Apries having sent a great expedition against the Kyrenians, met with correspondingly great disaster; and the Egyptians considering him to blame for this revolted from him, supposing that Apries had with forethought sent them out to evident calamity, in order (as they said) that there might be a slaughter of them, and he might the more securely rule over the other Egyptians.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

Lothrop Motley, who stood among the very best, said to him early in his apprenticeship that the London dinner and the English country house were the perfection of human society.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Malchus remained with Hannibal in the rear, but seeing that there was a delay as the elephants crossed, he was ordered to ride on to the bridge and see what was the matter.
— from The Young Carthaginian: A Story of The Times of Hannibal by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

He said that we make our own lives, that we choose every day, and that every choice has an influence.
— from Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline: A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Conklin, Nathaniel, Mrs.

The lights in the hall were dim and the elevator car had dropped to regions below.
— from The Purple Parasol by George Barr McCutcheon

All sort of spade-work and hoe-work, with many other kinds of country labor, fall under this description, and the employer can hardly be cheated in the execution if he keeps a reasonable lookout.
— from Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 5 (of 10) by J. G. (John Gibson) Lockhart

I wrote only a few days ago to Ethelston, charging him with his villany, and asking what he could say in his defence?
— from The Prairie-Bird by Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir

Hoods and wraps were quickly thrown aside, rumpled dresses smoothed out, loosened ribbons readjusted, refractory ringlets reduced to order, and presently the sitting-room was deserted, and the entire company had assembled in the loom-room across the yard, where the dance was to be held.
— from Crestlands: A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Mary Addams Bayne

The old Anglican theory of the infallible undivided Church is not repudiated by him, but does not appeal to minds which look forward much more than backward; he is not yet, except in a few instances, disposed to accept the modern Roman Church as the arbiter of doctrine; and the English Church has no living voice to which he pays the slightest respect.
— from Outspoken Essays by William Ralph Inge