And because there are many great and strange things in that Book, which are reckoned past all credence, he was asked by his friends on his death-bed to correct the Book by removing everything that went beyond the facts.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Mathematicos : after many philosophical arguments and reasons pro and con that there are gods, and again that there are no gods, he so concludes, cum tot inter se pugnent, &c. Una tantum potest esse vera , as Tully likewise disputes: Christians say, they alone worship the true God, pity all other sects, lament their case; and yet those old Greeks and Romans that worshipped the devil, as the Chinese now do, aut deos topicos , their own gods; as Julian the apostate,
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Le roi de Perse * * * profits d'un voyage que Tiridate avoit fait a Rome pour attaquer ce royaume.
— 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

Then they went to a retired place, and commanded their servant-man to strike the priest with an axe-hammer.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

In this way Brasidas hurried through Thessaly before any one could be got ready to stop him, and reached Perdiccas and Chalcidice.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

When thou shalt see her lovely shore Worn by their feet who hasten o'er, Then, Raghu's son, a raft prepare, And cross the Sun born river there.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

At that time, I being but eight years of age, was left in town for the convenience of education, boarded with an aunt, who was a rigid presbyterian, and confined me so closely to what she called the duties of religion, that in time I grew weary of her doctrines, and by degrees received an aversion for the good books, she daily recommended to my perusal.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Anicetus and Soter and Eleutherus and Victor at Rome, Pantænus and Clement at Alexandria, Polycrates at Ephesus, Papias and Apollinaris at Hierapolis, Polycarp at Smyrna, Melito at Sardis, Ignatius and Serapion at Antioch, Primus and Dionysius at Corinth, Pothinus and Irenæus in Gaul, Philippus and Pinytus 63 in Crete, Hegesippus and Narcissus in Palestine, all are bound together by the ties of a common organization and the sympathy of a common creed.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

A few slight indications of a rather petted and capricious manner, which I observed in the Beauty, were manifestly considered, by Traddles and his wife, as her birthright and natural endowment.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

There is the pickled herring your father sent us, and the smoked reindeer from Erik's father in Lapland; and Grandmother Ekman sent us strawberry jam, and raspberry preserve, and cheese, and oh, so many goodies!"
— from Gerda in Sweden by Etta Blaisdell McDonald

Introductions by the Rev. R. Collins and Rev. Prof. A. Cave .
— from The Introduction to Hegel's Philosophy of Fine Arts Translated from the German with Notes and Prefatory Essay by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

There are generally certain magnates of the senior class to whom mooted questions are referred, just as in foreign services the differences among officers are examined by the regimental court of honor, [114] and it may be said of Mr. Ross right here that he never refused his services as referee, and rarely prescribed any course but battle.
— from Cadet Days: A Story of West Point by Charles King

And Stanley also rose precipitately, and caught her in his arms, for she was falling.
— from Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

A great wood fire was crackling and blazing in the ample fireplace in the hall opposite the door, casting a right pleasant and cheerful light over the various antique objects ranged round the walls; but the object on which Mr. Aubrey's eye instantly settled was the venerable figure of his mother, standing beside the fireplace with one or two female attendants.
— from Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. by Samuel Warren

The Black bear and Raccoon people are called brothers.
— from Omaha sociology (1884 N 03 / 1881-1882 (pages 205-370)) by James Owen Dorsey

Adulti deinde hi inter pastores primo ludicris certaminibus vires auxere, deinde venando saltus peragrare et latrones a rapina pecorum arcere coeperunt.
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond

A royal proclamation appeared commanding the clergy to read a form of prayer and thanksgiving which had been prepared for this joyful occasion by Crewe and Sprat.
— from The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

The reverse side of British medals before the Indian specimens were issued usually depicted the features of a royal personage, a coat of arms, or, perhaps, a sailing vessel.
— from Chats on Military Curios by Stanley C. (Stanley Currie) Johnson