The beginning of which epistle is as follows: “ To our most dear brethren, the Lords Bishops and Abbots throughout all the country of the Scots, 184 Laurentius, Mellitus, and Justus, Bishops, servants of the servants of God.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

To contain anger from mischief, though it take hold of a man, there be two things whereof you must have special caution: the one, of extreme bitterness of words, especially if they be aculeate and proper, 587 for “communia maledicta” 588 are nothing so much; and, again, that in anger a man reveal no secrets, for that makes him not fit for society: the other, that you do not peremptorily break off in any business in a fit of anger; but, howsoever you show bitterness, do not act any thing that is not revocable.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

If I die, it is as a good Christian and a gentleman,—how should I be otherwise when educated by such a mother as you?
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

The state of feeling which produced this law, against the immensely strong conception of the patria potestas , may also have produced a folklore story telling how a boy once was exposed, in a peculiarly cruel way, by his wicked parents, and how Heaven preserved him to take upon both of them a vengeance which showed that the unnatural father had no longer a father's sanctity nor the unnatural mother a mother's.
— from Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Sophocles

I opened and read it, and it denied any promise of arms, but otherwise was extremely evasive and non-committal.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Meanwhile OWI and OSS fought one of the many battles of Washington, each seeking control of foreign propaganda.
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

On both of which errands, quick messengers depart.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Here again the register might, by offering written evidence of the marriage, prove to me, at any rate, that this doubt had no foundation in truth.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

We have only, {28} therefore, to learn how Roman engineers built bridges of wood elsewhere, in order to know how they built a bridge of wood over the Thames.
— from South London by Walter Besant

The consciousness of being observed was enough to extinguish his smiles, and Katrine was amusedly conscious that he was making an effort to appear depressed at the prospect of her own departure.
— from An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

There was no lack of food, for soon after setting out, they had come upon a grove of bananas, of which each of the party had gathered a large bunch.
— from Hair-Breadth Escapes: The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) Adams

The Russians thus captured were the battleships Petropavlovsk of 10,960 tons, the Dvenadsat Apostoloff of 8076 tons, the two new barbette-ships, Kama and Vologda , both of whose engines had broken down, and fifteen torpedo boats.
— from The Great War in England in 1897 by William Le Queux

With the same population, and no more, there can be no demand for any additional quantity of corn; the capital and labour employed on No. 3, will be devoted to the production of 70 other commodities desirable to the community, and can have no effect in raising rent unless the raw material from which they are made cannot be obtained without employing capital less advantageously on the land, in which case No. 3 must again be cultivated.
— from On The Principles of Political Economy, and Taxation by David Ricardo

It never did, but once was enough, every one they knew having happened to be in Bond Street at that particular hour.
— from The Real Thing and Other Tales by Henry James

The Mikado was travelling for his pleasure, preceded by couriers, surrounded by cavaliers more embroidered and belaced than the Grand Turk of Turkey, followed by famous warriors, escorted by musicians, accompanied by the most beautiful women in the world, who reclined in howdahs of silver borne on the backs of white elephants.
— from The Strand Magazine, Vol. 01, No. 03, March 1891 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

Their history, the beginning of which extends far back into the unknown and unattainable, ends where that of civilization begins, and adds another name to the long list of extinguished nationalities that preceded us in sovereignty.
— from The Journal of Lieut. John L. Hardenbergh of the Second New York Continental Regiment from May 1 to October 3, 1779, in General Sullivan's Campaign Against the Western Indians With an Introduction, Copious Historical Notes, and Maps of the Battle-field of Newtown and Groveland Ambuscade by John Leonard Hardenbergh

They painted him blindfolded , because these silly affections of lovers make them blind to the defects of the beloved object, which every one is quick-sighted enough to discover but themselves; or because love is for the most part led blindly, rather than directed by the open eye of the judgment, in the hasty choice of a mate.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1 Miscellaneous Prose by Charles Lamb

While Phaddhy was poor, it was surprising what little notice he excited from his Reverence; in fact, I have heard him acknowledge, that during all the days of his poverty, he never got a nod of recognition or kindness from Father Philemy, although he sometimes did, he said, from Father Con, his curate, who honored him on two occasions so far as to challenge him to a bout at throwing the shoulder-stone, and once to a leaping match, at both of which exercises Father Con, but for the superior power of Phaddhy, had been unrivalled.
— from The Station; The Party Fight And Funeral; The Lough Derg Pilgrim Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton