Upward, downward, round and round run the courses of the elements.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

Thus did the first apostolic martyr cheerfully and resolutely receive that cup, which he had told our Saviour he was ready to drink.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

“All right, John, all right!” returned the cheerful old man, so busy and so pleased, that it really was quite charming.
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Additions to My Defence Don José Rizal y Alonso respectfully requests the Court Martial to consider well the following circumstances: First.—Re the rebellion.
— from The Philippines a Century Hence by José Rizal

They may not cause enthusiasm in everybody; but in the end experience and reflection renew their charm; and their greatness, like that of high mountains, grows more obvious with distance.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

“For a red rose?” they cried; “how very ridiculous!”
— from The Happy Prince, and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

Stories of the following kind are related respecting the city.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

The criminal, on the other hand, is one who is perhaps unable, but at any rate refuses, to compete according to the rules which society lays down.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

I shot past the head at a ripping rate, the current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Told him to get himself shaved and roll round to Clarkson's to be fixed up in the nurse's gear—and get some food too."
— from Men of Affairs by Roland Pertwee

And, since it would appear that we cannot avoid the admission of some such Principle, having a reciprocal relation to certain outward objects, to account for these kindred emotions from so many distinct and heterogeneous sources, it remains only that we give it a name; which has already been anticipated in the term Harmony.
— from Lectures on Art by Washington Allston

The Evangelic Beasts are represented round the cupola, and on the walls below are stiff figures of bishops and saints of the Milanese Church.
— from The Story of Milan by Ella Noyes

"I'll get him all right," responded the constable, who still remembered the experience where blood--warm blood--had been thrown in his face.
— from The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle

That real civil courage and spirit of self-sacrifice which the Parisians have shown, in submitting to hardship and ruin rather than consent to the dismemberment of their country, they regard as no title to respect.
— from Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris by Henry Labouchere

“Oh, of course, if you feel that way about it; all right,” replied the cousin a little stiffly.
— from Nancy Brandon's Mystery by Lilian Garis

A rumor reached the capital and radiated thence to every city and town and hamlet, and was followed by other rumors like confirmations.
— from Coniston — Volume 04 by Winston Churchill

'She will go round and round,' replied the captain, laughing grimly, 'while we are roasted or drowned.
— from Chatterbox, 1906 by Various

Provocators and reactionaries raised the cry that the Bolsheviki were German agents, until people all over the world believed it.
— from Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed

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— from Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur Frederick Wallis