The important commands of the army were distributed among the Franks; the creatures of Arbogastes were promoted to all the honors and offices of the civil government; the progress of the conspiracy removed every faithful servant from the presence of Valentinian; and the emperor, without power and without intelligence, insensibly sunk into the precarious and dependent condition of a captive.
— 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

The accatosi deserve mention on account of the cleverness with which they contrived to assume the appearance of captives recently escaped from slavery.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

To make them amends, I’ll search my old trunks, and find if possible some pretty sketch that has nothing but love or marriage in it, which they shall have as well dressed and garnished as they can reasonably expect from so old a cuisinier ; and now, with their kind permission, we will proceed to County Mayo.
— from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 3 (of 3) by Barrington, Jonah, Sir

Forward the long ships moved, rank cheering rank, Each forward set upon its ordered course.
— from Four Plays of Aeschylus by Aeschylus

iars, perjured persons, covetous, revilers, extortionists, fornicators, swearers, possessed with devils, thieves, idolaters, witches, sorcerers, conjurors, murderers, and the like (1 Cor 6:9,10; 2 Chron 33:1-13; Acts 2:36,37; 9:1-6; 19:9; 1 Tim 1:14-16).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan

Carpenter, R. E., Fourth Superintendent Y. N. P., 136 . removed from office, 136 .
— from The Yellowstone National Park: Historical and Descriptive by Hiram Martin Chittenden

3. Bonham's South Carolina regiment enlisted for six months.
— from The Numerical Strength of the Confederate Army An examination of the argument of the Hon. Charles Francis Adams and others by Randolph H. (Randolph Harrison) McKim

"The discharge, whatever may be its nature, is not correctly represented (employing for simplicity the theory of Franklin) by the single transfer of an imponderable fluid from one side of the jar to the other; the phenomenon requires us to admit the existence of a principal discharge in one direction and then several reflex actions backward and forward, each more feeble than the preceding, until equilibrium is attained. "
— from Makers of Electricity by Brother Potamian

Let the closet remain empty for several days.
— from Miss Leslie's Lady's New Receipt-Book, 3rd ed. A Useful Guide for Large or Small Families, Containing Directions for Cooking, Preserving, Pickling... by Eliza Leslie

This track could only be followed by a pedestrian; no cart road existed for several miles round.
— from Happy Days for Boys and Girls by Various