And Marco the Elder, in his Will (1280), appoints as his executors, during the absence of his brothers, the same Jordan Trevisan and his own sister-in-law
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

This is the explanation of Roth; and he supports it by reference to the fact, that the achievements of Agricola in the conquest of Britain, though doubtless just as Tacitus has described them, yet occupy so small a space in general history, that they are not even mentioned by any ancient historian except Dio Cassius; and he mentions them chiefly out of regard to the discovery made by Agricola, for the first time, that Britain was an island (Vid.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

And as he errs, doting on Hermia's eyes,
— from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

The usual disturbance ensued, the usual assistance was summoned, and Sophia at last, as it is usual, returned again to life, and was soon after, at her earnest desire, led to her own apartment; where, at my lord's request, Lady Bellaston acquainted her with the truth, attempted to carry it off as a jest of her own, and comforted her with repeated assurances, that neither his lordship nor Tom, though she had taught him the story, were in the true secret of the affair.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

She carried the monkey in her arms, and he evidently did not intend to part from her, if it could be helped.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

But when a man, either for the love of money, or for political place or power, or carried away by some amorous propensity, does some lawless and dreadful deed, and, after his eager desire is satisfied, sees in process of time that only the base and terrible elements of his crime remain, while nothing useful, or necessary, or advantageous has flowed from it, is it not likely that the idea would often present itself to him that, moved by vain-glory, or for some illiberal and unlovely pleasure, he had violated the greatest and noblest rights of mankind, and had filled his life with shame and trouble?
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

The weakness of the American colonial system has always lain in the fundamental unfitness of republican governmental machinery for boldly advocating and honestly enforcing doctrines which deny frankly and as a matter of course that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Cardan and Brassavola both hold that Nullum simplex medicamentum sine noxa , no simple medicine is without hurt or offence; and although Hippocrates, Erasistratus, Diocles of old, in the infancy of this art, were content with ordinary simples: yet now, saith
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

There are also innumerable ways of employing machinery about which it seems unnecessary to speak, since they are at hand every day; such as mills, blacksmiths' bellows, carriages, gigs, turning lathes, and other things which are habitually used as general conveniences.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The reign of Mohammed (A.D. 1311—1341) affords a happy exception, (De Guignes, tom. iv.
— 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

89:9 Destroy her belief in outside aid, and her eloquence disappears.
— from Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy

And whoever finds himself the heir of so fabulous a wealth can well afford to smile at all his earlier disappointments.
— from Faces in the Fire, and Other Fancies by Frank Boreham

We have alluded to the foregoing facts touching the impressions derived from his apprenticeship, and his early disposition for philosophical research, because both will be found to have relations to his subsequent 24 labours and peculiarities.
— from Memoirs of John Abernethy With a View of His Lectures, His Writings, and Character; with Additional Extracts from Original Documents, Now First Published by George Macilwain

In countries like North America and the Australian colonies, where the knowledge and arts of civilized life and a high effective desire of accumulation coexist with a boundless extent of unoccupied land, the growth of capital easily keeps pace with the utmost possible increase of population, and is chiefly retarded by the impracticability of obtaining laborers enough.
— from Principles of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy by John Stuart Mill

The lady was in a cap, and, as her equipage drove up, appeared to be netting.
— from A Residence in France With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Second Visit to Switzerland by James Fenimore Cooper

No; his deathless love for his friends, so beautifully manifested by word and deed throughout his mortal life, together with his love for mankind, which led him to give his life for the world, as also his explicitly declared hatred of that which is sin and evil, forbid us thinking of him as without passions.
— from The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion To which is added a discourse, Jesus Christ, the revelation of God; also a collection of authoritative Mormon utterances on the being and nature of God by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

All my life I've been jest that way—first thinkin' about doin' one thing and then another, and hardly ever doin' either one of 'em.
— from The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

At the former we ate potatoes weighing a pound and a half each, dug on the last day of August, and when we left on September 10 the corn and tomatoes were still untouched by frost.
— from The Unexploited West A Compilation of all of the authentic information available at the present time as to the Natural Resources of the Unexploited Regions of Northern Canada by Ernest J. Chambers

But we have not fulfilled the commands we must fulfil if the kingdom of God is to be established upon earth,—that kingdom which men in all ages have earnestly desired, and have sought for continually, all their days.
— from My Religion by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

After the meeting was over, Ellie turned to Diantha and asked her eagerly: "Did you ever see such a handsome man; oh, isn't he just superb?"
— from John Stevens' Courtship: A Story of the Echo Canyon War by Susa Young Gates