37. It seemed a time to strike a blow for freedom.—Motley.
38. The vilification which was poured on Luther and his doings was so bitter as to be ludicrous.—Draper.
39. She had the natural tendency of excellent people to place others in subjection.—Howells.
40. It is such a sad thing to be born a sneaking fellow, so much worse than to inherit a hump-back.—Holmes.
41. This, as I heard before, could be let fall in a moment so as to crush a score of men and bar the approach of horses.—Blackmore.
42. After struggling for some time in the deep water he sank to rise no more.—Old Deccan Days.
43. I know I used to shake the youngest of them with my hands, stout as it is now, with a trunk that would defy the bully of Crotona.—Holmes.
44. But Sigurd is too experienced a chieftain to walk into this trap.—Boyesen.
45. Ask yourself seriously whether you are fit to read such revelations as are to follow.—Holmes.
46. To sum up his personal enormities, when he spoke he had a practice of always advancing his face as close as possible to the person he was addressing.—Miss Ferrier.