[pg 382] of all Britain; about two hundred and eighty-five years after the coming of the English into Britain, and in the 731st year of our Lord, in Whose kingdom that shall have no end let the earth rejoice; and Britain being one with them in the joy of His faith, let the multitude of isles be glad, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

General Sherman will not retain the extended limits they embrace. but will contract the line very much.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

deL tuo ſigniore Quãto magiorm te debe eſſere la terra et li dice como voleuamo conſacrare il luoco et meterlj vna croce riſpoſe que era molto contento et
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

The French explosion, like the English one, got its King,—who had no Notary parchment to show for himself.
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

Let those which are near be the first to arrive, And those which are far off be sent for, Let those which have eggs, leave their eggs, And those which have young, desert their young, Let those which are blind, come led by others, And those which have broken limbs, come on crutches.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Love alone can bring happiness on earth, love the enchanting, the poetical love of youth, that sweeps away the sorrows of the world.
— from The Sea-Gull by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Además de su extraordinaria longevidad, tiene el ombú tal fortaleza que no hay huracán que lo derribe [2] ; y es su vitalidad tan prodigiosa que ni la sequedad ni el fuego tienen poder para destruirlo.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

He has congregations to reprove, privileges to grant, a whole ecclesiastical library to examine,—prayer-books, diocesan catechisms, books of hours, etc.,—charges to write, sermons to authorize, curés and mayors to reconcile, a clerical correspondence, an administrative correspondence; on one side the State, on the other the Holy See; and a thousand matters of business.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

And even love to enemies is a part of the spirit of each religion.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

One has watched the bright eager look that expected so much fade out of the various faces; and by the time the pilgrims get down to scatter along the cliff or to go at once to their luncheon at the hotel it is pretty well all gone.
— from The Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions In West Cornwall, Illustrated by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

eneral liked to eat human flesh.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Two glasses of milk One egg LUNCHEON Two exceedingly ripe bananas, with cream cheese and raisins Whole wheat bread sandwiches, with nut butter; nuts or cream cheese, if preferred DINNER A green salad One or two fresh vegetables—choice A baked potato or corn bread Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked; serve with cream
— from Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 4 of 5 by Eugene Christian

With his lively eye and ready ear listening to everything and noting it, gliding everywhere with his ferret-like air, Massot was not there in the capacity of a gallery man, but had simply scented a stormy debate, and come to see if he could not pick up material for some occasional "copy."
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 1 by Émile Zola

A ghost is bad enough anywhere; but I always prefer to encounter him above ground, and where there is, at least, enough light to enable me to see him.
— from The Underground World: A mirror of life below the surface by Thomas Wallace Knox

Vandome y entretenerle, por estar Francia en los términos en que está," etc.
— from History of the Rise of the Huguenots Vol. 1 by Henry Martyn Baird

Hence it has been said that Erasmus laid the egg of the Reformation and Luther hatched it.
— from Proverb Lore Many sayings, wise or otherwise, on many subjects, gleaned from many sources by F. Edward (Frederick Edward) Hulme

E non sarebbero essi ladri, tollendo ed usando quello, che non potessero usare?
— from A Decade of Italian Women, vol. 1 (of 2) by Thomas Adolphus Trollope

The gentlemen of the press, probably, expected that the awful solemnity of the scene would have rendered any man, not entirely lost to every sense of feeling, completely motionless.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 6, 1841, by Various

'Your eggs and your chickens! curse you, you old Jezebel, did you ever lay the eggs or hatch the chickens?
— from Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton