Nam, sive honestum solum bonum est, ut Stoicis placet, sive, quod honestum est, id ita summum bonum est, quem ad modum Peripateticis vestris videtur, ut omnia ex altera parte collocata vix minimi momenti instar habeant, dubitandum non est, quin numquam possit utilitas cum honestate contendere.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Had Mr. Pickwick been alone, these multiplied obstacles would have completely put an end to the pursuit at once, but old Wardle was not to be so easily daunted; and he laid about him with such hearty good-will, cuffing this man, and pushing that; strapping a buckle here, and taking in a link there, that the chaise was ready in a much shorter time than could reasonably have been expected, under so many difficulties.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Die Thätigkeit ist was den Menschen glücklich macht; / Die, erst das Gute schaffend, bald ein Uebel selbst / Durch göttlich wirkende Gewalt in Gutes kehrt —It is activity which renders man happy, which, by simply producing what is good, soon by a divinely working power converts an evil itself into a good.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

The proud potent titles clanged over Stephen’s memory the triumph of their brazen bells: et unam sanctam catholicam et
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Many interesting instruments are named in the comparatively small collection of treatises which make up the admittedly genuine list of Hippocratic works, but, taking these along with the pseudo-Hippocratic works, the number of instruments named in the whole collection is surprisingly large, comprising as it does trephines, bone drills, probes, needles, tooth forceps, uvula forceps, bone elevators, uterine sounds, graduated dilators, cranioclasts, and others.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

I replied that, as to the allegation of his enemies, as it seemed to be established upon such respectable testimony, seeing that the three parties concerned all agree in it, it did not become me to question it; but the defence set up I must demur to.
— from Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey

It is varied by extra unaccented syllables, and by rhymes within the longer lines (both of which modifications we have in 263 and 271), and by "double rhymes" (like singing and ringing).
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

If it be mislabeled now, the United States will not be able to work within it the transformation which has been effected upon so many other ideas that have arrived here in their journey round the globe.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

Accordingly, as soon as fair weather was come, Madam Beritola embarked with Currado and his lady in their vessel, carrying with her the two kids and the she-goat (on whose account, her name being everywhere unknown, she was styled Cavriuola
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

So to the Silvan Lodge They came, that like Pomona's Arbour smil'd With flourets deck't and fragrant smells; but Eve Undeckt, save with her self more lovely fair 380 Then Wood-Nymph, or the fairest Goddess feign'd Of three that in Mount Ida naked strove, Stood to entertain her guest from Heav'n; no vaile Shee needed, Vertue-proof, no thought infirme Alterd her cheek.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Venetia once more found herself with no companion but her mother, but in vain she attempted to recall the feelings she had before experienced under such circumstances, and to revert to the resources she had before commanded.
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Had the affection of the old woman been exhibited upon some other occasion than her husband’s threatened blindness, he might have said (though, of course, the allusion to eyes at all would not very naturally or probably have suggested itself), “I suppose you would give him one of your own eyes if he required it ,” but he could never have used the words, “ if you could .”
— from Spare Hours by John Brown

Every exertion should be made, therefore, to lead children to value their character, and to help them to preserve it, and especially to avoid, at the beginning, every unnecessary sacrifice of it.
— from The Teacher Moral Influences Employed in the Instruction and Government of the Young by Jacob Abbott

(b) Eligibility.-- (1) In general.--In order to be eligible for selection as an Information Sharing Fellow under the program under this section, an individual shall-- (A) have homeland security-related responsibilities; (B) be eligible for an appropriate security clearance; (C) possess a valid need for access to classified information, as determined by the Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis; (D) be an employee of an eligible entity; and (E) have undergone appropriate privacy and civil liberties training that is developed, supported, or sponsored by the Privacy Officer and the Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, in consultation with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board established under section 1061 of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (5 U.S.C. 601 note).
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security

Madam Cavendish was down that morning, sitting at table with her stick beside her, her head topped with a great tower of snowy cap, her old face now ivory-yellow, but with a wonderful precision of feature, for she had been a great beauty in her day, so alert and alive with the ready comprehension of her black eyes, under slightly scowling brows, that naught escaped her that was within her reach of vision.
— from The Heart's Highway: A Romance of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman

The highest industrial and scientific civilization that had been exhibited upon Spanish territory was that of Moors and Jews.
— from History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

Louise had a book and Beth had been engaged upon some fancy-work.
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

“You see, gentlemen, what a precious fellow this is; a very pretty tool to be employed upon such an errand;
— from The Historical Nights' Entertainment: First Series by Rafael Sabatini

'All are now experienced sledge travelers, knit together with a bond of friendship that has never been equaled under such circumstances.
— from The Voyages of Captain Scott : Retold from the Voyage of the Discovery and Scott's Last Expedition by Charles Turley

And Bob expanded under s
— from The Auction Block by Rex Beach