The memory of Zoroaster, the ancient prophet and philosopher of the Persians, was still revered in the East; but the obsolete and mysterious language, in which the Zendavesta was composed, opened a field of dispute to seventy sects, who variously explained the fundamental doctrines of their religion, and were all indifferently derided by a crowd of infidels, who rejected the divine mission and miracles of the prophet.
— 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

The Moslems were maintained in the free enjoyment of their religion and property: a philosopher and physician of Mazara, of the race of Mahomet, harangued the conqueror, and was invited to court; his geography of the seven climates was translated into Latin; and Roger, after a diligent perusal, preferred the work of the Arabian to the writings of the Grecian Ptolemy.
— 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

During this time, too, we experience a pure and purifying feeling of profound irresponsibility, similar to that felt by a spectator before a drawn curtain; it is growing, it is coming to light; we have nothing to do with determining its value, or the hour of its arrival.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Adjectives may be classified, according to their position in the sentence, as attributive , appositive , and predicate adjectives ( p. 76 ).
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

These interests, which have simply grabbed American-produced wealth and made American consumers pay and pay and pay, have been able to operate almost openly because of the sheer blindness of the American people as they read their newspapers.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

And when some one applies external agitation to affections of this sort, the motion coming from without gets the better of the terrible and violent internal one, and produces a peace and calm in the soul, and quiets the restless palpitation of the heart, which is a thing much to be desired, sending the children to sleep, and making the Bacchantes, although they remain awake, to dance to the pipe with the help of the Gods to whom they offer acceptable sacrifices, and producing in them a sound mind, which takes the place of their frenzy.
— from Laws by Plato

There had been a quantity of printing, and promising, and proxying, and polling, and it appeared to have imparted great liveliness to all concerned, except the pensioners—who were not elected yet.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Such, in the coming months, as Patriot Associations, public and private, advance, and can subscribe funds, shall plenteously hang themselves out: leaves, limed leaves, to catch what they can!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Consumed by these scars, or rather gangrenes and cancers, Alexander put to death Callisthenes, and Parmenio, and Philotas; while he himself submitted to be completely outwitted by such as Agnon, and Bagoas, and Agesias, and Demetrius, who worshipped him and tricked him up and feigned him to be a barbaric god.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

The book, therefore, might rather be described as a series of tips or hints—to put it on as low a plane as possible—the result of practical experience, which should enable the student to make his drawings so that they will produce a good effect on the printed page; but, first of all, he must be able to make the drawing well.
— from The Illustration of Books A Manual for the Use of Students, Notes for a Course of Lectures at the Slade School, University College by Joseph Pennell

Cole’s “hand” was formal, and as plain as print; it was the only qualification he possessed over Dr. Willis, whose writing is certainly peculiar, and yet, where it seems difficult, is readily decipherable by persons accustomed to varieties of method, and is to be read with ease by any one at all acquainted with its uniform character.
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 2 (of 3) or Everlasting Calendar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

There are in the Southwest now many thousands who do not live by the old standard, who are anchored to law and civilization as a protection against primitive passions.
— from Crooked Trails and Straight by William MacLeod Raine

Ceolwulf and Athelhune were in favour of this plan, but Wulf liked the comfort of the old house and the abundance of good cheer which he saw around him; he was naturally reckless and preferred a positive, although precarious comfort, to a certainty of discomfort and a doubtful safety.
— from Cædwalla; or, The Saxons in the Isle of Wight: A Tale by Frank Cadogan Cowper

Poor Jacqueline fell in love with a philanderer, a Parisian writer, who was neither young nor handsome, a man who was heavy, red-faced, dissipated, with bad teeth, absolutely and terribly heartless, whose chief merit was that he was a man of the world and had made a great many women unhappy.
— from Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Romain Rolland

De-coded, it reads as follows— Twist knob [50] to the right as far as possible and push door. . . . .
— from Neither Here Nor There by Oliver Herford

Prints by Jackson The “Inscriptions” are shown as nearly as possible as printed.
— from John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen

Anteriorly the nasals are pointed, and posteriorly [Pg 338] they bear long, delicate palatine processes extending to the maxillary.
— from Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by William Edward Duellman

Down go all Pensioners , all Placemen down.
— from Are these Things So? (1740) The Great Man's Answer to Are These things So: (1740) by James Miller

I at once recognized them because my dear father indulged in backgammon, and possessed a pair.
— from It Pays to Smile by Nina Wilcox Putnam