The same winter the Plataeans, who were still being besieged by the Peloponnesians and Boeotians, distressed by the failure of their provisions, and seeing no hope of relief from Athens, nor any other means of safety, formed a scheme with the Athenians besieged with them for escaping, if possible, by forcing their way over the enemy's walls; the attempt having been suggested by Theaenetus, son of Tolmides, a soothsayer, and Eupompides, son of Daimachus, one of their generals.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

"Better and better," Don Benito, he cried as he blithely re-entered: "there will soon be an end to your cares, at least for awhile.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

The Nile however, alone of all rivers, not having rain and being drawn by the Sun, naturally flows during this time of winter in much less than its proper volume, that is much less than in summer; for then it is drawn equally with all the other waters, but in winter it bears the burden alone.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

The capture or destruction of a bridge defended by intrenchments, that of a large convoy, of a small fort closing important passes, like the two attacks which were made in 1799 upon the fort of Lucisteig in the Grisons; the capture of Leutasch and Scharnitz by Ney in 1805; finally, the capture of a post not even fortified, but used as a great depot of provisions and munitions much needed by the enemy;—such are the enterprises which will justify the risks to which a detachment engaging in them may be exposed.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

[114] a child who has acquired a British domicile by the naturalization of an alien parent, cannot in time of war divest himself of British nationality for the purpose of becoming an enemy alien.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

At length this brother coming nearer home, with hope of seeing her, and being delayed by illness; and then a letter, in a strange hand, saying ‘he died in hospital, of fever, such a day, and died in penitence and love of you: his last word being your name’?
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

Consequently, Alexander [82] was selected and consecrated, as first Bishop of the new See, on Sunday, November 7, 1841, in Lambeth Palace, by Dr. Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by Dr. Blomfield, Bishop of London, Dr. Murray, Bishop of Rochester, and Dr. Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

It is at the corner of Silver Street and James Street, with a bar door both ways.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

v 1 [A1; b6] do burlesque.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He was attired in a red waist trimmed with beads, white tights, long, bright green, silk stockings tied with broad yellow ribbon garters, a big, double bow knot on the outside of each limb; a bright red nubia or neck comforter wound about his middle; no pumps, shoes or other covering on his feet.
— from Watch Yourself Go By by Al. G. (Alfred Griffith) Field

In more than one instance the second of the two caterpillars [76] stored in each nest died and became discoloured before the first one was entirely eaten.
— from Animal Behaviour by C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd) Morgan

Its inhabitants are known as Bressans de Bresse, in contradistinction to those who live on the borders of the old province.
— from Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

When the curtain fell he did not applaud, but drew back into the shadow, sullen, brooding, sorrowful.
— from The Light of the Star: A Novel by Hamlin Garland

right good yet with my pistol arm!" "Without His arm——" began David Bond.
— from The Plow-Woman by Eleanor Gates

Au bon droit —By good right.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The wind itself had ceased and a brilliant, deep blue sky arched high over the moorland.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Clouds of smoke, issuing defiantly from her funnels, were immediately swept sideways by the wind and beaten down by the rain.
— from A Padre in France by George A. Birmingham

A blow delivered by the hand of a friend is so much worse than one from an enemy.
— from The Camp Fire Girls at Onoway House; Or, The Magic Garden by Hildegard G. Frey