In this passive and unanimous state the ecclesiastical rulers were relieved from the toil, or deprived of the pleasure, of persecution.
— 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

The more moderate Republicans, anxious to heal the breach in American unity, sought to encourage rather than to repress it.
— from History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard

"I'll have a talk with him and come to an understanding," said the eldest Rover, and strode out of the house and to where Baxter was walking up the beach, picking up fancy-colored sea-shells.
— from The Rover Boys on Land and Sea: The Crusoes of Seven Islands by Edward Stratemeyer

Removal of the local cause, and mild antiphlogistic measures, are usually sufficient to effect resolution, and put a stop to the disease.
— from Elements of Surgery by Robert Liston

A large picture of "Joseph's Coat," in the collection of the Earl of Derby, is one of the most ungraceful and undignified spectacles that even Rembrandt's stern realism ever produced.
— from Rembrandt van Rijn by Malcolm Bell

At any rate there has been so much ammunition used since, that either Reitz must have been raving or else large supplies have reached the Boers from some unknown source.
— from The War in South Africa, Its Cause and Conduct by Arthur Conan Doyle