16, and the Vulgate by "Astaroth," in Judges iii.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

It may be weighed some day before an impartial judge, in what time and in what men the German spirit has thus far striven most resolutely to learn of the Greeks: and if we confidently assume that this unique praise must be accorded to the noblest intellectual efforts of Goethe, Schiller, and Winkelmann, it will certainly have to be added that since their time, and subsequently to the more immediate influences of these efforts, the endeavour to attain to culture and to the Greeks by this path has in an incomprehensible manner grown feebler and feebler.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

We came home gently, and Jerry's first words were, as we came into the yard, “Well, Polly, I have not lost my Sunday after all, for the birds were singing hymns in every bush, and I joined in the service; and as for Jack, he was like a young colt.”
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

And it is noteworthy that, though provision was made in the Draft Code for trial by jury, this provision never went into effect; and the slavish imitation of alien methods is shown by the curiously inconsistent reason given—that “the fact that jury trials have been abolished in Japan is indicative of the inadvisability of transplanting this Western institution into China!”
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

[ 467 ] Presently his wife (an aged Selangor woman) took some of the rice in her hand and commenced to chant the words of the invocation, she being almost immediately joined in the chant by a younger woman.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

But as I journeyed I suddenly realized that, except for going in a southerly direction, I really had no definite idea of the exact direction in which I was travelling, and with night setting in and a chilling wind blowing I knew that to lose myself might easily mean death.
— from Musk-Ox, Bison, Sheep and Goat by George Bird Grinnell

“They is do’rn,” remarked the baby, as if just in possession of a solemn fact.
— from McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 4, September 1893 by Various

And, indeed, if I may be allowed to be an impartial judge in my own cause, I cannot help thinking, that I am now of sounder memory and understanding, and heartier, than hew was when ten years younger.
— from Discourses on a Sober and Temperate Life Wherein is demonstrated, by his own Example, the Method of Preserving Health to Extreme Old Age by Luigi Cornaro

Arrived under the lee of the “Victory,” Bob and I jumped into our dinghy, and, rowing alongside the flag-ship, sprang up her lofty sides, and, finding the admiral on the quarter-deck, went up to him and delivered our message.
— from Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

Then he decided to send her to college in the hope that its discipline and associations would sort of make her over—” “But, Anne,” interrupted Jane; “if you knew all this, why didn’t you tell us before?
— from The Mystery of Arnold Hall by Helen M. Persons

He who is now speaking would stand not a chance before any intelligent jury, if only on account of his aspect alone.
— from Golden Face: A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford

It was a bit flattering, but an idea jumped into my head all of a sudden that it was Barnes she was looking for."
— from The Avenger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Just before new growth has begun, as in January, is the best time for this operation, so that there is no chance of rot from dormancy.
— from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood