But if we find him below par, and deficient both in body and mind, we must beware of giving occasion for him and ourselves to be laughed at by the world, which is ready enough to make such things the subject of mirth and derision.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

I advise you to beware of ghosts; one fine day, at two o'clock in the morning.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

On the other hand, all the chief laws of palaeontology plainly proclaim, as it seems to me, that species have been produced by ordinary generation: old forms having been supplanted by new and improved forms of life, the products of variation and the survival of the fittest.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

"I met him at the Bedford, when I went to look for you; and I told him that Miss Amelia was come home, and that we were all bent on going out for a night's pleasuring; and that Mrs. Sedley had forgiven his breaking the punch-bowl at the child's party.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

After this, the beloved of God, our father Augustine, [pg 090] died, 178 and his body was laid outside, close by the church of the blessed Apostles, Peter and Paul, above spoken of, because it was not yet finished, nor consecrated, but as soon as it was consecrated, 179 the body was brought in, and fittingly buried in the north chapel 180 thereof; wherein also were interred the bodies of all the succeeding archbishops, except two only, Theodore and Bertwald, whose bodies are in the church itself, because the aforesaid chapel could contain no more.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

3681 So called from having been originally groups of four principalities, held by princes who were vassals to the Roman emperors, or the kings of Syria.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

On the other hand, all the chief laws of palaeontology plainly proclaim, as it seems to me, that species have been produced by ordinary generation: old forms having been supplanted by new and improved forms of life, produced by the laws of variation still acting round us, and preserved by Natural Selection.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

Garter King of Arms has a baton or "sceptre" of silver gilt, about two feet in length, the top being of gold, of four sides of equal height, Page 46 {46} but of unequal breadth.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

"You very best of good old friends," said Mr. Fairlie, leaning back lazily before he could look at me, "are you quite well?
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

V. diverge, divaricate, radiate; ramify; branch off, glance off, file off; fly off, fly off at a tangent; spread, scatter, disperse &c. 73; deviate &c. 279; part &c. (separate) 44.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

How dared you thus rudely tamper with a soul of such exquisite and refined fire, that it constantly trembled and fluttered around its earthly shrine, like the flame of burning essence, as if doubtful whether to blaze or go out forever!
— from Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 5. May 1848 by Various

The life of our power in those days depended on their being but one God, one Faith, one Master in the State.
— from Catherine De Medici by Honoré de Balzac

They gave advice to the bishops of Gaul (or France), Spain, and Africa, and sometimes ventured to give them directions .
— from Sketches of Church History, from A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson

The Blessing of God on Filial Piety.
— from Sermons on Various Important Subjects Written Partly on Sundry of the More Difficult Passages in the Sacred Volume by Andrew Lee

They heard the last busload of girls out front long after Mabel and Nancy were already in bed.
— from Nancy Dale, Army Nurse by Ruby Lorraine Radford

We have ascertained by the confessions of many who have been reconciled that the Devil at times appears to them in the shape of a ball or globe of fire in the air, with a tail like a comet.
— from Nagualism: A Study in Native American Folk-lore and History by Daniel G. (Daniel Garrison) Brinton

In coming to him with one’s little burden of guilt, one feels somewhat embarrassed, but while one is hesitating about telling him all, he, with a discreet and skilful hand, disencumbers one of it rapidly, examines the contents, smiles or consoles, and the confession is made without one having uttered a single word; so that after all is over the penitent exclaims, prostrating one’s self before God, “But, Lord, I was pure, pure as the lily, and yet how uneasy I was!”
— from Monsieur, Madame, and Bébé — Complete by Gustave Droz

On the 30th was fought the desperate battle of Glendale, or Frazier's Farm.
— from History of the United States by John Clark Ridpath

When they reached the place which had been fixed on for camping, a couple of shots were fired as signals; and soon the natives, men and women, began to stream in with little baskets of grain or flour, with potatoes and chickens, and perhaps a pot or two of honey.
— from The Explorer by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham