The second and fourth letter, heh [ה], is an aspirate, and has here the sound of the English h .
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

On his entrance into it every man receives a stone in the shape either of a human being or of an animal, and henceforth his soul is believed to be knit up in a manner with the stone.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

For a deserter from Aetolia, who had spent a long time at Aegira, and had had full opportunity of observing that the guards of the gate towards Aegium were in the habit of getting drunk, and keeping their watch with great slackness, had again and again crossed over to Dorimachus; and, laying this fact before him, had invited him to make the attempt, well knowing that he was thoroughly accustomed to such practices.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

However, he began to be in a terrible fear, as he saw the posterity of those that had been slain growing up; for Alexander had two sons by Glaphyra, Tigranes and Alexander; and Aristobulus had Herod, and Agrippa, and Aristobulus, his sons, with Herodias and Mariamne, his daughters, and all by Bernice, Salome's daughter.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

The reader probably knows, if enough has not already been gleaned form this narrative, that the Delaware, or Lenape, claimed to be the progenitors of that numerous people, who once were masters of most of the eastern and northern states of America, of whom the community of the Mohicans was an ancient and highly honored member.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

He looked towards the dense forest and the darkness all around, and his hair stood on end through terror.
— from Folk-Tales of Bengal by Lal Behari Day

But that native land was too far off, and for a man going a thousand miles it is absolutely necessary to set aside his final goal and to say to himself: “Today I shall get to a place twenty-five miles off where I shall rest and spend the night,” and during the first day’s journey that resting place eclipses his ultimate goal and attracts all his hopes and desires.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The bridegroom and his party come to the home of the bride, and are accommodated at her house, or elsewhere.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 5 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

What, unless again and again he had read somewhat of Parthenius and Pindar, whose eloquence he could by no means imitate?
— from The Love of Books: The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury by Richard de Bury

He moves on again, and, ah! here he goes into the woods.
— from The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

Whereas, a single man is apt to run to waste and self-neglect; to fancy himself lonely and abandoned, and his heart to fall to ruin, like some deserted mansion, for want of an inhabitant.
— from Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order by John Purver Richardson

Eric seemed unusually joyous and animated after he had perused these letters.
— from King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 1 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

Entering a drug store, and calling for a directory, I soon found Marine's residence address, and a half hour later I had reached his home.
— from From North Carolina to Southern California Without a Ticket and How I Did It Giving My Exciting Experiences as a "Hobo" by John (John R.) Peele

But he was a young man of average strength and agility, and he had the advantage of landing most unexpectedly on his antagonist.
— from Seven Keys to Baldpate by Earl Derr Biggers

They always had Saturday afternoon as a half holiday, when they were to wash and mend their clothing and have the remainder of the time for recreation.
— from South and South Central Africa A record of fifteen years' missionary labors among primitive peoples by Hannah Frances Davidson

The trunk was soft, and to his satisfaction he found that he could make a ladder, by which he could reach the lowest branches, and thence gain a part of the tree which would afford him a secure seat, and enable him to fire down upon his assailants, and, as he hoped, drive them away.
— from Janet McLaren, the Faithful Nurse by William Henry Giles Kingston

Baillie had not, at that time, learned to know and appreciate Gillespie, as he did afterwards and, as he had been somewhat startled by the point and power of the “English Popish Ceremonies,” he might not unnaturally conclude, that Argyle's caution against what might be, had been caused by what had already been beginning to appear in the language of the youthful preacher.
— from The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie