agreeing with ) date as .—R. 18 Philopoemen , the heroic chief of the Achaean League, was taken prisoner by Dinocrates, imprisoned in a dungeon at Messene ( in carcere , l. 19 ), and compelled to drink poison.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Though I tell myself that half my life and half my happiness are wrapped up in you, and that in spite of the distance separating us our hearts are united by indissoluble bonds, my heart rebels against fate and in spite of the pleasures and distractions around me I cannot overcome a certain secret sorrow that has been in my heart ever since we parted.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

[17] In the same year (A.D. 1429-30) the Shaykh el Shazili, buried under a dome at Mocha, introduced coffee into Arabia.
— from First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Illustrates European History in Armour, Architecture, Domestic Appliances, Musical Instruments, &c. Price, per Set, net, 1 s. 6 d.; post free, 1 s. 9 d. Packed in strong cardboard case.
— from A Handbook of Pictorial History by Henry W. Donald

When one speaks of the disgrace and shame that this authorized system of gambling confers on the Papal Government; of the improvidence and dishonesty and misery it creates too certainly among the poor, one is always told, by the advocates of the Papacy, that the people are so passionately attached to the lottery, that no Government could run the risk of abolishing it.
— from Rome in 1860 by Edward Dicey

Mercy and justice have their distinct objects and distinct acts; mercy is conversant about a penitent, justice conversant about an obstinate sinner.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

The eyes of the people of the north are dull and meaningless in comparison; the sun has never left its reflection in them.
— from Wanderings in Spain by Théophile Gautier

It is all dark around me; I cannot see you.
— from Problematic Characters: A Novel by Friedrich Spielhagen

Such had hitherto been the style of the letters which Edward had received from England; but the packet delivered to him at Glennaquoich was of a different and more interesting complexion.
— from Waverley; Or, 'Tis Sixty Years Since — Volume 1 by Walter Scott

A double action machine is composed of double the number of working parts that are on a single action machine, but they are [ Pg 29] placed so as to work in different directions, with the exception that with an independent cylinder motion only one eccentric rod is used, and the eccentric is placed on the pick cam shaft.
— from Jacquard Machines: Instruction Paper by H. William (Hector William) Nelson