Accordingly upon that he spoke out, saying that he did not understand it precisely, but that he had kept company with a physician and had some poor knowledge of the art.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

when shall it be allowed us to have a united city?
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

It gives a point, too, to what he says in more than one place about families that have once been great and have tapered away until they have come to nothing, like a pyramid.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

After a while he consented; but in a very short time he returned to his original opinion, and, smiling scornfully, assured us that he had seen and heard enough to strengthen him in his verdict.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

But eternal punishment seems hard and unjust to human perceptions, because in the weakness of our mortal condition there is wanting that highest and purest wisdom by which it
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

“There were several gentlemen who knew my sad history and united to help me.
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

It takes a long time to discover not merely that they are useful to him, but that they desire to be useful to him, and then it is that he begins to love them.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

He wills, or desires, that His name be hallowed among us, that His kingdom may come to us and all men, or, in other words, that all men be saved.
— from Lessons in the Small Catechism of Dr. Martin Luther For the Senior Department of Lutheran Sunday-Schools and for General Use by George Mezger

Perceiving this the next morning, Mardonius hastened with his Persians toward the higher ground, where the Spartan troops might be seen winding along under the hillside, for from the river-banks he could not catch sight of the Athenians, who were hidden among the low hills which rose from the level plain.
— from Ten Great Events in History by James Johonnot

So long as a child has a social streak in his make-up, so long as he at least is responsive to the praise and blame of others and understands that he does wrong, so long may one hope for him.
— from The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson

The enemy, pursuing, were advancing up the hill when this volley stopped them, and, falling back to the foot of the ridge, they lay there all night.
— from The Life of Isaac Ingalls Stevens, Volume 2 (of 2) by Hazard Stevens

"'Tis a hard way a woman must travel at best in this world," murmured the Lady Catharine, with wisdom all unsuited to her youth.
— from The Mississippi Bubble How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and Set and Rose Again, by a Woman's Grace, for One John Law of Lauriston by Emerson Hough

From a tender regard to the expiring prejudices of Rome, the Barbarian declined the name, the purple, and the diadem, of the emperors; but he assumed, under the hereditary title of king, the whole substance and plenitude of Imperial prerogative.
— from History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 by Edward Gibbon

Hats off! (All uncover their heads.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

He even sometimes thinks that policeman and compartment are useful to him.
— from The French Revolution - Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

A clear, able, and undaunted theologian, he was preeminent in zealously defending the Lutheran truth.
— from American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente