The superfluity of wealth was spread along the shores of Europe and Asia; and the Byzantine territory, as far as the Euxine, the Hellespont, and the long wall, might be considered as a populous suburb and a perpetual garden.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Perhaps an extravagant fable of the times may conceal an allegorical picture of these fanatics, who tortured each other and themselves.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

pagatpat n k.o. tree of mangrove swamps: Sonneratia caseolaris and acida . paga-un direct passive durative affix future time.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

'Well, the experiment will not be made, I believe,' said the Countess, displeased that her own silence had been unable to awe the loquacity of this rustic old housekeeper, now spared from further attendance by the entrance of the Count, who said he had been viewing part of the chateau, and found, that it would require considerable repairs and some alterations, before it would be perfectly comfortable, as a place of residence.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

The lower passions and vices were regularly ticked off in the books, warehoused in the cells, carted away as per accompanying invoice, and left little mark upon it.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Cowards are always pale!
— from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

I have often observed, that, beside cause and effect, the two relations of resemblance and contiguity, are to be considered as associating principles of thought, and as capable of conveying the imagination from one idea to another.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

“Comrade Gregory,” said the chairman after a painful pause, “this is really not quite dignified.”
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Ac veluti Italae mulieres atque aliarum multarum etiam nationum ad capillorum facieique omne cultum adhibent studium, ita Aegyptiae capillorum cultum negligunt ex consuetudine omnes capillos in bursam serico panno paratam concludentes, ac ad pudendorum abditarumque corporis partium ornatum omnem diligentiam adhibent.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

The old fur cap, the greasy velveteen shooting-jacket, the rusty waistcoat, the corduroy trowsers, and the heavy high-lows, were exchanged for a shining silk hat, a complete suit of black clothes, and a pair of Wellington boots: his shirt was likewise new and clean, and he wore a satin stock instead of the blue cotton handkerchief tied loosely round his neck.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 4/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

The Vidils, at their own cost, sent him to the college at Aubenas; [Pg 76] and by the death of an aunt he was furnished with small means to relieve them and to defray the cost of his education.
— from A Book of the Cevennes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

The dead were not “buried,” as the pagan expressions conditus , compositus , situs , indicate; but depositus , “laid down” in their lowly beds till the everlasting morn should come, and the angel’s trump awake them; consigned as a precious trust to the tender keeping of mother earth, and “lying in wait for the resurrection.”
— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow

A bad site has been chosen and a pedestal of moderate height and ordinary appearance.
— from Auguste Rodin: The Man - His Ideas - His Works by Camille Mauclair

In that case Judge Sprague charged the Grand Jury that, under the law, the prisoner could only be tried in Key West, because that was the first port which the vessel had made after he had been captured and confined as a prisoner.
— from Trial of the Officers and Crew of the Privateer Savannah, on the Charge of Piracy, in the United States Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York by A. F. (Adolphus Frederick) Warburton

Well, I think sometimes, if it continues as at present, that it will end, in the good pleasure of our Lord, by putting an end to my life; for the pain seems to me sharp enough to cause death; only, I do not deserve it.
— from The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

" I promised to bear his admonition in mind, and I did so, sometimes perhaps to the peril of my soul—certainly at risk of my reputation for critical acumen and perhaps for veracity.
— from Recollections of a Varied Life by George Cary Eggleston

The views of children should be extended to their future advantage, [111] and they should consider childhood as a part of their existence, not as a certain number of years which must be passed over before they can enjoy any of the pleasures of life, before they can enjoy any of the privileges of grown up people .
— from Practical Education, Volume II by Richard Lovell Edgeworth