He was fond of his Sicilian title; the signification, perhaps, pleased him; Duke of Thunder was what in Dahomy would be called a STRONG NAME; it was to a sailor's taste; and certainly, to no man could it ever be more applicable.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

Graduwádu ray madáwat áning trabahúa, Only those with a college degree will be considered for this job.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

They came, aliens; they and their descendants would become citizens first, natives afterward.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

These prohibitions relate to defilement contracted in divers ways by c
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Now these brothers, Cain and Abel, were not both animated by the same earthly desires, nor did the murderer envy the other because he feared that, by both ruling, his own dominion would be curtailed,—for Abel was not solicitous to rule in that city which his brother built,—he was moved by that diabolical, envious hatred with which the evil regard the good, for no other reason than because they are good while themselves are evil.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

To his sculptor he owes a perfectly trained figure, which he carries erect and trim; and the ends of his moustache curl up, elastic as watchsprings, giving him an air which, but for its Spanish dignity, would be called jaunty.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

But the writing?” “What else can be indicated by that right cuff so very shiny for five inches, and the left one with the smooth patch near the elbow where you rest it upon the desk?” “Well, but China?”
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The question was once put to him, what he had gained by philosophy; and the answer he made was this, “That I do without being commanded, what others do from fear of the laws.”
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

So home, and at noon Dr. T. Pepys came to me, and he and I to the Exchequer, and so back to dinner, where by chance comes Mr. Pierce, the chyrurgeon, and then Mr. Battersby, the minister, and then Mr. Dun, and it happened that I had a haunch of venison boiled, and so they were very wellcome and merry; but my simple Dr. do talk so like a fool that I am weary of him.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

What door would be closed to him?
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

Dust was being continually strewed over them.
— from Magnhild; Dust by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson

All engaged did well, but certainly the chief factor in the success was the splendid attack carried out by XXIXth Division, whose conduct in this as on previous occasions was beyond praise."
— from Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1 by Ian Hamilton

Similarly, firearms identification experts are able to compare the markings left upon the base of cartridge cases and thereby determine whether both cartridges were fired by the same weapon to the exclusion of all other weapons.
— from Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy by United States. Warren Commission

“And how could the Consubstantialists persuade themselves that an Arian, who perhaps had suffered for professing Christianity in times of distress, who believed Christ to be his Maker, his Saviour, his King, and his Judge, would choose to detract from his dignity, and to offend him in whom he placed all his hopes of salvation?
— from Unitarianism Defended A Series of Lectures by Three Protestant Dissenting Ministers of Liverpool by John Hamilton Thom

Finally there was disaster when Black Canyon was reached, when the boat ran upon a sunken rock.
— from Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock

Thus we regained control of our section of the Mississippi, and by an action that for daring will bear comparison with any recorded of Nelson or Dundonald.
— from Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Richard Taylor

It is now time to turn to two qualities of Browning that are full of the deepest interest, and which are dealt with by Chesterton with the greatest skill and judgment.
— from Gilbert Keith Chesterton by Patrick Braybrooke

It is of some importance, because, if authenticated, the discussion would be converted from questions respecting undefined claims, into one concerning the construction of a positive treaty or convention.
— from The Oregon Question by Albert Gallatin

It is not in the interest of the Germans to save them, and no check is being put on Jemal the Great to hinder him from assisting starvation and typhus to ravage the country, and supplementing their deadly work by court-martial without trial.
— from Crescent and Iron Cross by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson