He had had a considerable experience in war, and had learnt that as a rule cities fall into the hands of their enemies most easily from some neglect on the part of their inhabitants, when, trusting to the natural or artificial strength of their defences, they neglect to keep proper guard and become thoroughly careless.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Il ose attaquer les rois, que défendant les chars de guerre, que remparent les élephants: d'autres blessés et mis en fuite, sont dissipés ça et là devant lui.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Thus does this provident commentator furnish out the disciples with halberts, spears, and guns, for the enterprise of preaching Christ crucified; he supplies them at the same time with pockets, bags, and portmanteaus, that they might carry their cupboards as well as their bellies always about them: he takes no notice how our Saviour afterwards rebukes Peter for drawing that sword which he had just before so strictly charged him to buy; nor that it is ever recorded that the primitive Christians did by no ways withstand their heathen persecutors otherwise than with tears and prayers, which they would have exchanged more effectually for swords and bucklers, if they had thought this text would have borne them out.
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

Denn ein Tyrann mit Lügenwort Und Strick und Henkerschwert, Uebt in dem Vaterlande Mord, Und schändet Thron und Heerd, Und will, so weit die Sonne scheint Der einz'ge König sein; Ein Menschenfeind, ein Freiheitsfeind, Spricht er: die Welt ist mein!
— from Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

Luther employed many extant folk songs and caused new tunes like them to be written.
— from How Music Developed A Critical and Explanatory Account of the Growth of Modern Music by W. J. (William James) Henderson

EDWARD BENEŠ, Minister for Foreign Affairs." CZECHO-SLOVAK DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE "At this grave moment when the Hohenzollerns are offering peace in order to stop the victorious advance of the Allied armies and to prevent the dismemberment of Austria-Hungary and Turkey, and when the Habsburgs are promising the federalisation of the empire and autonomy to the dissatisfied nationalities committed to their rule, we, the Czecho-Slovak National Council, recognised by the Allied and American Governments as the Provisional Government of the Czecho-Slovak State and nation, in complete accord with the declaration of the Czech deputies in Prague on January 6, 1918, and realising that federalisation and, still more, autonomy mean nothing under a Habsburg dynasty, do hereby make and declare this our Declaration of Independence: "Because of our belief that no people should be forced to live under a sovereignty they do not recognise and because of our knowledge and firm conviction that our nation cannot freely develop in a Habsburg confederation which is only a new form of the denationalising oppression which we have suffered for the past three centuries, we consider freedom to be the first pre-requisite for federalisation and believe that the free nations of Central and Eastern Europe may easily federate should they find it necessary.
— from Independent Bohemia An Account of the Czecho-Slovak Struggle for Liberty by Vladimir Nosek

When you have taken up your abode in the old Izard mansion, you will be quite an eligible match even for Squire Unwin’s son.”
— from Doctor Izard by Anna Katharine Green

The reason of this was that, as his favorite Manitou was the eagle, his spirit would be enabled more easily from such a situation to fly with him to Paradise."
— from An Introduction to the mortuary customs of the North American Indians by H. C. (Harry Crécy) Yarrow

[66] Hominis ergo compositio ex materia et forma substantiali ostendit, esse in rebus naturalibus quoddam subjectum naturale natura sua aptum ut informetur actu aliquo substantiali; ergo tale subjectum imperfectum et incompletum est in genere substantiæ; petit ergo esse semper sub aliquo actu substantiali.—Suarez, Disp.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

"We have been expecting Miss Emily for several days," said he.
— from Down the River; Or, Buck Bradford and His Tyrants by Oliver Optic

But if you knew, gentleman, what a life I have led for the last three days, you would easily make excuse for some forgetfulness of others--a life so different from that to which we are accustomed.
— from The Gipsy: A Tale (Vols I & II) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Differs from E. ruficaudus ruficaudus , E. r. simulans , E. cinereicollis , and E. quadrimaculatus , in being shorter, proportions as in E. q. quadrivittatus ; from E. speciosus , E. panamintinus , E. umbrinus , E. palmeri , and E. bulleri , in base not markedly widened, angle formed by tip and shaft larger; from E. alpinus , E. minimus , E. townsendii , E. sonomae , E. amoenus , E. dorsalis , and E. merriami , except for smaller size, as in E. q. quadrivittatus .
— from The Baculum in the Chipmunks of Western North America by John A. White

Another incident embittered my existence for some time.
— from Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Eugénie Hamerton