He was heavy of build and always cheerful, and never talked on religious subjects.
— from The Quest The authorized translation from the Dutch of De kleine Johannes by Frederik van Eeden

Its treasures were to add a new word to the Roman vocabulary of wealth;[552] its luxury was to give a new stimulus to the art of living and to add a new craving or two to the insatiable appetite for enjoyment; while the servility of its population was to create a new type of Roman ruler in the man who for one glorious year wielded the power of a Pergamene despot, without the restraint of kingly traditions or the continence induced by an assured tenure of rule.
— from A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones) Greenidge

At the Church of All Saints at Wittemberg, says D’Aubigné, were shown a fragment of Noah’s ark, some soot from the furnace of the Three Hebrew Children, and nineteen thousand other relics.
— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow

Children are now the only representatives of the men and women of that happy era; and therefore it is that we must raise the intellect and fancy to the level of childhood, in order to re-create the original myths.
— from Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

To [Pg 101] avoid it, many of the Jews have gone to Bussorah, and the Kourds who brought it here have fled from the city; a large caravan of Christians are now thinking of returning to Mosul, who were driven from Mosul three or four years ago by plague and its attendant famine.
— from Journal of a Residence at Bagdad During the Years 1830 and 1831 by Anthony Norris Groves

On crossing a narrow track of road near the crest of the hill we were joined by the C.O., who had come up there by the road to give us final instructions.
— from With a Reservist in France A Personal Account of All the Engagements in Which the 1st Division 1st Corps Took Part, viz.: Mons (Including the Retirement), the Marne, the Aisne, First Battle of Ypres, Neuve Chapelle, Festubert, and Loos by F. A. Bolwell

We were on a wild Maine lake when an accident happened to the canoe, a necessity to our return, for we were far away from all sources of help.
— from Vacation Camping for Girls by Jeannette Augustus Marks

Travelling showmen are there with merry-go-rounds, and the children are never tired of riding round and round on the gaily painted wooden horses.
— from Peeps at Many Lands: Belgium by George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond

The believers in special creations are not the only reasoners who have made free use of hypothetical possibilities.
— from The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer by John Gerard

In order to obtain means to support his army in Ireland, the King created a new title of rank, that of baronet,[1] which he granted to any one who would pay liberally for it.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery