But Tacitus's history of the last part of this siege is not now extant; so we cannot compare his parallel numbers with those of Josephus.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

At these words a nobleman of colossal stature stepped forward and said I could claim his protection, as my whole family, myself included, had served the prince his master.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He had been content with daily labour and rough animal enjoyments, till Catherine crossed his path.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

First Lakshmaṇ at the door he viewed Who stood in reverent attitude, Then to the central court he pressed Where watched the friends who loved him best.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

When I learned that Captain Blakely, of Company C had passed our way, that night, with an escort, I said nothing, but in that company I resolved to seek my man.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

what condition can he perform?
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

" "You can console her," Polina scoffed, sitting down again; "she'll have another dozen.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The unique use of actual coronets in England at the occasion of each coronation ceremony has prevented them becoming (as in so many other countries) mere pictured heraldic details.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Only the desire to prove a theory at all costs could have prevented Fleay from seeing that [Pg lxxii] Coke’s counterpart is not Fitzdottrel, but Justice Eitherside.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

The child clapped her pretty hands with a cry of delight.
— from Mildred at Roselands A Sequel to Mildred Keith by Martha Finley

Robert Spencer's character could have played him such a trick; to say nothing of the deceit which, in that case, he must have practised on Miss Lindsay.
— from A Woman Perfected by Richard Marsh

Coleridge calls him plebeian because he inherited the peerage from a remote connection.
— from Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The wrathful winter hast'ning on apace, With blustring blasts had all ybard the treene, And old Saturnus with his frosty face With chilling cold had pearst the tender greene: The mantles rent, wherein enwrapped been, The gladsome groves, that now lay overthrown, The tapets torn, and every tree down blown.
— from The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I. by Theophilus Cibber

Captain Corker had picked him up at Penrhyn, and the trader there said he had been landed from a barkentine, lumber laden, from Portland, and from there back there was a haze on his past thicker than Bobby Carter's.
— from Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas by Lloyd Osbourne

First in the order of chronological composition he places the shorter dialogues — the exclusively ethical, least systematic; and he ranges them in a series, indicating the progressive development of Plato’s mind, with approach towards his final systematic conceptions.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1 by George Grote

Do they not contain consolation, hope, promise for all—for the weary man of the world as well as for the saint?
— from Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

In that hour she remembered that great good-natured man, her mother's brother, and for his sake Colonel Carvel had put up with much from his wife's sister in-law.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

[Pg 243] TOP genet's arrival and reception at charleston—his object in landing there—he commissions privateers—operations of two vessels—arrival of l'embuscade at philadelphia—genet's reception at philadelphia—he presents his credentials—a banquet in his honor—democratic clubs—extravagances—scenes in new york—conservative feeling triumphant—hamilton's views of the french revolution—genet's speech on presentation to the president—jefferson's suspicions—his unkind treatment of washington—genet's official letter—his demands not complied with—action of the cabinet concerning his privateering schemes.
— from Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing