This man knew that the city Jerusalem was a famous city, and that their kings had given a great deal of trouble to the Assyrians, and the people of Celesyria; so that he willingly gave his daughter, whose name was Nicaso, in marriage to Manasseh, as thinking this alliance by marriage would be a pledge and security that the nation of the Jews should continue their good-will to him.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

It was because he grew so scared and trembling, and because he felt himself to be a poor, weak, ignorant, helpless man (those used to be his words), that he wanted me so much to know a great deal, and be different from him.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens

There was a sweet fragrance from the fresh green verdure, and the birds almost perched upon her shoulders.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

To this sword they bring yearly offerings of cattle and of horses; and they have the following sacrifice in addition, beyond what they make to the other gods, that is to say, of all the enemies whom they take captive in war they sacrifice one man in every hundred, not in the same manner as they sacrifice cattle, but in a different manner: for they first pour wine over their heads, and after that they cut the throats of the men, so that the blood runs into a bowl; and then they carry this up to the top of the pile of brushwood and pour the blood over the sword.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

The breeze died away at night, and we were becalmed all day on Sunday, about half way between Santa Barbara and Point Conception.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Now my soul's palace is become a prison.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Thus when Julian had struggled with death a great while, and had let but few of those that had given him his mortal wound go off unhurt, he had at last his throat cut, though not without some difficulty, and left behind him a very great fame, not only among the Romans, and with Caesar himself, but among his enemies also; then did the Jews catch up his dead body, and put the Romans to flight again, and shut them up in the tower of Antonia.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

The name of some festival when the bells are pealed!
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

For what else—when he’s so clever and beautiful and perfect?
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

She felt her exile deeply, and, for the first time in her life, realized how much she was beloved and petted at home.
— from Little Women; Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa May Alcott

whose excellent beauties and perfections ought to feel more compassion."
— from Shakspeare and His Times [Vol. 2 of 2] Including the Biography of the Poet; criticisms on his genius and writings; a new chronology of his plays; a disquisition on the on the object of his sonnets; and a history of the manners, customs, and amusements, superstitions, poetry, and elegant literature of his age by Nathan Drake

But the old Fusiliers this time were not in it; they landed at Ostend on the day of the battle, and pushed on rapidly, but all was over with Napoleon before they reached the field.
— from A Soldier's Experience; or, A Voice from the Ranks Showing the Cost of War in Blood and Treasure. A Personal Narrative of the Crimean Campaign, from the Standpoint of the Ranks; the Indian Mutiny, and Some of its Atrocities; the Afghan Campaigns of 1863 by T. (Timothy) Gowing

Our curiosity had been so much excited by the wonderful escape of the little boy from impending destruction, that we called on the venerable doctor and asked him whether it was possible for a knife to penetrate so far into the head without injuring the brain and producing some degree of inflammation.
— from Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

With him, he said, it had not only been a duty but a pleasure, and as he had given to our brief wedding just the right touch of dignity, we were grateful to him.
— from A Daughter of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland

The mate of course obeyed, and the evening shut in beautifully and placid, with all the glory of a mild night, in a latitude as low as that they were in.
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

If these two factors seem incompatible to the student of feminine psychology, it must be remembered that Gerty had always been a parasite in the moral order, living on the crumbs of other tables, and content to look through the window at the banquet spread for her friends.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

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— from One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by C. A. Bogardus

"Lately I have felt quite differently about my unfortunate brother, about poor Bibby, of whose unhappy career I spoke to you when you were here before.
— from Adrian Savage: A Novel by Lucas Malet