13 In the third crusade, as the French and English preferred the navigation of the Mediterranean, the host of Frederic Barbarossa was less numerous.
— 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

But in order to induce the men to impose on themselves this restraint, and undergo chearfully all the fatigues and expences, to which it subjects them, they must believe, that the children are their own, and that their natural instinct is not directed to a wrong object, when they give a loose to love and tenderness.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

It is the paint which is causing all this flame, an essence of punch and varnish.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

This day commenced with calm and thick fog, and ended with hail, snow, a violent wind, and close-reefed topsails.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

It absolved those who should take up the crusade against them from all ecclesiastical pains and penalties, released them from { 48} any oath, legitimized their title to all property which they might have illegally acquired, and promised remission of sins to all who should kill the heretics.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

M. Ribot and other French authors use its French equivalent as covering all the feelings and emotions, as the most general name for the affective aspect of mental processes.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Enter with drum and colours, Lear, Cordelia and their Forces, and exeunt.
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

Up and at my chamber all the forenoon, at evening my accounts, which I could not do sooner, for the last month, and, blessed be God!
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The change of name to the Gehenna was the act of Charon himself, and was prompted, no doubt, by a desire to soften the jealous prejudices of the residents of the Stygian capital against the flourishing and ever-growing metropolis of Illinois.
— from The Pursuit of the House-Boat by John Kendrick Bangs

The mountain that is the most bold and alpine in the county, and that forms an exception to the general contour of its hills, is the famous one called the “Sugar-loaf,” near Bray.
— from Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland Being a Tourist's Guide to Its Most Beautiful Scenery & an Archæologist's Manual for Its Most Interesting Ruins by Thomas O’Neill Russell

In one I visited very lately, the only bed was occupied by the entire family lying lengthwise and crosswise, literally in layers, three children at the feet, all except a boy of ten or twelve, for whom there was no room.
— from The Children of the Poor by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

The stem and scales above ground are of a pale rose colour, and the flowers are either brown, flesh-colour or slightly bluish.
— from Field and Woodland Plants by William S. Furneaux

Thus the children and the father are equally forsaken of fortune.
— from Phallic Miscellanies Facts and Phases of Ancient and Modern Sex Worship, as Illustrated Chiefly in the Religions of India by Hargrave Jennings

It was a special meeting of the society called to hear the report of a special committee appointed “to consider the question of the circumstances attending the formation and execution of the plans for what is known as the Boston Tea Party.”
— from Old Boston Taverns and Tavern Clubs by Samuel Adams Drake

Ere a few moments had elapsed the Arabs, having already had a taste of the terrible effect of the deadly weapon during the recent campaign against the French and English, stood panic-stricken.
— from The Great White Queen: A Tale of Treasure and Treason by William Le Queux

Brooks of the purest water rippled over the time-worn channels, cut through granite plateaux, and as we halted to drink at the tempting stream, the water tasted as cold as though from a European spring.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 33, No. 05, May, 1879 by Various

"Anything to read" is a never-ending cry at the front, and every scrap of newspaper is read, discussed and read again.
— from Private Peat by Harold Reginald Peat