But at last, conceiving the idea of imitating the Mamertines, and having at the same time obtained their co-operation, they broke faith with the people of Rhegium, enamoured of the pleasant site of the town and the private wealth of the citizens, and seized the city after having, in imitation of the Mamertines, first driven out some of the people and put others to the sword.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

I felt confident of disabling the false count, and sent the carriage away.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye!
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

The Greek places on the Black Sea, Mesembria, Acheloum, and Bizon, surrendered on the first summons; Selybria alone deserved the honors of a siege or blockade; and the bold inhabitants, while they were invested by land, launched their boats, pillaged the opposite coast of Cyzicus, and sold their captives in the public market.
— 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

Then William Keen and Alexander Lightfoot got control and started their coffee room, with a ball room attached.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The differences of opinion, and the jarrings of parties in that department of the government, though they may sometimes obstruct salutary plans, yet often promote deliberation and circumspection, and serve to check excesses in the majority.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

There happen, sometimes, fortuitous alacrities and strange furies in their deliberations, that for the most part prompt them to follow the worst grounded counsels, and swell their courage beyond the limits of reason.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

So the giant carried the man to about a hundred leagues from the castle, and said, "Thou canst very well walk the rest of the way alone."
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

I looked back at the cottage and saw the clerk coming out, with the lantern lighted once more.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

In all caution and secrecy they collected mulberries, crushed them in water, and obtaining thus the seed alone, dried it and enclosed it in their hollow [Pg 211] bamboo canes.
— from A Book of the Cevennes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

She was the only person left in the house, the rest having fled to the mountains in fear lest the French should come and sack the city; for in the streets those who remained were shouting in their panic, “The French have taken the suburbs!”
— from The Romance of Modern Sieges Describing the personal adventures, resource and daring of besiegers and beseiged in all parts of the world by Edward Gilliat

Of course, the carriers, who undertook all liability as such, charged the public not only the tolls which they paid to the railway company, but also a considerable additional sum to cover the risk of their Common Law liabilities, the cost of providing station and warehouse
— from Railway Rates: English and Foreign by James Grierson

Like a hill-side under cloud and sunshine, the cheek of the lady glowed and turned pale by turns, as she listened to the words which the monk spoke.
— from The Castle of Ehrenstein Its Lords Spiritual and Temporal; Its Inhabitants Earthly and Unearthly by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Before dolls, baby-houses, coaches, and cups and saucers, there comes a set of toys, which are made to imitate the actions of men and women, and the notes or noises of birds and beasts.
— from Practical Education, Volume I by Richard Lovell Edgeworth

Look abroad, christians, and see the characters specified in the verse read at the commencement of this discourse, roving up and down the earth.
— from Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline, with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John, of Vermont

The Wisconsin Commission also sends to communities where there are many persons of foreign birth, the best literature in their own tongues.
— from Library Ideals by Henry Eduard Legler

Would not this weight alone be enough to crush any substance that could reach that tremendous depth?
— from The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph by Henry M. (Henry Martyn) Field

Then, of course, there was the fireplace, surmounted by a high, slender mantelpiece, on which were ranged a pair of silver candlesticks, a silver tray containing the snuffers and the extinguisher, and, in the middle, a solemn old buhl clock.
— from Comedies and Errors by Henry Harland

Their cloaks, which they had drawn over their heads, were both wide and long, of a common grey colour, and served to conceal everything that they were carrying.
— from The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anna Katharina Emmerich