They called these morsels of paste the flesh and bones of Vitzilipuztli.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Then was formed a band of volunteers who, with flags and patriotic songs, marched the passengers in procession to the Indian line of steamers.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

And I propose to transfer the question which you and I have been discussing to the domain of poetry; we will speak as before of virtue, but in reference to a passage of a poet.
— from Protagoras by Plato

Premises at Brussels, Ostend, Vienna, and Budapest.
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

I could not possibly guess what such a high dignitary of State could want with my humble person, yet the message made us rather anxious, for Cantarini dal Zoffo was one of the Inquisitors, that is to say, a bird of very ill omen.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

It had a dying fall; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The powers of Europe awed by our victories, and lying in ruins upon every side of us.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Social conditions also put a premium on correct inferring in matters where action based on valid thought is socially important.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

Tom Sawyer went home quite cheerful, thinking to himself that there was some satisfaction about divine service when there was a bit of variety in it.
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Then there was a babel of voices, scolding, complaining and accusing, but the man sat blubbering and took no heed.
— from The Drummer's Coat by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

When they make a badna or vow, they usually offer goats to the goddess, and sow the Jawaras or Gardens of Adonis in her name, but except on such occasions they present less costly articles, as cocoanuts, betel-leaves, areca-nuts and flowers.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

Herodotus expresses even greater admiration, however, for the lake beside the Labyrinth, which he describes as being of vast size and artificially constructed, having two pyramids arising from its bed, each supporting a colossal seated statue.
— from Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of Their History and Development by W. H. Matthews

The paralyzing ray tingled, and a moment later the enemy's huge bulk loomed on the teleview screen, a band of violet light spearing from one of her jutting knobs.
— from Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Various

It’s buy a bunch of violets for the lady (IT’S LILAC TIME IN LONDON; IT’S LILAC TIME IN LONDON!)
— from Alexander's Bridge by Willa Cather

The same idea holds in Denmark, also in Germany, whilst in Greece it is a sign that a man is a Brukolak or Vampire.
— from The Kathá Sarit Ságara; or, Ocean of the Streams of Story by active 11th century Somadeva Bhatta

“In the sacred precinct, and in its dependencies, all breathed of voluptuousness, all spoke to the senses.
— from History of Phoenicia by George Rawlinson

There were some who answered him, and straightway they began to quarrel among themselves, filling the woods with a babel of voices.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

A baby of very tender age (eleven months) had had its back so seared by a red-hot iron that it could get no rest, and cried most piteously.
— from Southern Arabia by Bent, Theodore, Mrs.

At the plantation we had an argument with some Frenchmen because [158] we had broken a branch of vanilla.
— from From Libau to Tsushima A narrative of the voyage of Admiral Rojdestvensky's fleet to eastern seas, including a detailed account of the Dogger Bank incident by Evgenii Sigizmundovich Politovskii