Of all the causes of defection, that connected with arrears of tribute and vessels, and with failure of service, was the chief; for the Athenians were very severe and exacting, and made themselves offensive by applying the screw of necessity to men who were not used to and in fact not disposed for any continuous labour.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

Oni bezonas akran tranĉilon, sed oni ne bezonas tre akran forkon.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

" The suitors bit their lips and marvelled at the boldness of his speech; but Amphinomus the son of Nisus, who was son to Aretias, said, "Do not let us take offence; it is reasonable, so let us make no answer.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

But always the spirit of nature's signs as interpreted in Man, above all in Christ, lays its claim on [Pg lx] the soul; always as sung by the chorus of human spirits that live on the "Righteousness, Peace, and Joy" of the Will of God, the New Song of Life through Death has in it a summons and receives from one and another here, passing through much tribulation, its fuller concord of human achievement, or at least the desirous Amen .
— from Revelations of Divine Love by of Norwich Julian

Whether the belief in immortality can be attributed to Socrates or not is uncertain; the silence of the Memorabilia, and of the earlier Dialogues of Plato, is an argument to the contrary.
— from Phaedo by Plato

The difficulty in applying this method is that we are so often in doubt whether anything has been added to S or not.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Brave Menelaus pitied them in their fall, and made his way to the front, clad in gleaming bronze and brandishing his spear, for Mars egged him on to do so with intent that he should be killed by Aeneas; but Antilochus the son of Nestor saw him and sprang forward, fearing that the king might come to harm and thus bring all their labour to nothing; when, therefore Aeneas and Menelaus were setting their hands and spears against one another eager to do battle, Antilochus placed himself by the side of Menelaus.
— from The Iliad by Homer

To render the playing expressive by the contrast of light and shade, by tonal gradations, by all varieties of touch, by all the subtleties of nuance , is a great art, and only the most gifted ever master it in its perfection.
— from Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianists and Teachers by Harriette Brower

"My name is Heimdall," answered the guardian of Bifröst, "and the son of nine sisters am I. Born in the beginning of time, at the boundaries of the earth, I was fed on the strength of the earth and the cold sea.
— from The Heroes of Asgard: Tales from Scandinavian Mythology by Eliza Keary

"I'd be laughed at if I made a report of this affair without being able to place my finger on anything more definite than I seem to be able to single out now," he concluded.
— from Over There with the Canadians at Vimy Ridge by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

But there is a road from Winchester town, A good broad highway leading down; And there, through the flush of the morning light, [Pg 136] A steed as black as the steeds of night, Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight, As if he knew the terrible need; He stretched away with his utmost speed; Hills rose and fell; but his heart was gay, With Sheridan fifteen miles away.
— from In the Saddle: A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various

Here he was met by all the somatenes of Northern Catalonia, under their daring leaders, Milans and Claros.
— from A History of the Peninsular War, Vol. 1, 1807-1809 From the Treaty of Fontainbleau to the Battle of Corunna by Charles Oman

We could not learn what business [109] the men, whose wives and children were here left behind, were gone out upon; but as they seldom or never go upon fishing-parties (for they have no hunting here) without their wives, who take the most laborious part of this pursuit upon themselves, it is probable they were gone upon some warlike expedition, in which they use bows and arrows sometimes, but always the lance.
— from Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager With an account of the great distresses suffered by himself and his companions on the coast of Patagonia from the year 1740 till their arrival in England 1746 by John Byron

Beyond a terrible sensation of nausea, the crowds who now throng the streets do not realize the extent of the catastrophe.
— from Legends and Tales by Bret Harte

He warned them to take no heed of fair promises from the Spaniards if they would surrender the city, reminding them of how these same soldiers had behaved at the sieges of Naarden and Haarlem, when, in spite of their declaration to let the citizens go out in peace, they had rushed in and murdered
— from Jacqueline of the Carrier Pigeons by Augusta Huiell Seaman

So a ship of En-lil was known simply as 'the ship of Bel,' and the ship of Naru, [1452] the river-god, was called 'the ship of the Malku (or royal) canal'
— from The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow