Now I see him joining battle with unequal fates, and the day of doom and deadly force draws nigh.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

In the east part of this churchyard standeth Paules school, lately new built, and endowed in the year 1512 by John Collet, doctor of divinity and dean of Paules, for one hundred and fifty-three poor men’s children, to be taught free in the same school; for which he appointed a master, a surmaster, or usher, and a chaplain, with large stipends for ever, committing the oversight thereof to the masters, wardens, and assistants of the mercers in London, because he was [242] son to Henry Collet, mercer, sometime mayor.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The fewer steps we make to arrive at the object, and the smoother the road is, this diminution of vivacity is less sensibly felt, but still may be observed more or less in proportion to the degrees of distance and difficulty.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

When the crowd at last halted, he flitted feverishly from point to point around its outer rim, hunting a place to get through; and at last, after a deal of difficulty and delay, succeeded.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

N. du o du ae du o tr ēs tr īa mīl le mīl ia G. du ōrum du ārum du ōrum tr ium tr ium mīl le mīl ium D. du ōbus du ābus du ōbus tr ibus tr ibus mīl le mīl ibus A. du ōs or du o du ās du o tr īs or tr ēs tr ia mīl le mīl ia A. du ōbus du ābus du ōbus tr ibus tr ibus mīl le mīl ibus Note.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Accordingly we may state as the fundamental assumption of what I have called Quantitative Hedonism,—implied in the adoption of “greatest surplus of pleasure over pain” as the ultimate end,—that all pleasures and pains, estimated merely as feelings, have for the sentient individual cognisable degrees of desirability, positive or negative; observing further, that the empirical method of Hedonism can only be applied so far as we assume that these degrees of desirability are definitely given in experience.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

And, chiefest far herself of shows, All others help her, and are glad: No splendour ’neath the sky’s proud dome But serves for her familiar wear; The far-fetch’d diamond finds its home Flashing and smouldering in her hair; For her the seas their pearls reveal; Art and strange lands her pomp supply With purple, chrome, and cochineal, Ochre, and lapis lazuli; The worm its golden woof presents; Whatever runs, flies, dives, or delves, All doff for her their ornaments, Which suit her better than themselves; p. 42
— from The Angel in the House by Coventry Patmore

[Letters of Two Brides.] CHAULIEU (Armande-Louise-Marie de), daughter of Duc and Duchesse de Chaulieu.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

From the sea to its source, we may reckon the seats of many families of the first rank, such as the duke of Argyle at Roseneath, the earl of Bute in the isle of that name, the earl of Glencairn at Finlayston, lord Blantyre at Areskine, the dutchess of Douglas at Bothwell, duke Hamilton at Hamilton, the duke of Douglas at Douglas, and the earl of Hyndford at Carmichael.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Vritra, “the coverer, hider, obstructer (of rain)” is the name of the Vedic personification of an imaginary malignant influence or demon of darkness and drought supposed to take possession of the clouds, causing them to obstruct the clearness of the sky and keep back the waters.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Only thus shall we attain to share in that festival of joy and of revealed power which followed the days of doubt and despair.'
— from Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910 by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Against all this dance of doubt and degree stood something that can best be symbolised by a simple example.
— from What I Saw in America by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

A land of streams Whose roaring voices drown the whirr Of aspen leaves, and fill the heart with dreams Of dearth and death.
— from The Trail of the Goldseekers: A Record of Travel in Prose and Verse by Hamlin Garland

Your proposition is that progress depends on development and development depends on new ideas.
— from Tutt and Mr. Tutt by Arthur Cheney Train

When the history of Fauntleroy comes to be dramatised, the lover will, of course, be a banker’s clerk: in the depths of distress and despair into which he will have to be plunged, a prayer-like appeal to “the Governor and Company of the Bank of England,” will, most assuredly, draw tears from the most insensible audience.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 by Various

He threw the bags down on deck and dropped himself into the small boat now lying alongside.
— from The Boy Allies on the North Sea Patrol Or, Striking the First Blow at the German Fleet by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

Depth of drains, and distance apart.
— from Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles by Henry F. (Henry Flagg) French

Llewelyn devastated the four cantreds to the gates of Chester, and at last, after long sieges, forced the war-worn defenders of Deganwy and Diserth to surrender the two strong castles through which alone Edward had retained some hold over his Welsh lands.
— from The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by T. F. (Thomas Frederick) Tout

in spite of all declarations of decline and dismissal, the Philistine still returns, and all too frequently.
— from Thoughts out of Season, Part I David Strauss, the Confessor and the Writer - Richard Wagner in Bayreuth. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche