I suppose it was fate that pushed him on this conduct, that it might take an occasion against him; for as he was setting his army in array, 9 and rode about in his chariot, from one wing of his army to another, one of the Egyptians shot an arrow at him, and put an end to his eagerness of fighting; for being sorely wounded, he command a retreat to be sounded for his army, and returned to Jerusalem, and died of that wound; and was magnificently buried in the sepulcher of his fathers, when he had lived thirty-nine years, and of them had reigned thirty-one.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

A on next page), and by moving one of the sides and placing an extra hurdle at each end (as in Fig.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

And perhaps at evening I see the hunters returning with a single brush trailing from their sleigh for a trophy, seeking their inn.
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

He had in his hand a French book which he closed as Prince Andrew entered, marking the place with a knife.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Apparatus is arranged; possibly an expedition is made to some far part of the globe.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

This idea is presently converted into an impression, and acquires such a degree of force and vivacity, as to become the very passion itself, and produce an equal emotion, as any original affection.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

They [Pg 104] [CAS. 708] superintend the public roads, and place a pillar at every ten stadia, to indicate the by-ways and distances.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

A young Cock, while seeking for food on a dunghill, found a Pearl, and exclaimed: “What a fine thing are you to be lying in so unseemly a place.
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus

When the nest is slightly disturbed, the slaves occasionally come out, and like their masters are much agitated and defend the nest: when the nest is much disturbed, and the larvae and pupae are exposed, the slaves work energetically together with their masters in carrying them away to a place of safety.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

In [4775] Naples the fruit of the soil and pleasant air enervate their bodies, and alter constitutions: insomuch that Florus calls it Certamen Bacchi et Veneris , but
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

There was not one word of the advancement and glory of the French nation; not a hint of the fame to be acquired by a magnificent expansion of territory, still less of the duty to deal generously or even honestly with an oppressed people, who in good faith were seeking an asylum in exchange for offered sovereignty, not a syllable upon liberty of conscience, of religious or civil rights; nothing but a petty and exclusive care for the interests of his mother's pocket, and of his own as his mother's heir.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) by John Lothrop Motley

"I s'pose we must wait here a couple of days to satisfy the boys the other boats won't come, an' then it's a case of strikin' across the country with good chance of wanderin' around until fever or wild animals puts an end to it."
— from The Search for the Silver City: A Tale of Adventure in Yucatan by James Otis

With few exceptions, they remained steadfast in their uncompromising non- conformity, abhorring Prelacy and Popery, and entertaining no very orthodox notions with respect to the divine right of Kings.
— from Old Portraits and Modern Sketches Part 1 from Volume VI of The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier by John Greenleaf Whittier

'SIR, 'I am sorry to see that all the alterations proposed are evidences of timidity.
— from Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc. by James Boswell

The better way is to keep seeds in moist sand, or dry and spread thin, until spring, and plant as early as the ground will allow.
— from Soil Culture Containing a Comprehensive View of Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, Domestic Animals, Rural Economy, and Agricultural Literature by J. H. Walden

"Farmer Brown's boy took him away and put an end to him.
— from Happy Jack by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess

Some are of kin to the gospel when they hear it; they have faith, and justify the counsel of God, and are saved: others are of no kin to the gospel; its wisdom and love wake no response in them; they have not faith; they reject the counsel of God to their own ruin; they are preposterous and evil men.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians by James Denney

Mothers encounter angriest protests and even floods of tears if they strive to impose on their young sons any detail of costume different from that worn by "the other fellows."
— from Teaching the Child Patriotism by Kate Upson Clark

In his reply to their address Bonaparte said, "As long as this gang of assassins confined their attacks to me personally I left the law to take its course; but since, by an unparalleled crime, they have endangered the lives of a portion of the population of Paris, their punishment must be as prompt as exemplary.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various