He readily accepted the proposal of turning his victorious arms against the Barbarians of Spain; the troops of Constantius intercepted his communication with the seaports of Gaul, and gently pressed his march towards the Pyrenees: he passed the mountains, and surprised, in the name of the emperor, the city of Barcelona.
— 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

It, combined with the sneer upon his mouth, told mankind that there was nothing in space which could appall him.
— from Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane

When she recovered her senses, she was surrounded by soldiers of the watch they were carrying away the captain, bathed in his blood the priest had disappeared; the window at the back of the room which opened on the river was wide open; they picked up a cloak which they supposed to belong to the officer and she heard them saying around her, “‘Tis a sorceress who has stabbed a captain.”
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

He felt that he had made some invisible connection with the strange woman.
— from The Rainbow by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

And a chief object of the mourners is to disclaim responsibility for the god’s death —a point which has already come before us in connexion with theanthropic sacrifices, such as the ‘ox-murder at Athens.’”
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

The ancient and popular doctrine of the Millennium was intimately connected with the second coming of Christ.
— 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 cool air of the country caressed our cheeks with the smell of grass and of new-mown hay.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

However, at last he preferred to march against Alexander himself with all his army, and to come into a decisive conflict with the strongest division of the Macedonians, commanded by the king in person.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

The time at which John found himself in this enviable condition was the same evening to which the last chapter bore reference; the place was the cottage; and the assembled company were Nicholas, Mrs. Nickleby, Mrs Browdie, Kate Nickleby, and Smike.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

If the bird is mounted with closed wings this slit need not even be sewed up as the folded wing covers it completely.
— from Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Albert Burton Farnham

This influence may be compared within the sphere of social reform to that of Adam Smith within the sphere of economy.
— from The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by John Knight Fotheringham

It is therefore entirely proper that these sketches of life in a country town, seen through a reporter's eyes, should close with that symbolic word.
— from In Our Town by William Allen White

Werle’s crime was the seduction of the maidservant Gina.
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

Next morning saw us in the saddle by ten o’clock; and after a courteous exchange of compliments with the Sherif, and renewed entreaties on his part to put his view of the state of affairs in Morocco before the Grand Vizir on my return, we took our leave.
— from Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

Collier was the same who, in his Biographical Dictionary, says of Shakespeare, that "though his genius generally was jocular, and inclining to festivity, yet he could when he pleased be as serious as any body ."
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 1 Miscellaneous Prose by Charles Lamb

“Danger to the canals!” was the shibboleth of political parties and commercial cliques.
— from Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals. by J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans

There followed two years of bitter civil war, the Social War.
— from The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells