Armed with his thunderbolt, exhilarated by copious draughts of soma, and generally escorted by the Maruts or Storm-gods, Indra enters upon the fray.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Du point de vue politique et culturel, ce projet est très important, en ce qu'il montre pour la première fois une voie possible pour construire divers outils soutenant l'usage de toutes les langues sur internet, qu'elles soient majoritaires ou minoritaires.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Commagene, distr. of Syria ( Camasch ), ii. 259 , 261 , 267 , 276 , 278 ; iii. 44 , 63 , 157 , 160 -163.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

125 But the approximation of ideas could not abate the vehemence of passion; each party was the more astonished that their blind antagonist could dispute on so trifling a difference; the tyrant of Syria enforced the belief of his creed, and his reign was polluted with the blood of three hundred and fifty monks, who were slain, not perhaps without provocation or resistance, under the walls of Apamea.
— 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

And similarly almost all the more refined intellectual and emotional pleasures require training and culture in order to be enjoyed; and since this training does not always succeed in producing any considerable degree of susceptibility, it may always be a matter of doubt for one from whom it would require the sacrifice of other pleasures, whether such sacrifice is worth making.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

I can dance the minuet, and my ear is good enough to enable me to go through a quadrille; but with the exception of that I cannot dance one step.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Little was said by either party in the carriage during our short transit homewards; but when I had entered my room and thrown myself into an easy-chair, to reflect on the events of the day, my aunt followed me thither, and having dismissed Rachel, who was carefully stowing away my ornaments, closed the door; and placing a chair beside me, or rather at right angles with mine, sat down.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

But the king, seeing that the sun began to grow yellow and that the term of his seignory was come, with very courteous speech excused himself to the fair ladies for that which he had done, to wit, that he had caused discourse of so sorrowful a matter as that of lovers' infelicity; which done, he rose to his feet and taking from his head the laurel wreath, whilst the ladies waited to see on whom he should bestow it, set it daintily on Fiammetta's fair head, saying, "I make over this crown to thee, as to her who will, better than any other, know how with to-morrow's pleasance to console these ladies our companions of to-day's woefulness."
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

The man from whose mouth the rice comes dry or stained with blood, is holden guilty; the rest are acquitted.
— from The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together with Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by James (Archaeologist) Grant

Travelers’ Credits issued either against cash deposited or satisfactory guarantee of repayment: In Dollars for use in the United States and adjacent countries; or in Pounds Sterling for use in any part of the world.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 34, No. 09, September, 1880 by Various

This lady must be retained for the present, till we can determine on some other course.
— from The Three Perils of Man; or, War, Women, and Witchcraft, Vol. 3 (of 3) by James Hogg

It cannot die out so long as its causes are not removed.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

It is a popular error to suppose that we depend upon an examination of depressions and ridges in the cranium, commonly termed ‘bumps,’ when, in fact, a phrenological examination is based upon a critical inspection of the entire physiological structure and condition, including comparative development of size and configuration of brain, as I shall demonstrate in the lectures.
— from How to Become Rich: A Treatise on Phrenology, Choice of Professions and Matrimony by William Windsor

The simple continental division of “stocks”—black = Africa, yellow = Asia, white = Europe—is too simple a picture to fit the facts.
— from Prehistoric Men by Robert J. (Robert John) Braidwood

It was his intemperance of language, impatience of wise counsel, disregard of sacred obligations, violation of solemn promises, and above all, his insane perversity in dragging the scriptural element into the controversy.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

After the first eight miles, which terminates the cultivated district of Salawé, the track penetrated a waterless desert of thorn and small tree-forest, lying in a broad valley between low hills.
— from What Led to the Discovery of the Source of the Nile by John Hanning Speke

A buxom, comely dame of some five and thirty summers, with bright eyes and tight ankles, and conscious of these advantages, was especially demonstrative, exclaiming, "Oh!
— from Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Richard Taylor

He failed to hear the cautious dispute over some trifle between George and Ann.
— from The Desired Woman by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben