For the purposes of an adequate description, however, it is necessary not merely to conceive change in terms of the interplay of forces, but to think of these forces as somehow objectively embodied, as social forces are conceived to be embodied in institutions, organizations, and persons.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Prompt and energetic in danger, and possessing admirable presence of mind and coolness when others yield to agitation and despair, he sprang upon the burning loft and called for water.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

There was also found here a large quantity of all sorts of weapons of war, which had been treasured up by that king, and were sufficient for ten thousand men; there was cast iron, and brass, and tin, which show that he had taken much pains to have all things here ready for the greatest occasions; for the report goes how Herod thus prepared this fortress on his own account, as a refuge against two kinds of danger; the one for fear of the multitude of the Jews, lest they should depose him, and restore their former kings to the government; the other danger was greater and more terrible, which arose from Cleopatra queen of Egypt, who did not conceal her intentions, but spoke often to Antony, and desired him to cut off Herod, and entreated him to bestow the kingdom of Judea upon her.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Minos, who became king of Crete, was celebrated for his justice and moderation, and after death he was created one of the judges of the lower world, which office he held in conjunction with his brothers.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

They looked earnestly at her, and spoke to each other in bad Italian, of which she caught only a few words; but the fierceness of their countenances, now that she was near enough to discriminate them, struck her yet more than the wild singularity of their air and dress had formerly done.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

,” said Lady Bardolf shaking his head, “they make their first appearance at Deloraine House.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

He immediately turned state’s evidence against all the men under him of whose individual actings and doings he had any knowledge, the prosecuting attorney making, with my full approval, a promise to ask executive clemency as a reward.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

After some further parley, the house found they could make nothing of the astrologer, and dismissed him with great civility.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

She remained listening at the casement, till the air began to freshen, and one high mountain in the east to glimmer with the morning; when, wearied with anxiety, she retired to her couch, where she found it utterly impossible to sleep, for joy, tenderness, doubt and apprehension, distracted her during the whole night.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Among her many entertainments, Mrs. Opie amusingly describes a dinner at Sir James Mackintosh's, to which most of the guests had been asked at different hours, varying from six to half-past seven, when Baron William von Humboldt arrives.
— from A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Anne Thackeray Ritchie

And almost directly Hebe came down the steps, her round arms hung thick with rose-wreaths.
— from The Enchanted Castle by E. (Edith) Nesbit

Nor will any one who was present in the summer of ’98 forget how Sir Edward Chichester stood loyally by Admiral George Dewey, when the German squadron was empire-fishing in the waters of Manila Bay, until our Atlantic Fleet had won the battle of Santiago and Admiral Dewey had received reinforcements and, east and west, we were able to look after the Germans.
— from My Year of the Great War by Frederick Palmer

For months Togo had kept his gunners in training and their shell-fire was accurate and deadly, hundreds of their projectiles hitting the mark and working dire havoc to the Russian ships and crews; while to judge from the little damage done, the return fire would seem to have been wild and at random.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 08 (of 15), Russian by Charles Morris

He seems to me not unsusceptible of love, but it is to him an enjoyment, not also a duty; he has the qualities belonging to the average of men not marked by any special characteristic, and those are entirely sufficient to form him, under judicious and proper direction, into a good and honorable man, happy himself, and able to make others happy.
— from Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Berthold Auerbach

Further on we came across a dead horse, the first of many.
— from Fanny Goes to War by Pat Beauchamp Washington

When Cyrus was endeavoring to cross this river Gyndes, which can be passed only in boats, one of the sacred white horses through wantonness plunged into the stream, and attempted to swim over, but the stream having carried him away and drowned him, Cyrus was much enraged with the river for this affront, and threatened to make his stream so weak, that henceforth women should easily cross it without wetting their knees.
— from The Boys' and Girls' Herodotus Being Parts of the History of Herodotus, Edited for Boys and Girls by Herodotus

It was soon after three when Max arrived at Dudley Horne's chambers in Lincoln's Inn.
— from The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel by Florence Warden

One day he left Sabrina under many restrictions, and returning unexpectedly found her wearing some garment or handkerchief of which he did not approve, and discarded her on the spot and for ever.
— from A Book of Sibyls: Miss Barbauld, Miss Edgeworth, Mrs Opie, Miss Austen by Anne Thackeray Ritchie

On that day I dined with Bonaparte; and after dinner he said, "I have promised to dine to-morrow with Gohier; but, as you may readily suppose, I do not intend going.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various