Amphiclea, in [774] Phocis, had Dionusus for its guardian Deity, whose orgies were there celebrated; and whose shrine was oracular.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

A happy man would have been Peter Goldthwaite except for a certain ocular deception which, whenever he glanced backward, caused the house to darken from its glittering magnificence into the sordid gloom of yesterday.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Southern negro version, which lacks the important song and dance feature, is given by Harris in his story of “Brother Rabbit and Mr Wildcat.”
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

] Note 118 ( return ) [ See the treatise of Conringius, (de Finibus Imperii Germanici, Francofurt. 1680, in 4to.
— 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

Our digestions, for instance, going sacredly and silently right, that is the foundation of all poetry.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Tom couldn’t dive, for it gave him splitting headaches.
— from The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain

= dærste derung f. injury , GD. desig
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

A draught of air, fanned from forward by the speed of the ship, passed steadily through the long gloom between the high bulwarks, swept over the rows of prone bodies; a few dim flames in globe-lamps were hung short here and there under the ridge-poles, and in the blurred circles of light thrown down and trembling slightly to the unceasing vibration of the ship appeared a chin upturned, two closed eyelids, a dark hand with silver rings, a meagre limb draped in a torn covering, a head bent back, a naked foot, a throat bared and stretched as if offering itself to the knife.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

The crown and comfort of my life, your favour, I do give lost, for I do feel it gone, But know not how it went; my second joy And first fruits of my body, from his presence I am barr'd, like one infectious; my third comfort, Starr'd most unluckily, is from my breast-
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

A few days before we left Paris on our way to Switzerland, I received the following letter from Elizabeth:— "My dear Friend, "It gave me the greatest pleasure to receive a letter from my uncle dated at Paris; you are no longer at a formidable distance, and I may hope to see you in less than a fortnight.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Besides, Monsieur de Fischtaminel is good looking for a man of thirty-six years; he received the cross of the Legion of Honor from Napoleon upon the field of battle, he is an ex-colonel, and had it not been for the Restoration, which put him upon half-pay, he would be a general.
— from Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete by Honoré de Balzac

Although in many cases the special requirements of these people can only be satisfied by the goods produced in their own several countries, the greater part of the demand for imported goods is for clothing, and, in the case of the country portion, for agricultural materials.
— from The Argentine as a Market by Nowell Lake Watson

Dog fern is good for colds and fever; boneset tea will serve the same purpose.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration

The present letter incloses him a power of attorney to vote on the General's shares in the Potomac Company at a meeting of its stockholders to be held on the day following, in Georgetown.
— from Washington in Domestic Life From Original Letters and Manuscripts by Richard Rush

The Ugogo country is distinguished for its great wealth of cattle.
— from My Reminiscences of East Africa by General von (Paul Emil) Lettow-Vorbeck

A happy man would have been Peter Goldthwaite except for a certain ocular deception, which, whenever he glanced backwards, caused the house to darken from its glittering magnificence into the sordid gloom of yesterday.
— from Twice-Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the movement of crime in each country it is necessary to distinguish special oscillations, more or less prolonged, of increase or decrease, from its general and permanent tendency.
— from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri

In deadly fear I got up and quickly slipped through a door into the tower room.
— from The Autobiography of a Quack, and The Case of George Dedlow by S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell

By this destruction, force is generated, muscles contract, thoughts are developed, organs secrete and excrete.'
— from Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur