Now on this very year, which was the thirteenth year of the reign of Herod, very great calamities came upon the country; whether they were derived from the anger of God, or whether this misery returns again naturally in certain periods of time 14 for, in the first place, there were perpetual droughts, and for that reason the ground was barren, and did not bring forth the same quantity of fruits that it used to produce; and after this barrenness of the soil, that change of food which the want of corn occasioned produced distempers in the bodies of men, and a pestilential disease prevailed, one misery following upon the back of another; and these circumstances, that they were destitute both of methods of cure and of food, made the pestilential distemper, which began after a violent manner, the more lasting.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

And recollect a poet nothing loses In giving to his brethren their full meed Of merit, and complaint of present days Is not the certain path to future praise.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Sinda, c. of Pisidia ( Dekoi ), ii. 324 , 409 .
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

a company of persons disposed in squares; fr.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

The arrangement of marches, and the choice of positions depend in this case also upon so many other things, especially on the supply of the Army, on strong natural obstacles in the country, on large towns, &c. &c., that it would be ridiculous pedantry to attempt to show by a geometrical analysis how the pursuer, being able to impose his laws on the retreating enemy, can compel him to march at night while he takes his rest.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

I wish here to stop in my narrative in order to speak briefly of the character of Philip, Deterioration in the character of Philip V. See 4 , 77 .
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

The main entrance of the Garden of Concentrated Fragrance, adjoining the street, was opened wide; and on both sides were raised sheds for the musicians, and two companies of players, dressed in blue, discoursed music at the proper times; while one pair after another of the paraphernalia was drawn out so straight as if cut by a knife or slit by an axe.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

So soon as he had beheld a purer image of himself rising above his own animalism, he must not only regard that animalism as an instigation of a devil, but also the like of it in nature; and this conception will proceed pari passu with the creation of pure deities in the image of that higher self.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

—An ink composed of copper one part, dissolved in ten parts nitric acid, ten parts water being afterward added, is useful for marking on tin or zinc.
— from The American Printer: A Manual of Typography Containing practical directions for managing all departments of a printing office, as well as complete instructions for apprentices; with several useful tables, numerous schemes for imposing forms in every variety, hints to authors, etc. by Thomas MacKellar

‘Is it in these circumstances of personal danger in which you expect to overcome a resolution, which is founded on a sense of what is due to me as a man or a prince?
— from Redgauntlet: A Tale Of The Eighteenth Century by Walter Scott

Leading presses abused the abolitionists in terms which aroused every vindictive passion of the mob, and in October, 1835, a meeting of the Female Anti-Slavery Society of Boston was riotously broken up by a collection of persons, described in the journals of the day as "gentlemen of property and standing."
— from Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher. by Harriet Beecher Stowe

For their convenience quays were constructed on piles driven into the mud and shingle of the foreshore.
— from Early London: Prehistoric, Roman, Saxon and Norman by Walter Besant

Then came the surprising effect of the concealed orchestra, playing down in its pit between the stage and the audience, the pit fancifully -141- christened the "Mystic Gulf."
— from Richard Wagner His Life and His Dramas A Biographical Study of the Man and an Explanation of His Work by W. J. (William James) Henderson

Moreover, even the comfort of petit déjeuner in bed did not compensate for those crumbs for which no one could be held responsible.
— from Running Sands by Reginald Wright Kauffman

No preference shall be given by any regulation of commerce or revenue to the ports of one State over those of another; nor shall vessels bound to, or from, one State, be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another.
— from A Brief History of the United States by Joel Dorman Steele

Charles Coquerell , a brother of the eminent Protestant minister, and himself well known and esteemed in the scientific circles of Paris, died in that city, early in February.
— from The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various