a kingdom, realm, the region or country governed by a king; kingly power, authority, dominion, reign; royal dignity, the title and honour of king; ἡ βασιλεία, Mat. 9.35, ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ,—τοῦ Χριστοῦ,—τοῦ οὐρανοῦ,—τῶν οὐρανῶν, the reign or kingdom of the Messiah, both in a false and true conception of it; used also, with various limitation, of its administration and coming history as in the parables; its distinctive nature, Ro. 14.17, requirements, privileges, rewards, consummation.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

When they had reached the little moonlight glade, having in front the reverend, though ruinous chapel, and the rude hermitage, so well suited to ascetic devotion, Wamba whispered to Gurth, “If this be the habitation of a thief, it makes good the old proverb, The nearer the church the farther from God.—And by my coxcomb,” he added, “I think it be even so—Hearken but to the black sanctus which they are singing in the hermitage!”
— from Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott

She composed herself as if to slumber.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Do not believe what Albert is telling you, countess; so far from the sensation excited in the Parisian circles by the appearance of the Count of Monte Cristo having abated, I take upon myself to declare that it is as strong as ever.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

As soon as he had left the room and they were alone the count continued: “How am I to know the truth?
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Indifferent to change, science casts her anchor in the eternal and unchangeable.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

M. le Chantre de la Chanterie had amassed in the neighborhood of three hundred thousand crowns by supplying the royal armies during the Hanoverian war.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

In imitation of his classical models, Gibbon places Rome as the cardinal point from which his inquiries diverge, and to which they bear constant reference; yet how immeasurable the space over which those inquiries range; how complicated, how confused, how apparently inextricable the causes which tend to the decline of the Roman empire!
— 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

Although evidently not past the prime of life, his face was pale, haggard, and dejected; and it did not require the acute perception of the man of business, to discern at a glance, that disease or suffering had done more to work a change in his appearance, than the mere hand of time could have accomplished in twice the period of his whole life.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

"Oh, that is not the case here," answered Isadore; "there is plenty yet remaining in every farm-yard, and I dare say you will find them on the common."
— from The Gipsy: A Tale (Vols I & II) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

I fear, my friend, that I shall render myself tedious by dwelling on these preliminary circumstances; but they were days of comparative happiness, and I think of them with pleasure.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

As the hero's only anxiety was for her, he accepted the offer with thanks, and when he saw them through the worst part of the water in safety, prepared to follow, but no sooner had the Centaur landed with Dejanira, than he attempted to offer violence to his beautiful burthen, and to carry her away in the very sight of her husband.
— from Heathen mythology, Illustrated by extracts from the most celebrated writers, both ancient and modern by Various

He made inquiries about her, but no one could give him any information concerning her, and in the press of onerous cares and duties she passed out of his mind.
— from Aaron the Jew: A Novel by B. L. (Benjamin Leopold) Farjeon

And I stood where she had left me by the easel, and watched her bend over him and caress him, and I thought I was badly used.
— from To-morrow? by Victoria Cross

THE CLERGY H2 anchor I. The regular clergy.
— from The Modern Regime, Volume 2 by Hippolyte Taine

They include the supervision of charities, highways, and industry; the voting of local taxes and the apportionment of them among the circles; the enactment of local laws; the custody of provincial property; the election of the Landeshauptmann and the members of the provincial committee; and the giving of advice on provincial matters at the request of the central government.
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

I do consider, however, and I think that in this you will agree with me, that Roland's conduct in the matter is most reprehensible.
— from The Lonely Unicorn: A Novel by Alec (Alexander Raban) Waugh

The IIIrd Corps had advanced in the course of the day on Coulommiers, in the vicinity of Vendôme, had fought the French at Bel Essert, driven them back across the Loir and established connection with the Xth.
— from The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Moltke, Helmuth, Graf von