It so fell out, that there was in one of the boats one of the wise men, of the society of Salomon's House; which house, or college (my good brethren) is the very eye of this kingdom; who having awhile attentively and devoutly viewed and contemplated this pillar and cross, fell down upon his face; and then raised himself upon his knees, and lifting up his hands to heaven, made his prayers in this manner.
— from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

[3791] —serpens, sitis, ardor, arenae, Dulcia virtuti, as Cato told his soldiers marching in the deserts of Libya, Thirst, heat, sands, serpents, were pleasant to a valiant man; honourable enterprises are accompanied with dangers and damages, as experience evinceth: they will make the rest of thy life relish the better.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

To these rooms Moore was a daily visitant, and Canning then lodged on the second floor adjoining the suite E 1, where Macaulay wrote the "History of England" and many essays.
— from A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe

There are immense Forces in the great caverns of evil beneath society; in the hideous degradation, squalor, wretchedness and destitution, vices and crimes that reek and simmer in the darkness in that populace below the people, of great cities.
— from Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Albert Pike

Others took a different view, and came to the conclusion that Irish lace could be vastly improved in all respects, if some systematic action could be taken to induce the lace-makers to work from more intelligently composed patterns than those in general use.
— from Reviews by Oscar Wilde

They went to a distant village and Chote took service with an oilman and Mote with a potter on a yearly agreement.
— from Folklore of the Santal Parganas by Cecil Henry Bompas

It was a decisive victory, and cheered the friends of freedom, not only in America, but in the English House of Commons.
— from The Hudson Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Wallace Bruce

The true mission of Socialism is against darkness, vanity and cowardice, that darkness which hides from the property owner the intense beauty, the potentialities of interest, the splendid possibilities of life, that vanity and cowardice that make him clutch his precious holdings and fear and hate the shadow of change.
— from First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

This year they selected the larger and noble church of San Andrea della Valle, and continued their exercises for eleven days.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

I accepted jewellery and decorated vessels and cloths to the value of a lakh, and gave him back the rest.
— from The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2) by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

As to his skill as a musician, is this testimonial on the back of a fine photograph I once had the pleasure of handling: "As a souvenir of tender friendship, presented to Gustave Dore, who joins with his genius as a painter the talents of a distinguished violinist and charming tenor.—G. Rossini."
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters by Elbert Hubbard