The final result is summed up in a few well-known lines: All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

So she came to the place where she had been entertained, under great affliction at what had happened; and was very sorrowful upon occasion of what she had suffered, and durst not look her husband in the face for shame, for she concluded that he would never forgive her for what she had done; so she fell down, and gave up the ghost: but her husband supposed that his wife was only fast asleep, and, thinking nothing of a more melancholy nature had happened, endeavored to raise her up, resolving to speak comfortably to her, since she did not voluntarily expose herself to these men's lust, but was forced away to their house; but as soon as he perceived she was dead, he acted as prudently as the greatness of his misfortunes would admit, and laid his dead wife upon the beast, and carried her home; and cutting her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, he sent them to every tribe, and gave it in charge to those that carried them, to inform the tribes of those that were the causes of his wife's death, and of the violence they had offered to her.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

His cruel and sanguinary disposition was exhibited upon great as well as trifling occasions.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

ANT: Pliant, flexible, flaccid, yielding, easy, unaffected, genial, affable, unceremonious.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

The priest strewed earth upon Gusev and bowed down.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

El canónigo, volviendo al interrumpido 20 tema de los piros que se habían de ingertar y de las vitis que se debían poner en orden, dijo: —Ya sé que D. José es un gran agrónomo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride in erring reason’s spite, One truth is clear, whatever is, is right.
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

Every movement of the old man’s tottering figure and vague hands, every uncertain gesture and panic-stricken pause, seemed to put it beyond question that he was helpless, that he was in the last imbecility of the body.
— from The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

But in general, if the country contains a sufficient number of persons qualified to provide education under government auspices, the same persons would be able and willing to give an equally good education on the voluntary principle, under the assurance of remuneration afforded by a law rendering education compulsory, combined with State aid to those unable to defray the expense.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

With sincerity and fervour he gave the required promise: as a pledge of continued favour, he received from his royal master a sum of money to defray pressing debts, and enable him to enter under good auspices his new career.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

From this cloud-capt hold he kept an eagle eye upon Granada, and had his scouts and spies in all directions, so that a crow could not fly over the border without his knowledge.
— from Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada, from the mss. of Fray Antonio Agapida by Washington Irving

At each University get access, if possible, to the official archives and lists of students, and make a complete list of every woman who studied there, with date, Faculty, and other particulars.
— from The Life of Sophia Jex-Blake by Graham Travers

Desired Peace Terms for Europe Outlined by Proponents for the Allies and for Germany The following forecast of the terms of peace which the Allies could enforce upon Germany and Austria is made for The New York Times Current History by a former Minister of France, one of the leading publicists of the French Republic: The Allies will decline to treat with any member of the Hohenzollern or Hapsburg family or any delegates representing them and will insist on dealing with delegations representing the German and Austro-Hungarian people elected by their respective Parliaments or by direct vote of the people, if they so desire.
— from New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various

Abd-el-Kader himself is an extremely urbane gentleman, and we retired quite satisfied with our reception.
— from Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

Come, boys, let's make 'em fast, an' tie 'em up good an' tight till mornin'."
— from The Long Patrol: A Tale of the Mounted Police by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody

Fish culture, except under government auspices, is little known in the United States. American Homes and Gardens has an account of the breeding of pheasants, which is of interest.
— from Three Acres and Liberty by Bolton Hall

The Republic had now to contend at one and the same time against the Etruscans, Umbrians, Gauls, and Samnites; but she carried on the struggle with the utmost energy, attacking the Etruscans, Umbrians, and Gauls in the north, and the Samnites in the south.
— from A Smaller History of Rome by William Smith

Some elderly unmarried gentlemen are remarkable for their love of monotony and exactness, always choosing the same seat, and ever going through the same daily routine.
— from Rank and Talent; A Novel, Vol. 1 (of 3) by William Pitt Scargill