Great numbers of the Goths, disgusted with the perils and hardships of a tedious voyage, broke into Mæsia, with a design of forcing their way over the Danube to their settlements in the Ukraine.
— 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

She died without telling any one, and no one here knew of her having a beau.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The tribes, when convened, decided that the district was the public property of the Roman people.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Possibly, too, "He shall call the heaven," may mean, He shall call the angels in the high and lofty places, that He may descend with them to do judgment; and "He shall call the earth also" would then mean, He shall call the men on the earth to judgment.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Dancing was then resumed, and was carried on till a late hour at night.’
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

[She takes a couple of books and some paper from the writing-table, and sits down with them at the middle table, at the end next the fireplace].
— from Mrs. Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw

Compare the sentences Cæsar is the man who is leading us , Caesar est is quî nôs dûcit (mere statement of fact, no description, with the indicative)
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The copyright laws of the place where you are located also govern what you can do with this work.
— from The Bet, and other stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

As Obadiah had a wife and three children—the turpitude of fornication, and the many other political ill consequences of this jingling, never once entered his brain,—he had however his objection, which came home to himself, and weighed with him, as it has oft-times done with the greatest patriots.—'The poor fellow, Sir, was not able to hear himself whistle.' H2 anchor Chapter 1.LII.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

inuínu v [AP; a12] ingeniously devise ways to make s.t.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

At Jack's request Tony had been given the position of a Junior Foreman in one of the planing mill departments, with the promise of advancement.
— from To Him That Hath: A Tale of the West of Today by Ralph Connor

You would scarcely imagine that this copper is deemed worthy to be hoarded; yet such is the people's aversion from the paper, and such their mistrust of the government, that not an housewife will part with one of these pieces while she has an assignat in her possession; and those who are rich enough to keep a few livres by them, amass and bury this copper treasure with the utmost solicitude and secresy.
— from A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners by Charlotte Biggs

There is an apparent confirmation of this story in the fact that under this section the small farmers, under £10, may be awarded against the landlord seven years’ rent as compensation for disturbance, while the number of years to be accounted for in the award diminishes as the rental increases, a discrimination not unlikely to strengthen the preference of the landlords for the large farm system.
— from Ireland Under Coercion: The Diary of an American (1 of 2) (2nd ed.) (1888) by William Henry Hurlbert

Summary The chief events of the period were the persecution of the Puritans, the Plague and Great Fire of London, the Secret Treaty of Dover, the Test Act, the Disabling Act, the so-called "Popish Plot," the Rye-House Plot, the Dutch Wars, the Abolition of Feudal Dues, the Habeas Corpus Act, the rise of permanent Political Parties, and Newton's Discovery of the Law of Gravitation.
— from The Leading Facts of English History by D. H. (David Henry) Montgomery

Billy Smith was struck dumb with terror.
— from Imperium in Imperio: A Study of the Negro Race Problem. A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs

We have had a very wearing day, beginning so early as we did with the packing and getting off.”
— from The Peril Finders by George Manville Fenn

His remains were interred in the church-yard of Halesowen, to whose memory, some years afterwards, a small stone pillar, with an urn on the top of it, was fixed near the vestry door, within the church, but has since been removed within the chancel, to make room for a magnificent marble monument, to the memory of Major Halliday, executed by Banks, for which he received about one thousand pounds; there being on each side of it a figure, large as life; one representing Patience and the other Fortitude.
— from A Description of Modern Birmingham Whereunto Are Annexed Observations Made during an Excursion Round the Town, in the Summer of 1818, Including Warwick and Leamington by Charles Pye

A neighboring gardener, who had rung several times at Monsieur Bernard’s door without making any one hear (for the bell was wrapped in paper), had a rather rough dispute with the young lad who now came up with the water, demanding to be paid for the flowers he had supplied.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

No doubt this is the impression of her which Alexander carried through life, for those last two months passed to the sound of falling ruins, on which he was too sensible to dwell when they had gone into the control of his will.
— from The Conqueror: Being the True and Romantic Story of Alexander Hamilton by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

There was an interval of several days—during which the lady of the lazo was not seen again.
— from The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas by Mayne Reid