I explained to him that Mr. Lincoln's proclamation of amnesty, of December 8, 1863, still in force; enabled every Confederate soldier and officer, below the rank of colonel, to obtain an absolute pardon, by simply laying down his arms, and taking the common oath of allegiance, and that General Grant, in accepting the surrender of General Lee's army, had extended the same principle to all the officers, General Lee included; such a pardon, I understood, would restore to them all their rights of citizenship.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

I would not stay in such a place if they offered me house room and living free.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I never crossed the river again; for I knew there were people on the other shore, and in such a place it is natural to shun strange company.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

Such a man indeed shakes off with a shrug many a worm which would have buried itself in another; it is only in characters like these that we see the possibility (supposing, of course, that there is such a possibility in the world) of the real " love of one's enemies."
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Whether in Scotland a person is entitled to assume of his own motion an ermine lining to his mantling upon his elevation to the peerage, without a rematriculation in cases where the arms and mantling have been otherwise matriculated at an earlier date, or whether in England any peer may still line his mantling with ermine, are points on which one hesitates to express an opinion.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Now the gods, hearing both and knowing both, not only permit the approach of those malign demons, who desire and do things contrary to the dignity of the gods and the religion of Plato, but also, through these wicked demons, who are near to them, send good things to the good Plato, who is far away from them; for they inhabit such a place in the concatenated series of the elements, that they can come into contact with those by whom they are accused, but not with him by whom they are defended,—knowing the truth on both sides, but not being able to change the weight of the air and the earth.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

If they were alien immigrants, strangers and pilgrims in the land they ruled over, it would be natural enough that the people should forget their lineage, and forgetting it should provide them with another, which made up in lustre what it lacked in truth.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Time, which shows so vacant, indivisible and divine in its coming, is slit and peddled into trifles and tatters.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I considered those several Proofs, drawn; From the Nature of the Soul it self, and particularly its Immateriality; which, tho' not absolutely necessary to the Eternity of its Duration, has, I think, been evinced to almost a Demonstration.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

there is much to observe, and as there is something almost profane in the vastness of the place, which seems meant as much for physical as for spiritual exercise, the different figures and groups, the mingled worshippers and spectators, may follow their various intentions without conflict or scandal.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

In such a preliminary inquiry any three clergymen will suffice.
— from The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope

He made many improvements, social and political, in his empire, and left a valuable autobiography (English translation, 1826).
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Atrebates to Bedlis Vol. 1 Part 3 by Various

Chapman is remembered also as the finisher of Marlowe's Hero and Leander , in which, apart from the drama, the Renaissance movement is seen at perhaps its highest point in English poetry.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

The spirit of emigration prevailed very much in Scotland, and particularly in the Highlands, a little before the commencement of the American war.
— from History of the settlement of Upper Canada (Ontario,) with special reference to the Bay Quinté by William Canniff

% @ Korea, South * Geography #_Total area: 98,480 km2; land area: 98,190 km2 _#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Indiana _#_Land boundary: 238 km with North Korea _#_Coastline: 2,413 km _#_Maritime claims: Continental shelf: not specific Territorial sea: 12 nm (3 nm in the Korea Strait) _#_Disputes: Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt Rocks claimed by Japan _#_Climate: temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter _#_Terrain: mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south _#_Natural resources: coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower _#_Land use: arable land 21%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures 1%; forest and woodland 67%; other 10%; includes irrigated 12% _#_Environment: occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods; earthquakes in southwest; air pollution in large cities _#_Notes: strategic location along the Korea Strait, Sea of Japan, and Yellow Sea _*
— from The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Yorkshire terriers must not be rubbed up and about anyhow in their bath; neither must Maltese nor toy spaniels; the hair so carefully kept parted down the middle of the back in the two former breeds must be sponged downwards from the parting, while hot towels and warmed, soft brushes should be used for drying, in such a way as to preserve the habit of growth, which is such a point in these dogs.
— from A Manual of Toy Dogs: How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Leslie, Mrs.

In case there is soreness and pain in the pelvis, and there generally is, a Femina vaginal capsule should be introduced into the vagina, just before retiring.
— from Femina, A Work for Every Woman by John A. (John Alexander) Miller