Of a mild and religious character, he respected the sanctity of oaths, the innocence of the youth, the memory of his parents, and the attachment of the people.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

It was the capital of the Insubres, a Gallic nation, and was taken by the Romans in B.C. 222, on which it became a municipium and Roman colony.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

The soil is in general a moist and retentive clay.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

By the first arms of Roger, the island or rock of Malta, which has been since ennobled by a military and religious colony, was inseparably annexed to the crown of Sicily.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

"What?" "Death." " The soul, then, will never admit the contrary of that which it brings with it, as has been already allowed?" "Most assuredly," replied Cebes.
— from Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato

Justina was persuaded, that a Roman emperor might claim, in his own dominions, the public exercise of his religion; and she proposed to the archbishop, as a moderate and reasonable concession, that he should resign the use of a single church, either in the city or the suburbs of Milan.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

ATHENIAN: Very true; and may we not say that in everything imitated, whether in drawing, music, or any other art, he who is to be a competent judge must possess three things;—he must know, in the first place, of what the imitation is; secondly, he must know that it is true; and thirdly, that it has been well executed in words and melodies and rhythms? CLEINIAS: Certainly. ATHENIAN: Then let us not faint in discussing the peculiar difficulty of music.
— from Laws by Plato

The dread of Selden's suspecting that there was any need for her to propitiate such a man as Rosedale checked the trivial phrases of politeness.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Villefort looked disdainfully at Morrel, and replied coldly: “You are aware, monsieur, that a man may be estimable and trustworthy in private life, and the best seaman in the merchant service, and yet be, politically speaking, a great criminal.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

It was not long before they were seated together in the wainscoted parlor over their tea and toast, which was as much as Raffles cared to take at that early hour.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

This feeling was shown toward the Spray along many a rugged coast, and reading many a kind signal thrown out to her gave one a grateful feeling for all the world.
— from Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum

"Mr. Manners," said Mr. Bartholomew, "has generalized almost as much as Richard Chappel."
— from Toilers of Babylon: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

Mother and offspring, mate and mate, are reciprocal centres of interest.
— from Animal Behaviour by C. Lloyd (Conwy Lloyd) Morgan

The Doctor took out his watch, threw more sticks into the water and made a rapid calculation.
— from The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting

Overhead an orange canopy—leaf and blossom and golden fruit all in simultaneous perfection; underneath a revel of every imaginable flower—narcissus and anemones, geraniums and clematis; and all about, hedges of monthly roses, dark red and pale alternately, making a roseleaf carpet under their feet.
— from Robert Elsmere by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Her voice had a mellow and rich cadence in it, wholly different from the low, silvery tones with which the Egyptian ladies speak.
— from The Pillar of Fire; or, Israel in Bondage by J. H. (Joseph Holt) Ingraham

Having, in the course of the Sunday and Monday, secured the concurrence of his officers, and made a rough compact in writing with a few of the secluded members, he marched his Army out of the City on the morning of Tuesday the 21st; and, the secluded members having met him by appointment at Whitehall, to the number of about sixty, he made a short speech to them, caused a longer "Declaration" which he had taken the precaution of putting on paper to be read to them, and then sent them, under the conduct of Captain Miller and a sufficient guard, to the doors of the Parliament House.
— from The Life of John Milton, Volume 5 (of 7), 1654-1660 Narrated in Connexion with the Political, Ecclesiastical, and Literary History of His Time by David Masson