But the most sagacious of the Christian theologians, the great Athanasius himself, has candidly confessed, that whenever he forced his understanding to meditate on the divinity of the Logos , his toilsome and unavailing efforts recoiled on themselves; that the more he thought, the less he comprehended; and the more he wrote, the less capable was he of expressing his thoughts.
— 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 are ye who fly Around us ever, rarely to alight?
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Et quoniam nisi insinuata fuerit disciplina quatenus hoc ipsud fieri possit, occurrente necessitate obstetrices facere non audent, idcirco placuit nobis ut etiam hoc gynaeciis adderemus, ut ex rebus huic corpori necessariis nihil dimisisse videamur.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

I not only thought these the pure productions of Providence for my support, but not doubting that there was more in the place, I went all over that part of the island, where I had been before, peering in every corner, and under every rock, to see for more of it, but I could not find any.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

I had been ruled , etc. rēx eram rēx erāmus rēct us, -a, -um eram rēct ī, -ae, -a erāmus rēx erās rēx erātis erās erātis rēx erat rēx erant erat erant FUTURE PERFECT I shall have ruled , etc.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Those were rather common princely industries in the old times, but they and some others of a harsh sort ceased long ago under English rule.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

I shall have been ruled , etc. rêx erô rêx erimus rêct us, -a, -um erô rêct î, -ae, -a erimus rêx eris rêx eritis eris eritis rêx erit rêx erint erit erunt SUBJUNCTIVE PRESENT reg am reg âmus reg ar reg âmur reg âs reg âtis reg âris, -re reg âminî reg at reg ant reg âtur reg antur IMPERFECT reg erem reg erêmus reg erer reg erêmur reg erês reg erêtis reg erêris, -re reg erêminî reg eret reg erent reg erêtur reg erentur PERFECT rêx erim rêx erimus rêct us, -a, -um sim rêct î, -ae, -a sîmus rêx eris rêx eritis sîs sîtis rêx erit rêx erint sit sint PLUPERFECT rêx issem rêx issêmus rêct us, -a, -um essem rêct î, -ae, -a essêmus rêx issês rêx issêtis essês essêtis rêx isset rêx issent esset essent IMPERATIVE PRESENT reg e , rule thou reg ere , be thou ruled reg ite , rule ye reg iminî , be ye ruled FUTURE reg itô , thou shalt rule reg itor , thou shalt be ruled reg itô he shall rule reg itor , he shall be ruled reg itôte , ye shall rule —— reg untô , they shall rule reg untor , they shall be ruled INFINITIVE Pres.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Then they go on to tell how the Roman empire had arrived at its highest point of power, and saw all the then known world—the orbis terrarum—subject to its laws, when an unforeseen event raised up enemies against it from the very heart of the forests of Scythia, and on the banks of the Don river.
— from The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

The region where the cold waters of the ACC meet and mingle with the warmer waters of the north defines a distinct border - the Antarctic Convergence - which fluctuates with the seasons, but which encompasses a discrete body of water and a unique ecologic region.
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

THE HOUSE PARTY The piers of the main entrance of Chadlands were of red brick, and upon each reposed a mighty sphere of grey granite.
— from The Grey Room by Eden Phillpotts

The Malays highly appreciate the manner in which law is administered under English rule, and the security they enjoy in their persons and property, so that they can acquire property without risk, and accumulate and wear the costliest jewels even in the streets of Malacca without fear of robbery or spoliation.
— from The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

It was a most gloriously brilliant and sparkling afternoon; the sky an intense blue, save where it was flecked here and there with woolly-looking patches of trade cloud sailing solemnly up out of the east; the sea, too, was as brilliantly blue as the sky, but of a deeper tint; there was not very much swell on, although the breeze was blowing fresh from the eastward; and the brig, with her weather-braces well checked, was staggering along under every rag of canvas that would draw.
— from Dick Leslie's Luck: A Story of Shipwreck and Adventure by Harry Collingwood

"If God be for us, who can be against us?" etc. (Rom. viii.
— from Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier

Censuerunt ut M. Pomponius Prætor animadverteret uti e republicâ fideque suâ videretur Romæ ne essent.
— from History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Vol. II by John Colin Dunlop

He already understood enough, remembering the kind things which the doctor's lady had told him, to anticipate the different presentation of the widow Wendall and her family that his grandmother would certainly make.
— from Oldfield: A Kentucky Tale of the Last Century by Nancy Huston Banks

The horse was cleaned and fed and became a useful extra riding-horse.
— from Ten years in the ranks, U.S. Army by Augustus Meyers

326. —“Stand Rock” near the “Dells” of the Wisconsin river, an unstable erosion remnant characteristic of the driftless area of North America (after Salisbury and Atwood).
— from Earth Features and Their Meaning An Introduction to Geology for the Student and the General Reader by William Herbert Hobbs