91 “The rising sun does not dazzle or strain the eye,” replied Helon, “and Elisama will tell you, that as yet we only see the dawn, and that thousands of years will pass before noon arrives.
— from Helon's Pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Volume 1 (of 2) A picture of Judaism, in the century which preceded the advent of our Savior. by Friedrich Strauss

With the gradual dissemination and acceptation of the doctrines of socialism, the equal rights of women, and the widening sphere of culture through universal education, many of the shackling conventions of to-day will disappear.
— from Idling in Italy: Studies of literature and of life by Joseph Collins

Though, at the death of Saul, the enemy regained most of what he had lost, he was not to hold it long.
— from The Ancient East by D. G. (David George) Hogarth

Or, more exactly, if there is borne in upon the moral consciousness of a mighty people that such an afflicted community as that of Cuba at their doors is like Lazarus at the gate of the rich man, and that the duty of stopping the evil rests upon them, what is to be done with such a case of conscience?
— from Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Government agents, to give a brief summary of the Acts, accompany all recruiting vessels and are bound to see that the islanders understand the nature of the agreement into which they are about to enter, as to rate of payment, and duration of service; that every return passenger is duly landed along with his property at his own village or district, and that the islanders receive the prescribed provisions and clothing on the journey, and are otherwise treated in accordance with the regulations.
— from Australasian Democracy by Henry de Rosenbach Walker

and a few pages later he adds: "It is our habit to select the best sayings of the best authorities, and where any doubt exists, to insert the different opinions, so that each reader may choose for himself what he prefers to maintain."
— from Gilbertus Anglicus: Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Henry E. (Henry Ebenezer) Handerson

Samuel Nelson, Presiding Justice; by Samuel Blatchford , Esq., Reporter to the Court, law sheep, 703 pp., 8vo., vol. 1, 5 50 The Same —vol. 2, (in press—ready early in the summer of 1854,) 5 50 EXECUTOR'S, ADMINISTRATOR'S AND GUARDIAN'S GUIDE , Their Powers, Duties, Rights and Obligations, with an Appendix of Practical Forms; also, the Duties of Surrogates, third edition, revised and enlarged, and adapted to the New Constitution; by David Wright , Counsellor at Law, law sheep, 408 pp., 12mo.
— from The White Slaves of England by John C. Cobden

Among the sheaves of suggestive letters to the Editor, for the better management, economy, and distribution of supplies, the epistles relating to the need of a soup department had attracted most attention.
— from The Siege of Kimberley Its Humorous and Social Side; Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902); Eighteen Weeks in Eighteen Chapters by T. Phelan

Nevertheless such discords only serve to emphasise reality; they never materially lessen the fascination of the funny little streets.
— from Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: First Series by Lafcadio Hearn

Philo says that “Sejanus persecuted the Jews under Tiberius, but that after the death of Sejanus, the emperor reinstated them in all their privileges,” one of which was, that of being denizens of Rome, notwithstanding the contempt they were held in by the Romans.
— from The Works of Voltaire, Vol. IV of XLIII. Romances, Vol. III of III, and A Treatise on Toleration. by Voltaire