In two or three households hens had been taken for the arrears, and had been sent to the district police station, and there they had died because no one had fed them; they had taken sheep, and while they were being driven away tied to one another, shifted into another cart at each village, one of them had died.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

But we ourselves, the most equitable of all nations, who, in order to raise the value of our vines and olives, do not permit the races beyond the Alps to cultivate either vineyards or oliveyards, are said in this matter to act with prudence, but not with justice.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

What remains have we in our English villages of our Saxon forefathers, the makers of England?
— from English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield

The treatment of such property forms, indeed, a very significant and material section of the Treaty, which has not received as much attention as it merits, although it was the subject of exceptionally violent objection on the part of the German delegates at Versailles.
— from The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes

His pallid bloated face expressed benevolent malice and, as he had advanced through his tidings of success, his small fat-encircled eyes vanished out of sight and his weak wheezing voice out of hearing.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

[646] The prime cause, then, of slavery is sin, which brings man under the dominion of his fellow,—that which does not happen save by the judgment of God, with whom is no unrighteousness, and who knows how to award fit punishments to every variety of offence.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Let us recall institutions and customs which, out of the fiery devotion of a moment, have created eternal fidelity; out of the pleasure of anger, eternal vengeance; out of despair, eternal mourning; out of a single hasty word, eternal obligation.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

(BT), Cp 534 a . oexen = exen v. oxa . of I. prep.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Let the law, then, be as follows: A judge who is about to give judgment shall take an oath, and he who is choosing magistrates for the state shall either vote on oath or with a voting tablet which he brings from a temple; so too the judge of dances and of all music, and the superintendents and umpires of gymnastic and equestrian contests, and any matters in which, as far as men can judge, there is nothing to be gained by a false oath; but all cases in which a denial confirmed by an oath clearly results in a great advantage to the taker of the oath, shall be decided without the oath of the parties to the suit, and the presiding judges shall not permit either of them to use an oath for the sake of persuading, nor to call down curses on himself and his race, nor to use unseemly supplications or womanish laments.
— from Laws by Plato

As a climax, night came on as black as ink, and I had to grope and feel my way down the endless valley of Ossoue.
— from Adventures on the Roof of the World by Le Blond, Aubrey, Mrs.

4 In 1539 he wrote the De Anima et Vita , one of the first modern works on psychology, and the De Veritate Fidei Christianae .
— from Tudor school-boy life: the dialogues of Juan Luis Vives by Juan Luis Vives

The remainder of the week was passed away in practicing upon the snow-shoes by the males of the party, the women scarcely ever venturing out of doors, as the cold was very severe.
— from The Settlers in Canada by Frederick Marryat

Here are eight versions of one folk-tale taken as representatives from a much larger number current in the countries in touch with the North Sea: from Iceland, the Faroes, Norway, Jutland, Zealand, Schleswig, Hanover, and the Scheldt.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

She did not think it possible she could ever come to such a sublime and elevated view of ordinary things; she felt herself a woeful way behind Mr Endicott, and with a little eagerness looked forward to his visit.
— from The Athelings; or, the Three Gifts. Complete by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

Berlin, during the Seven Years' War, was twice taken by the Russians; but Frederick the Great emerged victorious out of that terrible strife.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 63, No. 391, May, 1848 by Various

These brave women, with their kindness and tact, soon won the good-will and friendship of the old plainsmen, and every vestige of opposition to having women in the train disappeared and every possible civility and courtesy was extended to them.
— from How Marcus Whitman Saved Oregon A True Romance of Patriotic Heroism Christian Devotion and Final Martyrdom by Oliver W. (Oliver Woodson) Nixon

You take an extreme view of our case.
— from Tancred; Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Thûtmosis brought with him on ascending the throne the spirit of the younger generation, who, born shortly after the deliverance from the Hyksôs, had grown up in the peaceful days of Amenôthes, and, elated by the easy victories obtained over the nations of the south, were inspired by ambitions unknown to the Egyptians of earlier times.
— from History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12) by G. (Gaston) Maspero