flow, White herds, and stateliest bulls that oft have led Triumphant Rome, and on her altars bled.—Sotheby. (188) His father is said by some to have been a Roman knight, and they add, that he was one of those who, when L. Antony was starved out of Perasia, were, by the order of Octavius, led to the altar of Julius Caesar, and there slain.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Nor shall old war-god Broglie have any hand in the business; but solely our brave Bouille; to whom, on the day of meeting, a Marshal's Baton shall be delivered, by a rescued King, amid the shouting of all the troops.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The peal of laughter which followed Gabriel’s imitation of the incident was interrupted by a resounding knock at the hall door.
— from Dubliners by James Joyce

'Ye whelps,' says Lord Char-les Beresford an' Roodyard Kipling an' Tiddy Rosenfelt an' th' other Anglo-Saxons.
— from Mr. Dooley: In the Hearts of His Countrymen by Finley Peter Dunne

Then priests who refused to take the oath of allegiance were shut up there and to-day we see, in the old crypt, the bones of more than a hundred of them, slain by a band led by a revolutionist known as “Tape-dur”—strike-hard.
— from Historic Paris by Jetta Sophia Wolff

His “Merry Christmas” to Mrs. Purtett was followed up by a ravished kiss and the gift of a silver butter-knife.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

The soldier might be a roving knight, and the priest a martyr and a saint; but both alike were subserving the interests of that commerce which formed the only solid basis of the colony.
— from France and England in North America, Part I: Pioneers of France in the New World by Francis Parkman

They maintain a head of game large in comparison with the acreage: of course this must be attended to by a resident keeper; and they add to the original mansion various attractive extra buildings—i.e. a billiard-room, conservatories, and a range of modern stabling.
— from The Gamekeeper at Home: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life by Richard Jefferies

Much of the scenery in the neighbourhood is of the most beautiful and refreshing kind, and the whole place is redolent of life and animation, particularly at a time when thronging with company.
— from A Guide to the Virginia Springs Giving, in addition to the routes and distances, a description of the springs and also of the natural curiosities of the state by J. J. (John Jennings) Moorman

Whereas an hour before I had been crushed and beggarly, now I turned out my toes and stepped bravely—my twenty-one dollars in pocket, my six-shooter at belt, a red ’kerchief at throat, the queen of the hall on my arm, and my trunk all unnecessary to my well-being.
— from Desert Dust by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin