The Scythians immolated strangers in their temples; elsewhere temples were a refuge:— Inde furor vulgi, quod numina vicinorum Odit quisque locus, cum solos credat habendos Esse deos, quos ipse colit.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The Central Anti-Lynching League, Room 9, 128 Clark St., Chicago, has established a Free Distribution Fund, the work of which can be promoted by all who are interested in this work.
— from The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Tentyra: summus utrinque Inde furor vulgo, quod numina vicinorum Odit uterque locus, cum solos credat habendos Esse deos, quos ipse colit.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

The latter is like the Owner of a barren Country that fills his Eye with the Prospect of naked Hills and Plains, which produce nothing either profitable or ornamental; the other beholds a beautiful and spacious Landskip divided into delightful Gardens, green Meadows, fruitful Fields, and can scarce cast his Eye on a single Spot of his Possessions, that is not covered with some beautiful Plant or Flower.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

cried Sue, covering her eyes with her hand.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

As she ate and chattered she cast her eyes upon me; steadfastly looked at me for a moment, and then exclaimed, “Good Virgin!
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Padre Damaso could scarcely credit his ears.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

She could scarcely command herself enough to say, 'Oh, the fogs in London are sometimes far worse!'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

The narrative continues: … slowly, calmly, his eyes examined every inch of her.
— from The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick

She could scarcely credit her ear-trumpet.
— from The Wonderful Visit by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Nothing but Christian Science could have enabled that child to do that calm and thoughtful and judicious thing in those circumstances.
— from The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

Resolved at last to lose no longer time, And yet to please herself without a crime, She cast her eyes around the court, to find A worthy subject suiting to her mind, To him in holy nuptials to be tied, A seeming widow, and a secret bride.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 11 by John Dryden

In happier circumstances she could have extracted a great deal of amusement from the passing show of life, and she was able to smile at the situation of yesterday.
— from The Last of Their Race by Annie S. Swan

He insisted upon it that his companion should call him Edgar, and said that he would always use the name of Dudley; and many a counsel would he ask of him, and listen to his advice with that profound and deep attention which showed that, from some cause or other, reverence had been joined with affection.
— from The Convict: A Tale by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

“He keep saying Sharing Cross, Sharing Cross,” he exclaimed, turning to the other passengers; “and it is no Sharing Cross.
— from Novel Notes by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

After passing Cape St. Catherine, he encountered a very strong current setting direct from the land, which was still at a considerable distance; on tasting the water, however, it was found to be fresh, from which the conjecture was drawn, that he was at the mouth of some great river, which ultimately turned out to be the fact.
— from Travels of Richard and John Lander into the interior of Africa, for the discovery of the course and termination of the Niger From unpublished documents in the possession of the late Capt. John William Barber Fullerton ... with a prefatory analysis of the previous travels of Park, Denham, Clapperton, Adams, Lyon, Ritchie, &c. into the hitherto unexplored countries of Africa by Robert Huish