The canton of Berne derives a considerable revenue by lending a part of its treasure to foreign states, that is, by placing it in the public funds of the different indebted nations of Europe, chiefly in those of France and England.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Indeed, as St Paul had been long a prisoner either at Cæsarea or at Rome, when he wrote to Colossæ, he could not have despatched a letter recently from Laodicea.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Exeunt all but LAFEU and PAROLLES who stay behind, commenting of this wedding LAFEU.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Bob Glamour blows his nose, and Jonathan of the no surname is moved to do likewise, but lacking a pocket handkerchief abandons that outlet for his emotion.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

We also most humbly besought him, to accept of us as his true servants; by as just a right as ever men on earth were bounden; laying and presenting, both our persons, and all we had, at his feet.
— from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

There are so many good correspondence schools to-day, and institutions like Chautauqua, so many evening schools, lectures, books, libraries, and periodicals, that men and women who are determined to improve themselves have abundant opportunities to do so.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Tübingen, 1914. (5) Dicey, A. V. Lectures on the Relation between Law and Public Opinion in England during the Nineteenth Century .
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

For it is the nature of extraordinary and conspicuous achievements to exasperate jealousies and envenom slander; against which a native may perhaps stand with the support of kinsfolk and friends, but a foreigner when exposed to one or the other of them is inevitably overpowered before long and put in danger.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

However, another Christian tradition, followed by Lactantius and perhaps by the practice of the Church in Gaul, placed the death of Christ on the twenty-third and his resurrection on the twenty-fifth of March.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Communion-tables of the same era, designed in the same general style, with carved bulging legs, are preserved in the churches of Lapworth, Rowington, and Knowle, Warwickshire; in St. Thomas’s Church, Oxford; and in many other churches.
— from The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Matthew Holbeche Bloxam

In this sad servitude he long was tried, By Love and Pity bound: till Fortune brought A pair of warriors to the rocky won, Gradasso, and Agrican's redoubted son: LXIII "Where, with their arms so wrought the champions brave, They freed Lucina from the chains she wore, (Though he Wit less than Fortune served in save)
— from Orlando Furioso by Lodovico Ariosto

The child so often has that 'vision,' that imaginative outlook on life that floods the mind with ideas, but lacks accurate power of expression, while the grown-up person has the accurate power of expression, but has lost the fresh imagination of youth and all its ideals.
— from Toy-Making in School and Home by M. I. R. (Mabel Irene Rutherford) Polkinghorne

In the unwonted luxury of being loved and petted and foolishly fussed over, Norma again forgot her troubles.
— from Where Love Is by William John Locke

You can at least visit Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, London, and Paris, and spend three days each in the three great capital cities.
— from Zigzag Journeys in Europe: Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Hezekiah Butterworth

Take the utmost care to give them high ideals and goals, so that once they come of age, they will cast their beams like brilliant candles on the world, and will not be defiled by lusts and passions in the way of animals, heedless and unaware, but instead will set their hearts on achieving everlasting honour and acquiring all the excellences of humankind.
— from Selections from the Writings of `Abdu'l-Bahá by `Abdu'l-Bahá

Autumn The thistle-down's flying, though the winds are all still, On the green grass now lying, now mounting the hill, The spring from the fountain now boils like a pot; Through stones past the counting it bubbles red hot.
— from Poems Chiefly from Manuscript by John Clare

She had been listless and pale for several days, and did not seem herself at all.
— from The Beloved Woman by Kathleen Thompson Norris

She started at the queer note in his voice, caught her hand in his brown locks and pressed his head back in view:
— from The Sins of the Father: A Romance of the South by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.