Having dropped anchor at daybreak, they effected a disembarkation with secrecy and despatch; they then formed in the order customary in their country, and advanced in their several companies against the Aetolian lines.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

And on like wise he did with her back and belly and crupper and thighs and legs.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

The specimens were compared against the available literature, and where identification was certain, scientific names were given.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

This is a plague of creatures, as they are living creatures; but that of men as they are men or reasonable.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

When Croesus saw this he deemed it to be a portent, as indeed it was: and forthwith he despatched messengers to the dwelling of the Telmessians, who interpret omens: and the messengers who were sent to consult arrived there and learnt from the Telmessians what the portent meant to signify, but they did not succeed in reporting the answer to Croesus, for before they sailed back to Sardis Croesus had been taken prisoner.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

I understand how these tastes may be combined, and that at last men find time for both.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But never before, I think, have Christians called a Turk a locust and meant it as a compliment.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

He bore with great moderation a virulent libel written against him by Aulus Caecinna, and the abusive lampoons of Pitholaus, most highly reflecting on his reputation.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Speedily interrupting the theatrical performance, they had the banquet cleared, and the altar laid out with incense, and opening the centre gate they fell on their knees to receive the edict.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

You that have suck'd the milk of the court, and from thence have been brought up to the very strong meats and wine, of it; been a courtier from the biggen to the night-cap, as we may say, and you to offend in such a high point of ceremony as this, and let your nuptials want all marks of solemnity!
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

If we go through the cathedral and turn a little to the left, we shall reach the only outlet which leads further among the rocks.
— from The Lonely House by Adolf Streckfuss

In those days the way we caught our saddle horses, when we made camp we pulled the bedwagon up behind the chuckwagon and tied a long rope to the front wheel of the chuckwagon and one to the hind wheel of the bedwagon.
— from Memories of Old Montana by Con Price

All that now remained of an army, which at the opening of the campaign, amounted to at least twenty five thousand men, did not now exceed three thousand.
— from A Collection of Essays and Fugitiv Writings On Moral, Historical, Political, and Literary Subjects by Noah Webster

I am not sure they saw me, but I came across them a little while ago—and they looked supremely happy."
— from For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss

Its white, tuberous root is crisp and tender, and leaves in the mouth distinctly the taste of cucumber.
— from Riverby by John Burroughs

It is more to the point, in connection with this passage, to call attention to a lesson for the present
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Philippians by Robert Rainy

Whose, then, will it be?' All eyes glanced first at Cecilia, and then at Leonora.
— from The Parent's Assistant; Or, Stories for Children by Maria Edgeworth

Strain water in which chickens were cooked and take a little more than 1/2 a pint of it for sauce.
— from The Story of Crisco by Marion Harris Neil

The girl then appears, and the boy’s father gives her a piece of cloth and throws a little liquor over her feet.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 4 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell