The real Willie, on the grass asleep, Slept there, indeed, profoundly, His dog and pipe slept, also soundly; His drowsy sheep around lay.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

Meanwhile they in thir earthly Canaan plac’t Long time shall dwell and prosper, but when sins National interrupt thir public peace, Provoking God to raise them enemies: From whom as oft he saves them penitent By Judges first, then under Kings; of whom The second, both for pietie renownd And puissant deeds, a promise shall receive Irrevocable, that his Regal Throne For ever shall endure; the like shall sing All Prophecie, That of the Royal Stock Of David (so I name this King) shall rise A Son, the Womans Seed to thee foretold, Foretold to Abraham , as in whom shall trust All Nations, and to Kings foretold, of Kings
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Since in these two observations, however, they give rise to such opposite perceptions of distance, and prompt such opposite tendencies to movement (since in slide 1 we converge in looking from a to b , whilst in slide 2 we diverge ), it follows that two processes which occasion feelings quite indistinguishable to direct consciousness may nevertheless be each allied with disparate associates both of a sensorial and of a motor kind.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Comme cet animal poussait des cris fort désagréables, l'empereur demanda au paysan s'il n'avait pas appris
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Then said he, "Now, Master Sheriff, the last time thou camest to Sherwood Forest thou didst come seeking to despoil a poor spendthrift, and thou wert despoiled thine own self; but now thou comest seeking to do no harm, nor do I know that thou hast despoiled any man.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

723 Pliny (vi. 21), says that Alexander erected the altars on the farther bank of the Hyphasis, whereas Arrian, Diodorus, and Plutarch say they were on this side of the river.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Patter , a speech or discourse, a pompous street oration, a judge’s summing up, a trial.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Ismail turned back and gave him the end of a cotton girdle that he unwound from his waist; then he plunged ahead again into Cimmerian blackness, down a passage so narrow that they could touch a wall with either hand.
— from King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure by Talbot Mundy

Don't we discover, presently, that a firmer and more durable and perhaps slightly less lovable character has appeared?
— from Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee

It has the same nodose and scaly root-stock, dark and polished stalk, glaucescent frond and mucronulate pinnules.
— from Beautiful Ferns by Daniel Cady Eaton

For aught you know, "A canty wee house and a cosie wee fire, And a bonnie wee bodie to praise and admire," may be your destiny; and perhaps some day you will appreciate those treasures as much as I do now.'
— from Holiday Tales by Florence Wilford

It was near midnight when the lock turned in the door and presently stepped inside—a girl.
— from The Lane That Had No Turning, Volume 4 by Gilbert Parker

Little Miss Alexander, with her plumed hat in her hand and her white dress relieved by grey and black accents against a general background, depicts a "pose" such as the painter [Pg 138] seldom indulged in.
— from The Whistler Book A Monograph of the Life and Position in Art of James McNeill Whistler, Together with a Careful Study of His More Important Works by Sadakichi Hartmann

“My dear Sister, being very desirous of giving you as little trouble at my death as possible shall make no will, being well assured you’ll strictly observe and comply with this my last request, which is that I may be decently interred according to the enclosed directions....
— from The Romance of Wills and Testaments by Edgar Vine Hall

As the Opera-house and the races and the Park shew one side of the activities of this sanguine community, so the docks and port shew another.
— from South America: Observations and Impressions New edition corrected and revised by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount