In 1720, he entered the Russian fleet as a lieutenant of the fourth rank, and for a time ran the packet-boat between Kronstadt and Lübeck, whereupon he took part in Bering's first expedition as second in command.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

Spinoza believes nothing to be contingent save only according to the limitations of knowledge; Kant says that conditioned existence as such, is called accidental; the unconditioned, necessary.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

We, Wan Hsü, by Heaven's commands charged with the perennial preservation of perfect peace in the Kingdom of the Four Continents, as well as of the lands contained therein, Head Controller of the School of Void and Asceticism, and Superior in Chief (of the Buddhist hierarchy); and Yeh Sheng, Principal Controller, since the creation, of the Disciples of Perfect Excellence and Superior in Chief (of the Taoist priesthood), and others, having in a reverent spirit purified ourselves by abstinence, now raise our eyes up to Heaven, prostrate ourselves humbly before Buddha, and devoutly pray all the Chia Lans, Chieh Tis, Kung Ts'aos and other divinities to extend their sacred bounties, and from afar to display their spiritual majesty, during the forty-nine days (of the funeral rites), for the deliverance from judgment and the absolution from retribution (of the spirit of lady Ch'in), so that it may enjoy a peaceful and safe passage, whether by sea or by land; and other such prayers to this effect, which are in fact not worth the trouble of putting on record.
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

She appears to have entertained a predominant ambition of giving an heir to the Roman empire; and since it could not be done by any fruit of her marriage with Augustus, she resolved on accomplishing that end in the person of Tiberius, the eldest son by her former husband.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

So it went on cooking and the porridge rose over the edge, and still it cooked on until the kitchen and whole house were full, and then the next house, and then the whole street, just as if it wanted to satisfy the hunger of the whole world, and there was the greatest distress, but no one knew how to stop it.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

The most complete editions are still in copyright in the U.S.A. DE PROFUNDIS . . .
— from De Profundis by Oscar Wilde

how I hate them, and with what joy, jubilation, enthusiasm, and satisfaction I could strangle all those rich folks!
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

I have almost matter enough in me for such an embassage; and so I commit you— CLAUDIO.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It would thus remain practical in effect and speculative in character.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

A very useful volume covering the governments of Empire and states is Combes de Lestrade, Les monarchies de l'Empire allemand (Paris, 1904).
— from The Governments of Europe by Frederic Austin Ogg

Mr. Baldwin held out his hand, in which lay half a dollar, and without much apparent interest opened the envelope and scanned its contents.
— from The Confessions of Artemas Quibble Being the Ingenuous and Unvarnished History of Artemas Quibble, Esquire, One-Time Practitioner in the New York Criminal Courts, Together with an Account of the Divers Wiles, Tricks, Sophistries, Technicalities, and Sundry Artifices of Himself and Others of the Fraternity, Commonly Yclept "Shysters" or "Shyster Lawyers" by Arthur Cheney Train

The king, who had said nothing hitherto, rose, as a sign that the session was ended, and said, "I command the retreat!"
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz

"The point is very simple," said our host coolly, when I had, in the face of many exclamations and some incredulity, completed the tale; "it is just this!
— from The Story of Francis Cludde by Stanley John Weyman

Marionettes, absolutely identical with those in Europe, are seen in China.
— from The Human Race by Louis Figuier

“Found your door open,” explained Anthony, “so I came in and waited.
— from Weatherby's Inning: A Story of College Life and Baseball by Ralph Henry Barbour

1350 Right even and squar in compassing; It was as long as it was large.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

He breathed hard and scowled and shrugged his shoulders while he rolled his eyes and smoked innumerable cigarettes.
— from Bohemian Days in Fleet Street by William Mackay

I was beginning to fear that my uncle had removed to some other place, as I had not heard anything from him for a considerable time, when a ragged-looking boy, apparently about twelve years of age, made his way up to Mr. Egmont, and said— "I can tell you where Mr. Wayland lives.
— from The Path of Duty, and Other Stories by Harriet S. Caswell

Cur etiam altius spectas, ipsumque cœlum scrutatis?
— from Philosophy in Sport Made Science in Earnest Being an Attempt to Illustrate the First Principles of Natural Philosophy by the Aid of Popular Toys and Sports by John Ayrton Paris