The meanness of humanity seems all the more detestable in view of the greatness of these superior beings.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Like Moses, he died in view of the completion of his labours, and was buried in the great church of Czaslow, in Bohemia, where a monument is erected to his memory, with this inscription on it—"Here lies John Zisca, who, having defended his country against the encroachments of papal tyranny, rests in this hallowed place in despite of the pope."
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Poetry, with its measures and metrical feet, its refinement in the arrangement of words, and the delivery in verse of the sentiments expressed by the several characters to one another, delights the feelings of the reader, and leads him smoothly on to the very end of the work.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Movement from low to high, horizontal movement to and fro, in virtue of the reciprocal percussion of the atoms, movement downwards, in virtue of their weight, will be all equal, for in whatever sense the atom moves, it must have a movement as rapid as the thought, till the moment when it is repelled, in virtue of some external cause, or of its own proper weight, by the shock of some object which resists it.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

It was evident that Madame Albertine belonged to the very highest society, since she knew M. de Rohan, and that her own rank there was of the highest, since she spoke thus familiarly of so great a lord, and that there existed between them some connection, of relationship, perhaps, but a very close one in any case, since she knew his “pet name.” Two very severe duchesses, Mesdames de Choiseul and de Sérent, often visited the community, whither they penetrated, no doubt, in virtue of the privilege Magnates mulieres , and caused great consternation in the boarding-school.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Deponent -iō verbs of the third conjugation are inflected like the passive of capiō.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

After these came men carrying the gold coin, divided into vessels of three talents each like the silver.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Another pause ensued—I made another effort, and, though my voice faltered very much at the beginning, made shift to express myself in this manner: “I say, madam, it is very surprising that love should act so inconsistently with itself, as to deprive its votaries of the use of their faculties, when they have most need of them.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

It is declared, in view of the many wise precepts which issued from the mouth of Jesus Christ, that "he spake as never
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

The Senate resumed the motion made yesterday on the subject, which was amended and agreed to, as follows: [Pg 185] Resolved , That the Secretary of the Treasury be directed to lay before the Senate a statement of all claims which have been adjusted and allowed at the Treasury Department, in virtue of the law entitled "An act providing for the settlement of the claims of persons, under particular circumstances, barred by the limitations heretofore established;" and also, a statement of the balances standing in the books of the Treasury against the United States, which are barred by the statute of limitations, together with his opinion whether the said statute can be modified or repealed, as to that or any other description of claims, without subjecting the Government to imposition.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

On returning to the regiment I found a great accumulation of unfinished business; every member of the field and staff was prostrated by illness or absent on detailed service; two companies had been sent to Hilton Head on fatigue duty, and kept there unexpectedly long: and there was a visible demoralization among the rest, especially from the fact that their pay had just been cut down, in violation of the express pledges of the government.
— from Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Mrs. Vostrand and he watched them awhile, in talk that straggled away from them, and became more and more distraught in view of them.
— from The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete by William Dean Howells

The temperature should not be more than 10 degrees above or below 60° F. The correction for each degree in variation of temperature can be made by adding 0.1 or subtracting 0.1 from the lactometer reading, as the case may be.
— from The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom

Its views of commerce need bringing up to date; its views of the aspect of a seaport are not mine.
— from Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by James Edmund Vincent

She called her friends together, and in a tearing passion told them what she had discovered, demanding immediate vengeance on the King's confessor.
— from The Year after the Armada, and Other Historical Studies by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume