The supposition has been intimated above that Marco's picture refers to a traditional state of things, but I must notice that a like picture is presented in the Chinese account of Hulaku's war.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Always a living Person is present, speaking, pleading, loving, working, and manifesting Himself whenever and wherever His people have the receptivity necessary to receive the manifestation.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

He appeared in church; he took a leading part in prayer meetings; he met and encouraged the temperance societies; he graced the sewing circles of the ladies with his presence, and even took a needle now and then and made a stitch or two upon a calico shirt for some poor Bibleless pagan of the South Seas, and this act enchanted the ladies, who regarded the garments thus honored as in a manner sanctified.
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

“A short time ago I lost a little pig, I prayed to St. Anthony and found it, and then I sold it for a good price.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

The Battle of Lake Trasimene, 217 B.C. (1) Flaminius cum pridie solis occasu ad lacum pervenisset, inexplorato postero die vixdum satis certa luce angustiis superatis, postquam in patentiorem campum pandi agmen coepit, id tantum hostium, quod ex adverso erat, conspexit; ab tergo ac super 5 caput haud* detectae insidiae.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Tamburí saliera del baño antes que él, se dirigió a la pieza inmediata para vestirse.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Those too who played on his vanity and love of distinction induced him to embark on vast projects before he was ripe for them, assuring him that as soon as he began to take a leading part in politics, he would not only eclipse all the rest of the generals and orators, but would even surpass Perikles in power and renown.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Neuters: all comparative adverbs in -ius ( 361 ): as, doctius , more learnedly ; so minus , less , magis , more ( 363 ). prīmum , first , secundum , secondly, &c.; tum , then ( to- , that ): commodum , just in time ; minimum , at least , potissimum , in preference , postrēmum , at last , summum , at most ; versum , toward , rursum, russum, rūsum , back ; facile , easily , impūne , scotfree , recēns , lately , semel , once ( simili- ), simul , together ( simili- ).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

In this failure a large part is played by that obvious characteristic to which I have already referred.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

Madame de Berny died in July, having had a last pleasure in perusing the story that immortalized her affection for the novelist.
— from Balzac by Frederick Lawton

By this time Colonel Hatch and Colonel Albert L. Lee had mounted two battalions each, and I moved them out at a lively pace in pursuit, followed by a section of the battery.
— from Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, Volume 1, Part 2 by Philip Henry Sheridan

While I go on gassing, just look round as if you were jolly well bored stiff--no, I've a better idea; go into the tent, and take a squint through that small tear on the side facing the river, and fix your eyes on the shrub--I fancy it's a lilac past its prime--that fills the space between two beeches in the background.
— from No Man's Island by Herbert Strang

General Scheuch, the German War Minister, declared: "We have been actively engaged for a long period in producing this weapon (which is recognised as important) in adequate numbers."
— from Fields of Victory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

She stooped forward, and he took a lingering pleasure in putting the chain on and watching the diamonds flash against her fair skin.
— from Innocent : her fancy and his fact by Marie Corelli

Wanderers, however much trouble they take to carry tea, salt, soap, thread, needle, comb, and many other little things which must not interfere with space for food—would never think of carrying a pepper-box, though they may carry a little pepper in paper.
— from Beggars by W. H. (William Henry) Davies

If in that light there is anything which you suppose his cousin might fairly ask of him, I beg you would not hesitate to employ me." Mrs Smith gave her a penetrating glance, and then, smiling, said-- "I have been a little premature, I perceive; I beg your pardon.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

[Pg 270] CHAPTER XXIII ANIMAL ELEMENTALS Suggestion no doubt plays a large part in producing a belief in the power to change form at will, and the occult aspect of transformation is perhaps more interesting than any other view of the subject.
— from Human Animals by Frank Hamel

And meantime, my friend, if I may be so bold, I would suggest a little practice in parrying.
— from Gallantry: Dizain des Fetes Galantes by James Branch Cabell

The entire dispute was settled to the satisfaction of both sections by an agreement that States thereafter, south of 36° 30', might enter the Union with or without slavery; and nobody denied, during all that discussion about Missouri, or at any time previous to 1831, that every citizen was bound to maintain the Constitution and all laws passed in pursuance of it, including the fugitive slave law .
— from The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences: Four Periods of American History by Hilary A. (Hilary Abner) Herbert