However, they had made contrivances to get pools of water, and laid up corn in granaries for themselves, and were able to make great resistance, by issuing out on the sudden against any that attacked them; for the entrances of their caves were narrow, in which but one could come in at a time, and the places within incredibly large, and made very wide but the ground over their habitations was not very high, but rather on a plain, while the rocks are altogether hard and difficult to be entered upon, unless any one gets into the plain road by the guidance of another, for these roads are not straight, but have several revolutions.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

I had formed my conclusions as to the case before our client came into the room.”
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

When the breach of contract consisted in the non-payment of money, the damage sustained could be compensated in no other way than by ordering payment, which was equivalent to a specific performance of the agreement.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

ANT: Charge, accuse, compel, bind, obligate, convict, condemn, inculpate, impeach, oblige.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

The law of resolution and constancy does not imply that we ought not, as much as in us lies, to decline and secure ourselves from the mischiefs and inconveniences that threaten us; nor, consequently, that we shall not fear lest they should surprise us: on the contrary, all decent and honest ways and means of securing ourselves from harms, are not only permitted, but, moreover, commendable, and the business of constancy chiefly is, bravely to stand to, and stoutly to suffer those inconveniences which are not possibly to be avoided.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The plants thrived, and this was the beginning of coffee cultivation in that section of the country.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

John Hanley, with Carey & Co., later of Hanley & Kinsella, St. Louis; Robert C. Hewitt, Jr., who wrote one of the early books on coffee ( Coffee, its History, Cultivation, and Uses , 1872), of Hewitt & Phyfe, later Jas.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Terrapene coahuila , so far found only in the basin of Cuatro Ciénegas in central Coahuila, is the most primitive Terrapene known; it differs from other box turtles in a number of morphological characters and is the only member of the genus that is chiefly aquatic.
— from Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz by John M. Legler

One can conceive that there has been sufficient time for the second, but one cannot conceive it for the first.
— from Life and Habit by Samuel Butler

[Pg 279] and thought you'd rather have a box of candy; so he didn't write me and sent you a box of chocolate creams instead.
— from Bikey the Skicycle and Other Tales of Jimmieboy by John Kendrick Bangs

On behalf of Christ crucified I tell it you: refuse to believe the counsels of the devil, who would hinder your holy and good resolution.
— from Letters of Catherine Benincasa by Catherine, of Siena, Saint

At a distance, it looks very grand upon its height; but on coming close it has dwindled down to a mere wall, and not a high one.
— from The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh; and the Irish Sketch Book by William Makepeace Thackeray

After talking over matters generally, and getting my pay in cash,—guineas for pounds,—without taking a bill or engaging my name for a discount in the usual course of trade, he invited me to dine with him at an eating-house in the Strand, saying that he had asked "Ensign O'Doherty" (Dr. Maginn) to meet me; the man who wrote Hebrew and Greek and Latin poetry, and had begun for "Blackwood" not long before with rendering the ballad of "Chevy Chase" into Latin verse.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

After the cream is frozen rather stiff, prepare a tub or bucket of coarsely chopped ice, with one-half less salt than you use for freezing.
— from Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs by S. T. Rorer

the learned Lope Barrientos, Bishop of Cuenca, condemns it unreservedly.
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume III by Henry Charles Lea

Blockade of Corfe Castle in 1644, 401.
— from Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 1, November, 1849-May, 1850 A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

[58] To the left angels are singing and playing upon musical instruments, whilst a band of children clad in white timidly adore their Infant Saviour.
— from Chantilly in History and Art by Luise Richter