Mountains are constantly mentioned in the Rigveda , and rivers are described as flowing from them.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

which short-arm’d ignorance itself knows is so abundant scarce, it will not in circumvention deliver a fly from a spider without drawing their massy irons and cutting the web.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The wholesome, unsophisticated nature of our warrior ancestors derived ample food for their spirit from a sheaf of commonplace and fragmentary teachings, gleaned as it were on the highways and byways of ancient thought, and, stimulated by the demands of the age, formed from these gleanings anew and unique type of manhood.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

The moon gave a jump up in the sky and grew green and dim, and fish, faintly glowing, came darting round me—and things that seemed made of luminous glass; and I passed through a tangle of seaweeds that shone with an oily lustre.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Kossuth called himself "a tempest-tossed soul, whose eyes have been sharpened by affliction." As soon as young eagles can fly the old birds tumble them out and tear the down and feathers from their nest.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Thus at the panting dove a falcon flies (The swiftest racer of the liquid skies), Just when he holds, or thinks he holds his prey, Obliquely wheeling through the aerial way, With open beak and shrilling cries he springs, And aims his claws, and shoots upon his wings: No less fore-right the rapid chase they held, One urged by fury, one by fear impell'd: Now circling round the walls their course maintain, Where the high watch-tower overlooks the plain; Now where the fig-trees spread their umbrage broad, (A wider compass,) smoke along the road.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Yes, yes, I see well enough; the whole lot of them in the town are cowards; not a man among them dares do anything for fear of the others.
— from An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen

We must ask ourselves afresh why we still maintain it, and seek to discover a foundation for it in the nature of God and in the first principles of morality.
— from Phaedo by Plato

In consequence of his prosperous destiny (the result of merits formerly earned), a large store of wealth, distinction, and fame fell to his share.
— from The Gâtakamâlâ; Or, Garland of Birth-Stories by Aryasura

" And away they fly, to drop down and fight for places among the others.
— from The Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions In West Cornwall, Illustrated by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Isabella, on the other hand, lived only for others—was ready at all times to sacrifice self to considerations of public duty; and far from personal resentments, showed the greatest condescension and kindness to those who had most sensibly injured her; while her benevolent heart sought every means to mitigate the authorized severities of the law, even toward the guilty.
— from The Chautauquan, Vol. 04, March 1884, No. 6 by Chautauqua Institution

She was dressed almost always in the prettiest frocks, as a fairy, or as a queen going out to hunt, and the ladies of the Court followed her dressed as forest fairies.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

It is recorded that a weaver in a certain village in Scotland was wont daily to offer a singular petition; he prayed daily and fervently for a better opinion of himself.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 49, November, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

And when Dawson and Freddy Farmer came to the end of their story the major arched one eyebrow slightly, but gave no other indication as to whether he was impressed or unimpressed.
— from Dave Dawson with the Eighth Air Force by Robert Sidney Bowen

And His Majesty doth hereby further Declare, That if any of His Subjects who have engaged, or shall engage with, or have adhered, or shall adhere to the said Nathaniel Bacon in the said Rebellion, shall not accept of this His Majesties gracious offer of Pardon, but shall after the said Twenty days expired, persist and continue in the said Rebellion, That then such of the Servants or Slaves of such persons so persisting and continuing such Rebellion, as shall render themselves to, and take up Arms under His Majesties Governor, Deputy Governor, or other Commander in Chief of His Majesties Forces within the said Plantation, shall have their Liberty, and be for ever Discharged and Free from the Service of the said Offenders.
— from British Royal Proclamations Relating to America, 1603-1783 by Great Britain. Sovereign

Now Messer Nicolo and his brother and his son immediately caused timber to be brought, as much as they desired, and fit for the work in hand.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa

“I shall get dat address for five hundert franc!” cried the Baron, who desired his servant to send his secretary to him.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac