He of the green gaban, on hearing this, looked in all directions, but could perceive nothing, except a cart coming towards them with two or three small flags, which led him to conclude it must be carrying treasure of the King's, and he said so to Don Quixote.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

deportation; banishment &c. (punishment ) 972; rouge's march; relegation, extradition; dislodgment. bouncer
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

After Caesar’s death Varro was exposed to the persecution of Antonius, whose drunken revels and excesses at Varro’s villa at Casinum are vividly described by Cicero ( Phil. ii. 103 sqq.)
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

The latter now gave up the hope of capturing Darius by close pursuit, and remained there five days to give his troops repose.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

It was believed that he took care to have him dispatched by Cneius Piso, his lieutenant in Syria.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

The English coarseness and rustic demureness is still most satisfactorily disguised by Christian pantomime, and by praying and psalm-singing (or, more correctly, it is thereby explained and differently expressed); and for the herd of drunkards and rakes who formerly learned moral grunting under the influence of Methodism (and more recently as the "Salvation Army"), a penitential fit may really be the relatively highest manifestation of "humanity" to which they can be elevated: so much may reasonably be admitted.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Two and a half millions of this value came to New York with only half a million left to divide between Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, San Francisco, and other ports of entry.
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger

“You ask me,” said Plutarch, “why Pythagoras abstained from eating the flesh of beasts, but I ask you, what courage must have been needed by the first man who raised to his lips the flesh of the slain, who broke with his teeth the bones of a dying beast, who had dead bodies, corpses, placed before him and swallowed down limbs which a few moments ago were bleating, bellowing, walking, and seeing?
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

It is noted, in the Census Report, that the [ 6 ] Tambalas are described by C. P. Brown as a class of beggars, who worship Siva, and who beat drums; secular priests, etc.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

The wolves were close upon us, when presently we heard the tramp of a horse’s feet, and one of our own animals, which either Armitage or Jack had been riding, and from whose back the Indians had neglected to remove the saddle dashed by, closely pursued by a pack of large wolves, who intent on the chase did not regard us.
— from Adventures in the Far West by William Henry Giles Kingston

Published March, 1911 Norwood Press: Berwick & Smith Co., Norwood, Mass., U.S.A. To S. B. long Caroline's admirer, from J. D. B. CONTENTS PAGE I. An Idyl of the Road 1 II.
— from While Caroline Was Growing by Josephine Daskam Bacon

Price 60 cents each Every Boy Wants School-Fellow Days Designed by Clara Powers Wilson A record book suitable for boys of the upper grammar grades, through high school, preparatory school and military academy.
— from A Cruise in the Sky; or, The Legend of the Great Pink Pearl by H. L. (Harry Lincoln) Sayler

After the death of Charlemagne, the bishop augmented his authority in Rome from day to day; but centuries passed away before he came to be considered as a sovereign prince.
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 09 by Voltaire

Sanday, 78, says also: “ Josephus holds that even historical narratives, such as those at the beginning of the Pentateuch which were not written down by contemporary prophets, were obtained by direct inspiration from God.
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 1 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

Volume V. IMG [Margaret, Queen of Navarre, from a crayon drawing by Clouet, preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris] IMG Contents SECOND DAY.
— from The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 3 (of 5) by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

The tortures of imagination excited by repressed desires, the weariness of a life depressed by constant privations had driven me to study, just as men, weary of fate, confine themselves in a cloister.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Burst, bursting, detonation, blast, clap, pop, crack, sudden discharge.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule