He forbad the castration of males; and reduced the price of the eunuchs who were still left in the hands of the dealers in slaves.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

And therefore, they that are subjects to a Monarch, cannot without his leave cast off Monarchy, and return to the confusion of a disunited Multitude; nor transferre their Person from him that beareth it, to another Man, or other Assembly of men: for they are bound, every man to every man, to Own, and be reputed Author of all, that he that already is their Soveraigne, shall do, and judge fit to be done: so that any one man dissenting, all the rest should break their Covenant made to that man, which is injustice: and they have also every man given the Soveraignty to him that beareth their Person; and therefore if they depose him, they take from him that which is his own, and so again it is injustice.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Once graduated to the dining-room, any reversion to such tactics must be firmly reprehended, and the child should understand that continued offense means a return to the nursery.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

My aunt observes the change, and though she has not inquired the cause or made any remark to me on the subject, I see it gives her pleasure.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

Even if regarded as an ideal which can never be realized, it may have a great effect in elevating the characters of mankind, and raising them above the routine ccx of their ordinary occupation or profession.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

But in proclaiming themselves revolutionaries the Kar mathites had departed from the plan laid down by the originator of their creed, Abdullah ibn Maymūn, which had consisted not in acts of open violence but in a secret doctrine which should lead to the gradual undermining of all religious faith and a condition of mental anarchy rather than of material chaos.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Even if regarded as an ideal which can never be realized, it may have a great effect in elevating the characters of mankind, and raising them above the routine of their ordinary occupation or profession.
— from The Republic by Plato

They heard the chink of money, and realised that the robber had found the housekeeping reserve of gold—two pounds ten in half sovereigns altogether.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Don Antonio called on me, and remained to dine with Don Gennaro, after which he took me and my friend Paul to the duchess.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Of Samuel Worcester , the distinguished opponent of Channing, we have the following valuable record: "When the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was formed, his labors as the Corresponding Secretary, with the whole system now in operation for the conduct of missions abroad, required the same processes of original evolution and determination of principles and rules, as so signally characterized the formation of our Federal government.
— from The History of Dartmouth College by Baxter Perry Smith

Mr. Genet called on me, and read to me very rapidly instructions he had prepared for Michaud, who is going to Kentucky; an address to the inhabitants of Louisiana, and another to those of Canada.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 9 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

From 1897 to 1910, he was notary to the corporation of the city of Montreal and resigned this position in order to run for aldermanic honors.
— from Montreal from 1535 to 1914. Vol. 3. Biographical by William H. (William Henry) Atherton

This completed our misfortunes and rendered them without resource, for we knew the Gloucester's crew were so few and feeble that without our assistance they could not be relieved, and our sick were now so far increased, and those that remained in health so continually fatigued with the additional duty of our pumps, that it was impossible for us to lend them any aid.
— from Anson's Voyage Round the World The Text Reduced by Richard Walter

Mix one breakfast cup of water with one breakfast cup of milk, and raise to the boil in an enamelled saucepan.
— from Cocoa and Chocolate: Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Arthur William Knapp

Meanwhile the marquis de Hoquincourt undertook the conquest of Montmelian, and reduced the town without much resistance.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. Continued from the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II. by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Those who are familiar with King Lear , will recognize these elements, and observe how similarly the ways of Providence and the conduct of men are represented there and here.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Isaiah, Volume 1 (of 2) by George Adam Smith

"It would be futile to attempt to give an accurate picture of the appearance of Montreal or Quebec at that distant date, and a description pretending to accuracy would not be possible without the collation of more ancient records than are easily obtainable by one person.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir