If there is one, neither the Mingotts nor the Mansons belong to it; no, nor the Newlands or the Chiverses either.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

The king of Jerusalem, the patriarch and the great master of the hospital, effected their retreat to the shore; but the sea was rough, the vessels were insufficient; and great numbers of the fugitives were drowned before they could reach the Isle of Cyprus, which might comfort Lusignan for the loss of Palestine.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

"IN THE NAME OF THE ETERNAL GOD AMEN!
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Nevertheless, I look upon the size of certain American cities, and especially on the nature of their population, as a real danger which threatens the future security of the democratic republics of the New World; and I venture to predict that they will perish from this circumstance unless the government succeeds in creating an armed force, which, whilst it remains under the control of the majority of the nation, will be independent of the town population, and able to repress its excesses.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

The result was that the Roman light-armed troops, finding themselves hard pressed by the numbers of the cavalry, caused great confusion among the heavy-armed troops by retreating into their lines; and the signal being given at the same time to those who were in ambush, these latter suddenly showed themselves and charged: whereby not only the Roman light-armed troops, but their whole army, were in the greatest danger.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

It is further to be noticed that there is no question of the defendant's knowledge of the nature of tigers, although without that knowledge he cannot be said to have intelligently chosen to subject the community to danger.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

[ 538 ] Sir Frank Swettenham’s account of a similar ceremony of which he was an eye-witness will serve as a good illustration of the methods in use for this purpose:— “It was my misfortune some years ago to be robbed of some valuable property, and several Malay friends strongly advised me to take the advice of an astrologer, or other learned person who (so they said) would be able to give the name of the thief, and probably recover most of the stolen things.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

No one trembled, but all criticised the proposal.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

'Accordingly a select number of the most respectable booksellers met on the occasion; and, on consulting together, agreed, that all the proprietors of copy-right in the various Poets should be summoned together; and when their opinions were given, to proceed immediately on the business.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

The male sex was exterminated by the sword; ten thousand youths were led into captivity; the weight of the precious spoil exceeded the strength and number of the beasts of burden; the superfluous remainder was burnt; and, after a licentious possession of ten days, the Romans marched away from the naked and bleeding city.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

I was not older than you when that happened; yet our people said they had never a better krallis to contrive and plan for them, and to keep them in order.
— from Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by George Borrow

When he had stopped grumbling and rubbing his nose on the ground, and could explain what was the matter, I tried it, more cautiously than he had done, but st
— from The Life Story of a Black Bear by Harry Perry Robinson

In decorating walls, or in judging of the merit or suitability of wall decorations, this must always be taken into consideration, that they are but enriched backgrounds; and it should also be remembered that the nature of the enrichment applied is determined, to a great extent, by the character of the architecture of the building of which the wall forms a part.
— from Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Christopher Dresser

Freddy gasped and instantly ducked down out of sight and went forward to the gunner's nook in the nose of the hull.
— from Dave Dawson on Convoy Patrol by Robert Sidney Bowen

I, who had ambition, not only to go further than any one had gone before, but as far as it was possible for man to go, was not sorry at meeting with this interruption, as in some measure it relieved us, at least, shortened the dangers and hardships inseparable from the navigation of the southern polar regions."
— from The Romance of Polar Exploration Interesting Descriptions of Arctic and Antarctic Adventure from the Earliest Time to the Voyage of the "“Discovery”" by G. Firth Scott

If Jim had been a native of the village he would have experienced no such difficulty, for Diversity’s male inhabitants were as easy to distinguish by their pants as by their faces.
— from Sudden Jim by Clarence Budington Kelland

I could not butt take notice of the conceitt of some who looked upon it as an ill omen saying if storks come ouer into England, pray god a com̄on wealth do not come after.
— from Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes by Browne, Thomas, Sir

He had walked through the lines of the [Pg 347] Union army during the night of the 27th and the 28th, secured a mount at dark of the latter day to get in as soon as possible, and brought information of the location of two corps of Federals at night of the 27th, and approximate positions of others.
— from From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet

“No, no, outside the Zoo.
— from The Prophet of Berkeley Square by Robert Hichens

They tend to indulge in the melancholy labour of translation, or employ customary, familiar forms, such as the novel or the play.
— from At Ypres with Best-Dunkley by Thomas Hope Floyd