Hunc sic distulit 15 ventus, uti uno tempore agger, plutei , testudo, turris, tormenta flammam conciperent, et prius haec omnia consumerentur, quam quem ad modum accidisset animadverti posset.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

As an accomplished prince and benevolent man, his dignified letter of remonstrance to Aurangzeb on the promulgation of the capitation edict, places him high in the scale of moral as well as intellectual excellence; and an additional evidence of both, and of his taste for the arts, is furnished by the formation of the inland lake, the Rajsamund, with a slight account of which, and the motives for its execution, we shall conclude the sketch of this glorious epoch in the annals of Mewar.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

It is a great book of puzzles, whilst our confidence in the man's veracity is such that we feel certain every puzzle has a solution.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

He says: "And from this time the primitive manners, instead of undergoing an insensible alteration as hitherto they had done, were swept away as by a torrent: the young men were so depraved by luxury and avarice, that it may justly be said that no father had a son who could either preserve his own patrimony, or keep his hands off other men's."
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The poorest children suffered least—if destruction and death have heard the sound of wisdom, to a certain extent poverty has done so also.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

If, therefore, as a result of my care, Emile prefers his way of living, seeing, and feeling to that of others, he is right; but if he thinks because of this that he is nobler and better born than they, he is wrong; he is deceiving himself; he must be undeceived, or rather let us prevent the mistake, lest it be too late to correct it.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

She took up her pen and wrote hastily: "TOMORROW AT FOUR;" murmuring to herself, as she slipped the sheet into its envelope: "I can easily put him off when tomorrow comes.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

I was not sure then if Inglethorp was the criminal or not, but if he was I reasoned that he would not have the paper on him, but would have hidden it somewhere, and by enlisting the sympathy of the household I could effectually prevent his destroying it.
— from The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

PETER I once thought Caesar easy pap— How very soft I must have been!
— from The Railway Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

This day I sent my cozen Edward Pepys his Lady, at my cozen Turner’s, a piece of venison given me yesterday, and Madam Turner I sent for a dozen bottles of her’s, to fill with wine for her.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

[Here the Master of Infantry, who is the conductor, gives the candidate the Jewish countersign; it is given under the arch of steel; that is, their swords elevated above their heads, forming a cross, each placing his left hand upon the other's right shoulder, and whispering alternately in each other's ear the names of Judah and Benjamin.]
— from The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge by William Morgan

The children snatched their baskets, and set forth, with hop, skip, and jump, and all sorts of frisks and gambols; while Cousin Eustace proved his fitness to preside over the party, by outdoing all their antics, and performing several new capers, which none of them could ever hope to imitate.
— from The Gorgon's Head (From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free."
— from History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard

I make the point here because we stand for separation from the British Empire, and because I have heard it argued that we ought, if we could, make a foreign alliance to crush English power here, even if our foreign allies were engaged in crushing freedom elsewhere.
— from Principles of Freedom by Terence J. (Terence Joseph) MacSwiney

But now an aged man in rural weeds, Following, as seemed, the quest of some stray eye, Or withered sticks to gather, which might serve Against a winter's day, when winds blow keen, To warm him wet returned from field at eve, He saw approach; who first with curious eye Perused him, then with words thus uttered spake:— 320 "Sir, what ill chance hath brought thee to this place, So far from path or road of men, who pass In troop or caravan?
— from Paradise Regained by John Milton

[2] The letters, cables, etc., published here have either: ( a ) been submitted to the Dardanelles Commission; or, ( b ) have been printed by permission.—
— from Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 by Ian Hamilton

I could easily picture him fighting a duel over a fine point of honor, as he did once.
— from The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

Secretly the Central European power had gathered his flying machines together, and now he threw them as a giant might fling a handful of ten thousand knives over the low country.
— from The World Set Free by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells