Under the title of great duke, he accepted or assumed, during a long minority, the active powers of government; the patriarch was a venerable name; and the factious nobles were seduced, or oppressed, by the ascendant of his genius.
— 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

But then he remembered he had not a farthing, that the companions he was going to would despise him at once for his empty pockets.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Ennemoser describes him as one of the most distinguished disciples of Paracelsus...." 329 Yarker adds this clue: "In 1630 we find Fludd, the chief of the Rosicrucians, using architectural language, and there is proof that his Society was divided into degrees, and from the fact that the Masons' Company of London had a copy of the Masonic Charges 'presented by Mr. fflood' we may suppose that he was a Freemason before 1620."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

If, in the next place, we keep once more to the pure conception of War, then we must say that the political object properly lies out of its province, for if War is an act of violence to compel the enemy to fulfil our will, then in every case all depends on our overthrowing the enemy, that is, disarming him, and on that alone.
— from On War — Volume 1 by Carl von Clausewitz

252 In this pious design, he advanced one hundred miles to the north-east of Delhi, passed the Ganges, fought several battles by land and water, and penetrated to the famous rock of Coupele, the statue of the cow, 253 that seems to discharge the mighty river, whose source is far distant among the mountains of Thibet.
— 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

She called him the “panther of his tribe”; and described him as one whose moccasin left no trail on the dews; whose bound was like the leap of a young fawn; whose eye was brighter than a star in the dark night; and whose voice, in battle, was loud as the thunder of the Manitou.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

THE BOND JESSICA LEAVING HOME BASSANIO PARTS WITH THE RING POET READING TO TIMON PAINTER SHOWING TIMON A PICTURE "NOTHING BUT AN EMPTY BOX" TIMON GROWS SULLEN OTHELLO TELLING DESDEMONA HIS ADVENTURES OTHELLO THE DRINK OF WINE CASSIO GIVES THE HANDKERCHIEF DESDEMONA WEEPING THE MUSIC MASTER KATHARINE BOXES THE SERVANT'S EARS PETRUCHIO FINDS FAULT WITH THE SUPPER THE DUKE IN THE FRIAR'S DRESS ISABELLA PLEADS WITH ANGELO "YOUR FRIAR IS NOW YOUR PRINCE" VALENTINE WRITES A LETTER FOR SILVIA SILVIA READING THE LETTER THE SERENADE ONE OF THE OUTLAWS HELENA AND BERTRAM HELENA AND THE KING READING BERTRAM'S LETTER HELENA AND THE WIDOW LIST OF FOUR-COLOR PLATES
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Petit-Claud did not leave Angouleme, but made a profitable marriage in 1822 with Mademoiselle Francoise de la Haye, natural daughter of Francis du Hautoy and of Madame de Senonches.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Each tosses up a coin, and if two come down head, and one comes tail, or vice versâ , the ODD MAN loses or wins, as may have been agreed upon.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

Only once did the railroad magnate's daughter have an opportunity of showing her ill-nature verbally.
— from Nan Sherwood's Winter Holidays; Or, Rescuing the Runaways by Annie Roe Carr

We discovered her absence on the night the child died and followed her.
— from The Outcaste by F. E. (Fanny Emily) Penny

"Phillips!" ordered the old lady in great agitation, "tell Rogers to turn the horses and drive home at once; and do you run as fast as you can for Dr. Crate."
— from A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Before his daughter could check him he had hastily donned his armament of instruments and, tramping slowly the broad, smooth path, began playing.
— from Visionaries by James Huneker

As a person of liberal education, and from the enquiries he has made during his attendance on the patient, he is justly presumed a proper judge of his competence to dispose.
— from Medical Jurisprudence as it Relates to Insanity, According to the Law of England by John Haslam

This idée fixe began to appear at once upon his return to Ireland in the year 1913, when he found politics in a chaos of ferment, and seeing Sir Edward Carson preparing to appeal to arms and his supporters to Germany, he too "began to indulge in treason in the same spirit as Carson and the Curragh crew," as he himself described his attitude of that time.
— from Six days of the Irish Republic A Narrative and Critical Account of the Latest Phase of Irish Politics by Redmond-Howard, L. G., (Louis George)

“Thou shalt lay thy heart’s desire nowhere else than in my divine heart and on my human breast.
— from The Mediaeval Mind (Volume 1 of 2) A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor

she was so schared Wid such a wondrous sight, She dropped her apronful of shticks, An' flew up in a fright, An' lighted on the bame
— from Stories to Tell to Children by Sara Cone Bryant

The next day, he and Oliver resumed the work of translation, which they continued without further interruption until the whole work was accomplished.
— from History of the Prophet Joseph, by His Mother by Lucy Smith

Both leather dressing and fur dressing have an origin which may be regarded as identical, and which dates back to the haziest periods of antiquity.
— from Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing by William E. Austin