" "Sir," answered the Sultan, "I am sure you have a good reason for not doing so, and having heard your cry of distress, I am come to offer you my help.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Now, through the whole of his book his only conception of death is a cowardly and effeminate one.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

But to render the contrast in this respect still more striking, it may be of use to throw the principal circumstances of dissimilitude into a closer group.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

The Government can only defend itself against claims of this nature through its public officers and with the use of such public records as the Departments may furnish.
— from A Supplement to A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents by William McKinley

Possibly, a tiger or a leopard-skin may be found spread on the ground in the reception room; there may even be a rough minuscule chest of drawers in a corner, and a small, low writing-table near it, upon which probably rests a little jar with a flower or two in it; but rarely will you find much more.
— from Corea or Cho-sen: The Land of the Morning Calm by Arnold Henry Savage Landor

He was surprised to see that at this private rehearsal the hall—at least the ground floor seats—were almost all filled; a crowd of dilettante idlers and critics moved about and chattered to each other.
— from Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Romain Rolland

Their fancy is faceted, like the eyes of a fly, and they worry themselves and every one else by exaggerating every 23 chance of danger into a certainty of destruction.
— from The Girl of the Period, and Other Social Essays, Vol. 2 (of 2) by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

He had been singularly happy in his mediation between the conflicting elements in his Council, and more than once he had been successful in the composing of disputes in arbitration cases submitted to his judgment.
— from To Him That Hath: A Tale of the West of Today by Ralph Connor

The Moslim of yore, going through the world with the Qorân in one hand, the sword in the other, giving unbelievers the choice between conversion or death, is a creation of legendary fancy.
— from Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State by C. (Christiaan) Snouck Hurgronje

( b ) For a change of direction in any column formation, the elements of the column successively change direction on the same ground , the change in each successive element being made in accordance with the principles that regulate the change of direction in line ( a ).
— from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by United States. War Department

The custom of drugging infants and children with “Soothing Cordials” is shameful and sinful.
— from The Gospel Day; Or, the Light of Christianity by Charles Ebert Orr