Prodicus laughed and assented, as did the others.
— from Protagoras by Plato

I read, [54] as I told you, that in the year 1215, the 17th of King John, the barons of the realm, being in arms against the king, entered this city, and spoiled the Jews’ houses; which being done, Robert Fitzwater and Geffrey de Magnavilla, Earl of Essex, and the Earl of Gloucester, chief leaders of the army, applied all diligence to repair the gates and walls of this city, with the stones of the Jews’ broken houses, especially (as it seemeth)
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The new capital of the Eastern world, unable to produce any ancient and domestic trophies, was enriched by the spoils of dependent provinces.
— 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

These reports excited in Alexander an ardent desire to advance farther; but the spirit of the Macedonians now began to flag, when they saw the king raising one labour after another, and incurring one danger after another.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Their thoughts are always turned inward; they are always analyzing, dissecting themselves, wondering how they appear and what people think of them.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Triumph, Applause, Acclamation, are dear to the Mind of Man; but it is still a more exquisite Delight to say to your self, you have done well, than to hear the whole human Race pronounce you glorious, except you your self can join with them in your own Reflections.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

To my aunt Kite’s in the morning to help my uncle Fenner to put things in order against anon for the buriall, and at noon home again; and after dinner to church, my wife and I, and after sermon with my wife to the buriall of my aunt Kite, where besides us and my uncle Fenner’s family, there was none of any quality, but poor rascally people.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Resolved to seek an explanation on all these points on the following day, D’Artagnan, in spite of his fatigue, prepared for an attack and determined that it should take place after breakfast.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

The name of Astyages, the grandfather of Cyrus, has been satisfactorily traced to Ashdahák, and Ajis Daháka, the ‘biting snake.’
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

An_amœba A_cell_as_it_appears_to_the_modern_microscope A_cell_cut_into_pieces_each_containing_a_bit_of_nucleus A_cell_cut_in_pieces_only_one_of_which_contains_any_nucleus Different_forms_of_nucleii Two_stages_in_cell_division Stages_in_cell_division Latest_stages_in_cell_division An_egg Stages_in_the_process_of_fertilization_of_the_egg_1 Stages_in_the_process_of_fertilization_of_the_egg_2 Stages_in_fertilization_of_the_egg Latest_stages_in_the_fertilization_of_the_egg Two_stages_in_the_division_of_the_egg A_group_of_cells_resulting_from_division_the_first_step_in_machine_building A_later_step_in_machine_building_the_gastrula The_arm_of_a_monkey The_arm_of_a_bird The_arm_of_an_ancient_half-bird_half-reptile_animal Diagram_to_illustrate_the_principle_of_heredity THE STORY OF THE LIVING MACHINE.
— from The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn

Burr had been Vice-President of the United States, and was a brilliant and able man, of imposing personality, whose intrigues in the West attracted an attention altogether disproportionate to their real weight.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 by Theodore Roosevelt

True, we can never forget our sins, never forget the hole of the pit from whence we were digged; but it is one thing to dwell upon the pit, and another and a deeper thing altogether to dwell upon the grace that digged us out of it, and what it cost our precious Saviour to do it.
— from Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II by Charles Henry Mackintosh

The element of the tragic and unforeseen there was in the whole business, that army that Delaherche had driven out to pass in review and which had brought him home with it, whether he would or no, in the mad gallop of its retreat, made him repeat again and again during their long drive: “I supposed it was moving on Verdun and would have given anything rather than miss seeing it.
— from The Downfall by Émile Zola

What would you say if a cook who professes herself a perfect treasure of economy and excellence, warrants herself sober, amiable, and cleanly—who, without other vouchers for her fitness than her own, would dilate on her many virtues and accomplishments, and demand to be taken into your service because she has higher taste for self-panegyric than her rival.
— from Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever

And then, too, to go back a little, there are certain defects, after all, which are appropriate at different times of life.
— from At Large by Arthur Christopher Benson

I saw the stub—a check for ten thousand dollars—made out to Anita Austin, and dated that very Sunday.
— from The Mystery Girl by Carolyn Wells

It's always at a distance that we are beloved.”
— from Royal Highness by Thomas Mann