Cambyses accordingly seeing the Egyptians doing thus, and supposing that they were certainly acting so by way of rejoicing because he had fared ill, called for the officers who had charge of Memphis; and when they had come into his presence, he asked them why when he was at Memphis on the former occasion, the Egyptians were doing nothing of this kind, but only now, when he came there after losing a large part of his army.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

And Adam cried and said to Eve, "Did we go to the wrong cave, then, O Eve?
— from The First Book of Adam and Eve by Rutherford Hayes Platt

“This discourse, which Pondiac delivered in a tone of much energy, had upon the whole council all the effect which he could have expected, and they all, with common accord, swore the entire destruction of the English nation.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman

In 438 B. C., tribunes were elected, and for three following years consuls again, showing the extreme difficulty with which the people gained their rights, even when conceded by law.
— from A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer

In an exactly opposite way the artificial conditions of the spectator at a play, which reinforce the vivid reproduction of ideas, and check action, stifle those emotions directed toward the players, the objective emotions of which we have spoken.
— from The Psychology of Beauty by Ethel Puffer Howes

I fear that these kindly geniuses would sometimes feel a twinge of chagrin at seeing their elaborate delicacies in process of being devoured by the most rubicund people in the house.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

I took a car to this wonderful church and spent the entire day drinking in its marvels.
— from From Job to Job around the World by Alfred C. B. (Alfred Charles Benson) Fletcher

It seems that about two hundred and seventy years ago Roger Morey, a companion and it is thought a relative or connection of Roger Williams, had a grant of forty or fifty acres, which was located to the west or southwest of a large tract granted to Robert Cole and sold to Emanuel Downing before 1638.
— from House of John Procter, Witchcraft Martyr, 1692 by William P. (William Phineas) Upham

Its flattened form enables it to insinuate itself easily into crevices, and so to escape detection.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson

Here and there we come across sections that either defy musical treatment or are comparatively unimportant episodes in the poem.
— from Musical Studies by Ernest Newman

CHAPTER 21 The Dinner The girls, a little uneasy lest their alarmingly interested parents should insist on cooking and serving the entire dinner, were both relieved and perplexed to find that the grown-ups, while perfectly willing to help with the dinner provided they could work in their own kitchens, flatly declined the most urgent invitations to enter the cottage on the afternoon or evening of the party.
— from Dandelion Cottage by Carroll Watson Rankin