artillery, 158 Flanders, British campaigns of 1793–4 in, 4 , 66 , 74 , 80 “Flankers,” use of, in the British army, 74–5 Fletcher, Colonel Richard, remarks on Wellington’s omission to mention Engineers at Badajoz, 48 ; Wellington’s instructions to, for Lines of Torres Vedras, 53 ; commanding officer of Royal Engineers, 158 Forage, difficulty of providing, 112 , 269 Fortescue, Hon. J., his History of the British Army , 38 , 208 Foy, General M., his Guerre de la Peninsule , 19 ; his Life, 19 ; his estimate of English infantry, 20 ; remarks on Wellington’s strategy at Salamanca, 58 ; records Napoleon’s views on infantry tactics, 72 ; his account of cavalry charge at Garcia Hernandez, 101 ; his testimony to British officers, 204 ; his description of the impedimenta with the British army on the march, 268 ; note of, on the British dragoon uniform, 297 Foz d’Arouce, Ney surprised at, 109 Framingham, Colonel H., chief of artillery, 158 Frederic the Great, infantry tactics of, 62 ; followed by French, 63–5 , 69–70 ; his cavalry tactics, 97–8 French Revolutionary War, its importance in English history, 4 , 5 , 320–1 ; tactics of the, 63–8 389 Fuente Guinaldo, Wellington’s tactics at, 55 , 81 Fuentes de Oñoro, Wellington’s omission to mention artillery service at, 47 ; retreat of the Light Division at, 100 ; cavalry at, 103 ; Chasseurs Britanniques at, 227 Fusil, the, 302 G. Garcia Hernandez, combat of, 101 , 103 , 224 Gardyne, Colonel, his Life of a Regiment , 33 “General Orders,” Wellington’s collection of, its value, 13 ; Beresford’s for the Portuguese Army, 13 “Gentlemen Rankers,” notes on, 214–15 German Legion, the King’s, History of, by Major Beamish, 34 ; by Captain Schwertfeger, 34 ; Light Battalions of, 76 ; dragoons of, at Garcia Hernandez, 101 ; outpost work of its hussars, 111 ; good management of their horses, 112 ; under Craufurd, 143 ; raised in 1804, 221 ; in the Peninsula, 222–4 , 242 ; uniform of, 298 , 300 Gleig, Rev. G. R., his Diary, 7 ; The Subaltern , 25 , 27 , 331 Gomm, Sir William, his Life, 6 ; journals, 17 Gonneville, Colonel A. O., his Memories of the War in Spain, 32 Gordon, Colonel James, Quartermaster General, 156 Gough, Hugh, Lord, Life of, by R. S. Rait, 37 Graham, Sir Thomas, Lord Lynedoch, his diary, 5–6 ; Life of, by Captain Delavoye, 35 ; Wellington’s confidence in, 46 ; his career, 122 ; commands British troops at Cadiz, 123 ; his victory at Barrosa, 124 ; his failure at Bergen-op-Zoom, 126 ; his character and popularity, 127 Grattan, W., his With the Connaught Rangers , 27 ; complains of Wellington’s forgetfulness of Peninsular services, 49 ; his description of Picton, 132 , 133 ; of the storm of Ciudad Rodrigo, 290 ; his description of the uniforms of the army, 293 Guards battalions in Wellington’s army, 179 , 180 , 181 , 194 Guides, Corps of, in Wellington’s army, 158 , 159 Guingret, Captain, his reminiscences of Masséna’s campaign in Portugal, 32 Guidons, disuse of, by the cavalry, 305 Gurwood, Colonel J., his edition of Wellington’s Dispatches, 9–12 , 19 Guibert, General, tactical theories of, 63 , 64 , 70 H. Hair-powder, disused on active service, 293 ; Wellington’s dislike for, 294 Halberd, the, proper weapon of sergeants, 303 Hamilton, Colonel H. B., his History of the 14th Light Dragoons , 33 Hardinge, Sir Henry, his controversy with Napier, 2 Harris, Rifleman, of the 95th, 3 , 31 ; his views on Craufurd, 147 , 148 Hawker, Colonel Peter, his Journal of the Talavera Campaign , 17 Henegan, Sir R. D., his Seven Years of Campaigning , 25 ; describes the march of a convoy, 315 Hill, Rowland, Lord, his Life by Sidney, 36 ; 390 Wellington’s regard for, 46 ; his success at Arroyo dos Molinos, 109 , 117 ; character of, 115–116 ; his capacity as a leader, 116–117 ; Wellington’s confidence in, 117 ; his brilliant achievement at St. Pierre, 118 ; commander-in-chief, 118 ; commands the 2nd Division, 166 ; religious character of, 330 Horse Artillery, in the Peninsular Army, 177 ; uniform of, 299 Horses, difficulty of feeding, in the Peninsula, 112–13 ; private horses of officers, 269–71 Howarth, Brigadier-General E., chief of artillery in Wellington’s army, 157 Hussars, uniform of, 298 I. Infantry tactics, the, of Wellington, 61–93 ; French system of, 63 ; in Wellington’s army, 178–91 J. Jones, Sir John, his Journal of the Sieges in Spain, in 1811–12 , 21 ; remarks on Wellington’s omission to record services of Engineers at Badajoz, 47 ; his note on the siege of St. Sebastian, 288 Jourdan, Jean-Baptiste, Marshal, his Guerre d’Espagne , 20 K. Ker-Porter, Sir Robert, his Journal, 1808–9 , 17 Kincaid, Sir John, 6 note ; his Adventures in the Rifle Brigade , 28 ; his account of Ciudad Rodrigo, 130 King’s German Legion.
— from Wellington's Army, 1809-1814 by Charles Oman

And now fate, in the form of his master, Eldon Parr had ironically compelled him at one stroke to undo the work of years.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

We licked her to a standstill once, until we burned out a set of generators, and since we got them fixed we've been chasing her all over space.
— from Triplanetary by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

Because she has been always kept at home and denied the opportunity to take up some trade or profession by which she could have at once supported herself, her parents, and done good service in the world.
— from The home: its work and influence by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

This would afford excellent cover to an attacking force armed with rifles, and it seemed to Tom that it ought to be cut down, a course he at once suggested to the chief.
— from Tom Burnaby: A Story of Uganda and the Great Congo Forest by Herbert Strang

Because Constance had at once sought her affection [ 130 ] and valued her affection, she had, after her first surprise, grown very fond of Constance.
— from The Later Life by Louis Couperus

We came here after our sleds.
— from The Camp in the Snow; Or, Besieged by Danger by William Murray Graydon

The slaves, who always heard the term "runaway" applied only to their own race, were not aware that it could have any other significance.
— from The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape by Albert D. (Albert Deane) Richardson