And when he had obtained the rule over them, he compelled the Medes to make one fortified city and pay chief attention to this, having less regard to the other cities.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Quam cum Agamemnon propius consideraret, ait Trimalchio: ‘Solus sum, qui vera Corinthea habeam.’
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

[the wisdom of England] for having known how to make a real source of benefit to the State out of those same mysteries which elsewhere conceal a profound conspiracy against the State and religion."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

She had given him a hazy account of her adventures in Santa Croce, and he gathered that the two men had made a curious and possibly concerted attempt to annex her, to show her the world from their own strange standpoint, to interest her in their private sorrows and joys.
— from A Room with a View by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Thus when we are told that during this third journey St Paul after leaving Antioch ‘passed in order through the Galatian country and Phrygia, confirming all the disciples,’ [79] we can hardly doubt that ‘the Galatian country and Phrygia’ in this latter passage denotes essentially the same region as ‘the Phrygian and Galatian country’ in the former.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Only quite lately in regard to his relations with Anna, Vronsky had begun to feel that his code of principles did not fully cover all possible contingencies, and to foresee in the future difficulties and perplexities for which he could find no guiding clue.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The language and decisions of the courts are perfectly clear; and there we find the German tradition kept alive for several centuries.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nevertheless, a new analysis of the sunspot data shows that when attention is concentrated upon the major maxima, which are least subject to retardation or acceleration by other causes, a periodicity closely approaching that of Jupiter is evident.
— from Climatic Changes: Their Nature and Causes by Ellsworth Huntington

She was constantly consulted about weaning calves, and planting crops according to the stage of the moon.
— from Miss Mink's Soldier and Other Stories by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

And let us have the truth graven deep in our hearts: every revival comes, as Pentecost came, as the fruit of united, continued prayer.
— from The Ministry of Intercession: A Plea for More Prayer by Andrew Murray

I walked sometimes, sometimes trotted; and so jogged on, bearing ever to the east and south, meaning to cross the Chinisee River north of the confluence, and pass clear around the head of the lake.
— from The Hidden Children by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

He drinks hock now, and claret, and princely champagne, at two dollars and fifty cents a bottle.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol 2, No 6, December 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various

We thundered around corners, and past crossroads, and the Providence that keeps watch over fools and lovers protected us, so that presently we saw the customs house, and turned off to the right, down the long, rutty road that leads to Visichich manor.
— from The Black Ghost of the Highway by Gertrude Linnell

Cocoanuts and popoi , coffee and tinned biscuits, were waiting when we arrived.
— from White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien

Then the majority repented of their course and praised Cato and the rest.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44). by Cassius Dio Cocceianus