When the Consuls are about to enrol the army they give public notice of the day on which all Roman citizens of military age must appear.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

But each may do his part without knowledge of what others do or without any reference to what they do; each may operate simply for the sake of a separate result—his own pay.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

All that seemed wanting to the glory of the house was a great distinction of which a rich peer, with six seats in the House of Commons, could not ultimately despair.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

At last he could go no farther, for the stone tired him sadly: and he dragged himself to the side of a river, that he might take a drink of water, and rest a while.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

The Dean of Windsor, as Registrar of the Order, displays below his shield the ribbon and badge of his office.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

The Alemanni, unable to prevent the devastation of their villages, fixed their camp on a lofty, and almost inaccessible, mountain, in the modern duchy of Wirtemberg, and resolutely expected the approach of the Romans.
— 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

The most universal and received fancy, and that continues down to our times in various places, is that of which they make Pythagoras the author; not that he was the original inventor, but because it received a great deal of weight and repute by the authority of his approbation: “That souls, at their departure out of us, did nothing but shift from one body to another, from a lion to a horse, from a horse to a king, continually travelling at this rate from habitation to habitation;” and he himself said that he remembered he had been tha-lides, since that Euphorbus, afterwards Hermotimus, and, finally, from Pyrrhus was passed into Pythagoras; having a memory of himself of two hundred and six years.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

[43] For though some of these men, taking thought of this, repent of their wickedness and reform, some, as the apostle says, "despising the riches of His goodness and long-suffering, after their hardness and impenitent heart, treasure up unto themselves wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to every man according to his deeds:" [44] nevertheless does the patience of God still invite the wicked to repentance, even as the scourge of God educates the good to patience.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

The doors opened with a resounding noise and, like jaws, swallowed up the people who were moving to and fro at the entrance.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

It is in Egypt that Holland will be conquered; it is there she will be despoiled of what alone renders her prosperous, the treasures of the East.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Willing belief held that he had been actually possessed, and delivered only when a right instinct of severity had spoiled him for habitation.
— from The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman

Cold sweat is coming out on his forehead, when suddenly—the queen vanishes, the door opens with a rattle, and before him stands neither more nor less than Don José, Serrano's sworn enemy.
— from Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

What she herself said was something that caused Mr. Abbot a good deal of wonderment and reflection.
— from A War-Time Wooing: A Story by Charles King

Occasionally you observe a rural retreat, inclosed by a picket of bamboos, or with a solitary pane of glass massively framed in the broadside of the dwelling, or with a rude, strange-looking door, swinging upon dislocated wooden hinges.
— from Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas by Herman Melville

Take your time," he added, as she stepped cautiously after him out into the drive of wind and rain.
— from Laramie Holds the Range by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman

Dust the pastry board well with flour and rub the rolling-pin well with flour; then flour the hands well, take out some of the dough, put it on the pastry board, quickly roll it out to the thickness of a quarter of an inch; cut the dough out with a round cutter, with or without scallops, and put them in well-floured baking-pans and bake in a slow oven till a golden brown.
— from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

STRAND, touron , one of the twists, or divisions, of which a rope is composed. See the articles Rope and Cable .
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer

It was a long gallery hung with drapery of white and red, with another great box for ladies (who are obliged to dress in black at these ceremonies, and to wear black veils), a royal box for the King of Naples and his party; and the table itself, which, set out like a ball supper, and ornamented with golden figures of the real apostles, was arranged on an elevated platform on one side of the gallery.
— from Pictures from Italy by Charles Dickens

The eye sees an object distinctly only when at rest with respect to the object.
— from Psychology: A Study Of Mental Life by Robert Sessions Woodworth