This incapable and profligate sprig of Cordovan nobility enjoyed his power for a very brief period, however; for in October, 1569, private spite and suspicion led to his being strangled in bed by his own followers, when an able and devoted man, the true leader of the rebellion, and one who could even dare to die for his friend, assumed the title of king as Muley Abdallah Aben Abó.
— from The Moors in Spain by Stanley Lane-Poole

Yukába (iyúkab) ang abánu arun dílì mapálung, Draw in on the cigar so it doesn’t go out.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The lawn beyond was sheeted with a slight covering of snow, which here and there sparkled as the moonbeams caught a frosty crystal, and at a distance might be seen a thin transparent vapor stealing up from the low grounds and threatening gradually to shroud the landscape.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

Pictures of perfection, as you know, make me sick and wicked; but there is some very good sense in what he says, and I particularly respect him for wishing to think well of all young ladies; it shows an amiable and a delicate mind.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

My friend told the medium that when his relative was in this poor world, he was endowed with an extraordinary intellect and an absolutely defectless memory, and it seemed a great pity that he had not been allowed to keep some shred of these for his amusement in the realms of everlasting contentment, and for the amazement and admiration of the rest of the population there.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Whatever doubts science may entertain as to the possibility of action at a distance, magic has none; faith in telepathy is one of its first principles.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

It is purely the result of education, and is preceded by a consciousness of the purpose to be attained and a distinct mandate of the will.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

I went from thence, and in my way went into an alehouse and drank my morning draft with Matthew Andrews and two or three more of his friends, coachmen.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The fame of Timour has pervaded the East and West: his posterity is still invested with the Imperial title ; and the admiration of his subjects, who revered him almost as a deity, may be justified in some degree by the praise or confession of his bitterest enemies.
— 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

It may be said that tenure of office under these conditions would be impossible to a man of spirit; it was certainly very difficult; an able and determined Minister was as much hampered by this private opposition as by Parliamentary discussion.
— from Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire by James Wycliffe Headlam

You English are all, all despicable, mean, vile!"
— from Alice of Old Vincennes by Maurice Thompson

By-and-by the constable arrived at a deserted market-square, and proceeded to cross it.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

[22] and vexation from the jealousy of Velasquez, and having secured the fidelity of his followers, by the promises of immense wealth, and his engaging qualities (for he was a man of the most insinuating address, and of great personal endowments, a robust and soldier-like appearance, and a dauntless mind), he completed by his own exertions, and those of his officers, amongst whom was Pizarro, then a youth, who afterwards rendered himself so famous in Peru, his armament, which consisted of eleven small vessels, containing 617 men, 508 being soldiers, and 109 sailors or workmen, with ample stores of provision.
— from Spanish America, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry, Sir

"What have I more to see," quoth Sancho, "than what I have already seen?" "So far thou art well prepared," answered Don Quixote; "but I have now to rend my garments, scatter my arms about, and dash my head against these rocks; with other things of the like sort, which will strike thee with admiration."
— from The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

It was an autumnal afternoon: Doctor Masham looked at the sky, and, after a long pause, made an observation about the weather, and then requested permission to order his horses, as the evening came on apace, and he had some distance to ride.
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

" After annoying and distressing me in this
— from Riches of Grace: A Compilation of Experiences in the Christian Life A Narration of Trials and Victories Along the Way by E. E. (Enoch Edwin) Byrum

whence she came, or who she was, but heard her frantic exclamations without any emotion, contentedly concluding that her madness was incurable: and though she was in a high fever, refused all sustenance, and had every symptom of an alarming and dangerous malady, she was fully persuaded that her case was that of decided insanity, and had not any notion of temporary or accidental alienation of reason.
— from Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 3 by Fanny Burney

If we grant that it is the duty of the Boards to aim at a decent minimum—one which in Mr. Seebohm Rowntree’s phrase would secure the “human needs” of labour—we have still some very difficult points of principle and of detail to settle.
— from Essays in Liberalism Being the Lectures and Papers Which Were Delivered at the Liberal Summer School at Oxford, 1922 by Various