This may be allowed in our neighbours’ affairs; and thus Gelo, the tyrant of Syracuse, suspended his inclination in the war betwixt the Greeks and barbarians, keeping a resident ambassador with presents at Delphos, to watch and see which way fortune would incline, and then take fit occasion to fall in with the victors.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Don Custodio’s activity being known and recognized, he was named as arbiter and the petition is now in his hands.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason; and, looking at them with compassion, not contempt, girls in their bloom should remember that they too may miss the blossom time; that rosy cheeks don't last forever, that silver threads will come in the bonnie brown hair, and that, by and by, kindness and respect will be as sweet as love and admiration now.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

The accompanying examples are reproduced from a book, Knight and Rumley's "Heraldry."
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The present generation of alligators know them as easy as a burglar knows a roundsman; when they see one coming, they break camp and go for the woods.'
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

This announcement led to a conference between Baron Hardenberg on the part of Prussia, and Lord Malmesbury and Baron Kinckel as representing Great Britain and Holland.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various

Cruise of the "Emden" Among the German cruisers other than those of Admiral van Spee's squadron, the exploits of the Emden are best known, and reminiscent of the Alabama's famous cruise in the American Civil War.
— from A History of Sea Power by William Oliver Stevens

As long as both keys are raised, the current can go no farther.
— from How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. John

In an untranslatable poem, “On the death of a tippler,” he celebrates his man as a diligent astronomer who never tires looking for shining “Stars,” a brave knight always ready to hunt up “Bears” and “Lions,” a pious Christian willing to do penitence at the “Cross,” a man who frequented the best society, including “The Three Kings,” his most intimate friends.
— from Old Tavern Signs: An Excursion in the History of Hospitality by Fritz August Gottfried Endell

As his family increased, he had a minister statedly resident in his house, who discharged both the office of a tutor to his children, and of a chaplain, and who was always treated with a becoming kindness and respect.
— from The Life of Col. James Gardiner Who Was Slain at the Battle of Prestonpans, September 21, 1745 by Philip Doddridge