This you ought to spare as long as possible, and not make them desperate, and so increase the difficulty of dealing with them.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

Thereafter King Magnus gathered together a great army, and summoned to him all lendermen and powerful bondes, and collected war-ships.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Fyodor, for instance, tried to appear like a plain merchant, though he had ceased to be one; and when the teacher came from the school, of which old Laptev was the patron, to ask Fyodor for his salary, the latter changed his voice and deportment, and behaved with the teacher as though he were some one in authority.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

At the head of the corpse are then piled five or six new pillows, with two more on the right and left side of the body resting against the ribs, while just below the folded hands are laid a pair of betel-nut scissors ( kachip bĕsi ), and on the matting at either side a bowl for burning incense is placed.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

“Yes, and your conversation is most interesting; and as I wish to enjoy it as long as possible, steer for Monte Cristo.”
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

"No, o' my faith," quoth Harry, "I believe there is no potion in the case but a little aurum potabile.
— from The History of John Bull by John Arbuthnot

If there is an article missing, there will be at least a presumption that it has got the paint-stain on it, and that it has been purposely made away with, yesterday or today, by the person owning it.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Neb, hurrying home, brought back some tools with which to open the chest in such a way that it might be injured as little as possible, and they proceeded to its inventory.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne

Mrs Wilfer and Miss Lavinia had speculated much on the probabilities and improbabilities of her coming in this gorgeous state, and, on beholding the chariot from the window at which they were secreted to look out for it, agreed that it must be detained at the door as long as possible, for the mortification and confusion of the neighbours.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

All this took place under the eyes of the government The consul Catulus as well as the more judicious Optimates urged an immediate decisive interference and suppression of the revolt in the bud; the indolent majority, however, could not make up their minds to begin the struggle, but tried to deceive themselves as long as possible by a system of compromises and concessions.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

Mrs. Hauksbee gasped as she read, for the first glimpse of the naked machinery of the Great Indian Government, stripped of its casings, and lacquer, and paint, and guard-rails, impresses even the most stupid man.
— from The Works of Rudyard Kipling: One Volume Edition by Rudyard Kipling

The important thing in his eyes was, therefore, to maintain among his subjects as long as possible the error as to his identity.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 9 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero

In that same year of 1544 I was invited to Naples by Don Giammateo of Aversa, General of the Monks of Monte Oliveto, to the end that I might paint the refectory of a monastery built for them by King Alfonso I; but when I arrived, I was for not accepting the work, seeing that the refectory and the whole monastery were built in an ancient manner of architecture, with the vaults in pointed arches, low and poor in lights, and I doubted that I was like to win little honour thereby.
— from Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 10 (of 10) Bronzino to Vasari, & General Index. by Giorgio Vasari

Between this position and that of the Porazhentsi with their doctrine that Russia's defeat by Germany was desirable, there was a middle ground, which was taken by a not inconsiderable number of Socialists, including such able leaders as Paul Axelrod.
— from Bolshevism: The Enemy of Political and Industrial Democracy by John Spargo

That development, however, proceeded for something more than a century before anything like a practical airship was constructed.
— from Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

The Senate had shut its eyes as long as possible to the destination of the huge armaments which had left Constantinople in the spring: Tunis, or perhaps Naples, was said to be their object.
— from The Story of the Barbary Corsairs by Stanley Lane-Poole

" The thing he had cast after us was floating, slowly turning round and round in the water; and it seemed to be a stick something thicker than an arrow and as long, and painted in concentric rings of black, vermillion, and yellow.
— from The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Industry consists only of a large aluminum plant, hydropower facilities, and small obsolete factories mostly in light industry and food processing.
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency