Arioch, from that time, securely took himself what the king sent every day from his supper, according to custom, to the children, but gave them the forementioned diet, while they had their souls in some measure more pure, and less burdened, and so fitter for learning, and had their bodies in better tune for hard labor; for they neither had the former oppressed and heavy with variety of meats, nor were the other effeminate on the same account; so they readily understood all the learning that was among the Hebrews, and among the Chaldeans, as especially did Daniel, who being already sufficiently skillful in wisdom, was very busy about the interpretation of dreams; and God manifested himself to him.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

L'interprétation de ces regards, c'est-à-dire le choix des liens pour chaque élément de texte, incombe à chaque auteur et dépend de sa perception individuelle du sujet au sein de son univers intime.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

The soldiers, who are bound to obey their officer only once a-week, or once a-month, and who are at all other times at liberty to manage their own affairs their own way, without being, in any respect, accountable to him, can never be under the same awe in his presence, can never have the same disposition to ready obedience, with those whose whole life and conduct are every day directed by him, and who every day even rise and go to bed, or at least retire to their quarters, according to his orders.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Le petit Poucet oüit tout ce qu'ils dirent, car ayant entendu de dedans son lit qu'ils parloient d'affaires, il s'estoit levé doucement, & s'estoit glissé sous l'escabelle de son pere pour les écouter sans estre vû.
— from Popular Tales by Charles Perrault

Cloths are laid in the cabins, and the steward is placing blue plates—full of knobs of cheese at equal distances down the centre of the tables.
— from Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People by Charles Dickens

Two weeks, three, four went by; the original limit set for the visit was passed, the end of his holiday drew near, and still he stayed on contentedly, and every day devoted himself more and more to Imogen Young.
— from In the High Valley Being the fifth and last volume of the Katy Did series by Susan Coolidge

Besides her Boston home, Mrs. Eddy has a delightful country home one mile from the State House of New Hampshire's quiet capital, an easy driving distance for her when she wishes to catch a glimpse of the world.
— from Pulpit and Press by Mary Baker Eddy

Her story had been immortalized by the greatest of poets,—for the old Latin tutor clove to "Virgilius Maro," as he called him, as closely as ever Dante did in his memorable journey.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Never did I feel a greater relief,” said M. Comte, “than when these lady prisoners were taken out of my charge, as each day discovered some fresh attempts at conspiracy.”
— from Soyer's Culinary Campaign: Being Historical Reminiscences of the Late War. With The Plain Art of Cookery for Military and Civil Institutions by Alexis Soyer

Some would stagger down to the sea-side, and taste again and again the salt water; many of them, half-maddened by thirst, would drink copiously, and either drop dead where they stood, or crawl away to die in the low scrub.
— from The March to Magdala by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

“This is the way it came about,” explained Drugstore: “During that scrimmage with the Boches I happened to see Don’s machine, hotly pursued, enter the clouds.
— from Don Hale with the Flying Squadron by W. Crispin (William Crispin) Sheppard

It is probable that all these types of condensation are represented in the lignone molecules, since the derivatives yielded in decompositions of more or less regulated character are either directly derived from or related to such groups.
— from Researches on Cellulose, 1895-1900 by C. F. (Charles Frederick) Cross