From these parts they were, in process of time, transferred to countries far remote; beyond the Ganges eastward, and to the utmost bounds of the Mediterranean west; wherever the sons of Ham under their various denominations either settled or traded.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

In this case there will be no bounds to their insubordination, and they never will cease from riots and disorders.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Of course unless proof of jostling can be given, or evidence of malicious intent shown, jockeyship of this kind is not considered foul riding.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

When, however, before turning into the evening resthouse, we look back upon the cities, fields, rivers and hills which we have been through in Life's morning, then, in the light of the passing day, are they pictures indeed.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

The Spaniards were early desirous of cultivating friendly relations with the Empire of China.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

The Ice Maiden rode on the howling wind across the deep valleys, the country, as far as Bex, was covered with a carpet of snow, so that the Ice Maiden could follow Rudy, and see him, when he visited the mill; and while in the room at the miller's house, where he was accustomed to spend so much of his time with Babette.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

For a good hour to come frequent reports shook the island, and balls kept crashing through the woods.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

And here we come to a point, where mythical superstition plays over into something more real, for I have been assured by reliable informants, and those not only natives, that there are cases of girls who will show a craving for raw meat, and when a pig is being quartered in the village will drink its blood and tear up its flesh.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

It had feet also, the lower half of which were complete feet, resembling those which the Dorians put to their bedsteads; but the upper parts towards the table were wrought into a square form.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Judge Custis finally remarked: "Milburn, I resolved, many years ago, never to address you again on the subject of your dress.
— from The Entailed Hat; Or, Patty Cannon's Times by George Alfred Townsend

( Macaire is stopped by sentry , and comes front , R. )
— from The Plays of W. E. Henley and R. L. Stevenson by William Ernest Henley

He wished to see the sixteen states of which Europe then consisted (for Russia and Turkey were reckoned parts of Asia) combined into a Bund.
— from Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha von Tilling by Bertha von Suttner

Many were already craving for religious food more real than the old superstitions.
— from History of Egypt From 330 B.C. To the Present Time, Volume 11 (of 12) by A. S. (Angelo Solomon) Rappoport

He was straightforward, and back again in Canada, Carnac flung reproaches at himself.
— from Carnac's Folly, Complete by Gilbert Parker

The recent revolution in Chinese foreign relations will exercise 513.png 503 a permanent influence on the silk culture of China, and, considering the exceedingly low rate of wages in that country, the time cannot be far distant, when one may purchase Chinese silk in Europe more cheaply than home-grown silk, when manufacturers will find it more profitable to purchase this most important raw material in China, than in Italy or the South of France.
— from Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl, Ritter von

Kate runs in after the ball, C. from R., she has a tennis bat in her hand, and comes down C. Kate.
— from A Fool's Paradise: An Original Play in Three Acts by Sydney Grundy

Obviously this would show an unfairly greater yield of a pine forest containing trees between 7 and 12 inches and be very misleading in calculating financial results at the same age and stumpage rates; yet without the original data there is no way of reducing both tables to the same basis.
— from Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by E. T. (Edward Tyson) Allen

The English constructed large buildings for barracks, characterised by Romans "as such stupendous piles of buildings, which were large enough to contain five regiments, when it is a matter of great doubt whether there will ever be a necessity to keep one whole regiment here.
— from The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the Notable Settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 by George R. (George Rainsford) Fairbanks

The foregoing summary exhibits the general purport of the commissioners’ first Report, which it will be observed aims rather at explaining what ought to be and what is further intended to be done, than pointing out remedies or deducing practical conclusions from the “large body of evidence” which had been taken.
— from A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people by Nicholls, George, Sir