They went secretly into the room, and, concealing themselves in the curtained corners, beheld Erik and Gunwar in bed together with arms entwined.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

The earliest date of the accepted Japanese Chronology, the accuracy of which is confirmed by external evidence, is A.D. 461.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

To this the porter replied, as well as he could for trepidation, that he had once before heard of this sea-beast; that it was a cruel demon, with bowels of sulphur and blood of fire, created by evil genii as the means of inflicting misery upon mankind; that the things upon its back were vermin, such as sometimes infest cats and dogs, only a little larger and more savage; and that these vermin had their uses, however evil—for, through the torture they caused the beast by their nibbling and stingings, it was goaded into that degree of wrath which was requisite to make it roar and commit ill, and so fulfil the vengeful and malicious designs of the wicked genii.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

It is moral excellence, i.e. Virtue, of course which I mean, because this it is which is concerned with feelings and actions, and in these there can be excess and defect and the mean: it is possible, for instance, to feel the emotions of fear, confidence, lust, anger, compassion, and pleasure and pain generally, too much or too little, and in either case wrongly; but to feel them when we ought, on what occasions, towards whom, why, and as, we should do, is the mean, or in other words the best state, and this is the property of Virtue.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Each plan can be especially applied in cases that seem to need special treatment.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

He had blue eyes and flaxen curls like his white comrade, but even the father of the white child was able to tell the children apart—little as he had commerce with them—by their clothes: for the white babe wore ruffled soft muslin and a coral necklace, while the other wore merely a coarse tow-linen shirt which barely reached to its knees, and no jewelry.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

The strange rule of this priesthood has no parallel in classical antiquity, and cannot be explained from it.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

This suggestion, improbable as it was, had the desired effect upon the captain, being exactly calculated for the meridan of his intellects; more especially as Dr. Mackshane espoused this opinion, in consequence of his previous declaration that the man was not mad.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

what else could be expected!”
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Bondholders were in no way injured by the worthlessness of the deferred income bonds, and only the most far-sighted could be expected to have demanded a larger reduction in their claims.
— from Railroad Reorganization by Stuart Daggett

Thence come banishments, exiles, chains, imprisonments, burnings, scaffolds and the miserable rage of torture and torment that is plied every day because of some opinions not pleasing to the government, or even because of things unknown."
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

All them fellers is eating is garlic and Lockshen mit holes into it, and you know as well as I do, Mawruss, for two hundred dollars a feller could buy enough Lockshen und Knoblauch to last him for the rest of his natural life.
— from Abe and Mawruss: Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter by Montague Glass

Crossing this branch of Grand River, I now steered through the vast and fertile prairies and groves without a track or anything but a compass to guide me—the country being entirely wild and without inhabitants.
— from The Autobiography of Parley Parker Pratt One of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Embracing His Life, Ministry, and Travels by Parley P. (Parley Parker) Pratt

The interview had gone as well as could be expected.
— from The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope

"That I never was in a Know-Nothing lodge in Quincy I should expect could be easily proved by respectable men who were always in the lodges, and never saw me there.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

"Whatever may be the status of the Border States in this respect, the War cannot be ended until the power of the Government is made manifest in the seceded States.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

Certainly Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton exhibited no lack of firmness on the shambles of battlefields; and there are few men living who cannot recall instances of women who have, in the face of disaster and evil fortune, shown a steady perseverance and will-power in earning a living for themselves and their children that men have not surpassed.
— from A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene A. (Eugene Arthur) Hecker

It exceeds the cupola of the Vatican, both in height and circumference, by eight feet; and although supported by eight ribs only, which renders it lighter than that of Saint Peter's, which has sixteen flanked buttresses, is nevertheless more solid and firm.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 07, April 1868 to September, 1868 by Various

Er´ythrism , n. A particular state of plumage characterized by excess of red pigment; it is well shown in Scops asio and other owls.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3 by Robert Ridgway