was not angry at you; but I do it in order to make you wiser hereafter, and to teach you that this will be for your security; I mean, that you never be injurious to those that preside over you, even when you are become rich, as you will be to a great degree when you have passed over Jordan, and are in possession of the land of Canaan.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

All black rabbits are young. 39.
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

King David, o' poetic brief, Wrocht 'mang the lasses sic mischief As filled his after-life wi' grief, An' bluidy rants, An' yet he's rank'd amang the chief O' lang-syne saunts.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Scipio; Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus Africanus Minor, son of Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus, i , 116 , 121 ; adopted son of Publius Africanus's son, i , 121 ; friend and pupil of Panaetius, i , 90 ; intimate friend of Laelius ( q.v. ) and devoted to literature; serious, earnest, i , 108 ; self-control, ii , 76 ; a great soldier, i , 76 , 116 ; at Pydna (168) with his father; captured and destroyed Carthage (136) and Numantia (133), i , 35 ; ii , 76 ; statesman of high ideals, a bitter rival and yet a friend of Quintus Metellus, i , 87 .
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

I came into your house, your guest, your friend, your all but relative; and you laid a trap for me, you held me up to ridicule and odium, you----" "I did?"
— from The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman

"Tisbe, that is you, With half-moon on your hair-knot, spear in hand, Flying, but no wings, only the great scarf Blown to a bluish rainbow at your back: Call off your hound and leave the stag alone!" "—And there are you, Pompilia, such green leaves Flourishing out of your five finger-ends, And all the rest of you so brown and rough: Why is it you are turned a sort of tree?"
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

They leap over the most incredible chasms in the rocks, they climb like cats up the precipices, they pull like devils, while one master encourages them by beating a drum on board the junk, and another belabours them on shore with a bit of bamboo rope, which makes an excellent substitute for a birch rod, and yet withal they are cheerful.
— from Changing China by Cecil, Florence Mary (Bootle-Wilbraham), Lady

'Twon't stick-you must come up and be registered, and you'll have a good time at the jail, my boy; there's plenty of bright gals in there, and you can have a wife, if you know how to do the courting.”
— from Manuel Pereira; Or, The Sovereign Rule of South Carolina by F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

I believe that you would insist that Christ Himself should ascend into Heaven in a black robe, and you would send the goats to hell draped in samite and white linen.'
— from Celibates by George Moore

"Honesty is the best policy," children, depend upon it, though there is another and a better reason, as you very well know, why you should always speak the truth.
— from Wreaths of Friendship: A Gift for the Young by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

Then the procession of men on foot and men on horseback set off, Robbie Anderson in front leading the mare that bore the coffin, and a boy riding a young horse by his side.
— from The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance by Caine, Hall, Sir

It was a Bagby recital, and you sought me out as I was listening to the music, and caused me to leave before the programme was half done.
— from A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Daughters by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you, the wealth of the nations shall come to you.
— from The World English Bible (WEB): Isaiah by Anonymous