And when Pilate, at the suggestion of the principal men amongst us, had condemned him to the cross, 9 those that loved him at the first did not forsake him; for he appeared to them alive again the third day; 10 as the divine prophets had foretold these and ten thousand other wonderful things concerning him.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Dinner passed heavily.
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

The distinction probably has been slurred over, owing to the sterility in both cases being looked on as a special endowment, beyond the province of our reasoning powers.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

`For certaynly, this wot I wel,' he seyde, 960 `That for-sight of divyne purveyaunce Hath seyn alwey me to for-gon Criseyde, Sin god seeth every thing, out of doutaunce, And hem disponeth, thourgh his ordenaunce,
— from Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer

He sat down, put his elbows on a table near the window, looked at Enjolras with indescribable gentleness, and said to him:— “Let me sleep here.” “Go and sleep somewhere else,” cried Enjolras.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Alkibiades, who could with difficulty pay his men even three obols, went to Caria to levy contributions, leaving in command of the fleet one Antiochus, a good seaman, but a thoughtless and silly man.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

"Poor Matilda!" said the girl; and she spoke with quite genuine emotion, for she really did pity her sister who rode in a carriage and wore Brabant lace, while she herself was so happy at home over her sewing.
— from A Hungarian Nabob by Mór Jókai

As the Advocatus Diaboli , perhaps, he may one day shine."
— from Shrewsbury: A Romance by Stanley John Weyman

He waved Sir John Graham toward him; the young knight advanced, and Lord Dundaff, placing his son's hands upon his target, continued, "Swear, that as this defends the body, you will ever strive to cover Scotland from her enemies; and that from this hour you will be the faithful friend and follower of Sir William Wallace."
— from The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

"You shall not leave me like this," dictates he, desperately, shutting the door with sudden passion, and deliberately placing his back against it.
— from Portia; Or, By Passions Rocked by Duchess

Dante played his part valiantly on the battle-field, then returned to wonderful aloofness from the strife of factions.
— from Heroes of Modern Europe by Alice Birkhead

,) he will, we think, see cause to regret that Jamieson did not do what Dr. Prior has attempted, and that he has not left us a greater number of translations equally good.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Near the bubbling brook, dark peaty hollows held little pools, which offered Nature's mirror for her toilet.
— from Peter's Mother by De La Pasture, Henry, Mrs.

But 'dragons' proper have existed, and perhaps memories of these portents long lingered in the brain of protohistoric man.
— from To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

But see, while thus our sorrows we discourse, Phœbus hath finish'd his diurnal course; The shades prevail: each bush seems bigger grown; Darkness—like State—makes small things swell and frown: The hills and woods with pipes and sonnets round, And bleating sheep our swains drive home, resound.
— from Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Henry Vaughan

If all the difficulties perplexing his life would only clear like that!
— from The Judgment House by Gilbert Parker