The national estimation of deities, concerning whom such stories could be told and believed, was, of course, of no deep or respectful character.
— from Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft by Walter Scott

But then there [Pg 206] were many others of a very turbulent and unmanageable character, outlaws, fugitives, and adventurers of every description, who had fled to the woods to escape punishment for former crimes, or seek opportunities for the commission of new deeds of rapine and robbery; and who had seized upon the occasion furnished by the insurrection against Amulius to come forth into the world again.
— from Romulus Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

So, in 1267, when the measureless ambition of Charles of Anjou, inflamed by the conquest of Naples, dreamed of reconquering Constantinople, his treaty with the titular emperor, Baldwin II., recites the uniting of the Eastern Empire with the Church of Rome as the impelling motive.
— from A History of the Inquisition of the Middle Ages; volume III by Henry Charles Lea

To ourselves, in strict language, we can owe no duties, obligation requiring also two parties.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson