Polybius’s arrangement is this— Kingship (arising from a natural despotism or monarchy) degenerates into Tyranny.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

I must now abandon the solitude of my retreat; The fairest and noblest Dames of Madrid continually present themselves at the Abbey, and will use no other Confessor.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

He felt that he could not afford to lose a shred of such sublime faith; and no doubt on many occasions this had enabled him to gain his end when otherwise he might have considered the case hopeless, and abandoned all design of succeeding.
— from Under Canvas; or, The Hunt for the Cartaret Ghost by Douglas, Alan, Captain

One day, doubtless, Germany will be able to pay for the armies of occupation; but it will be a Germany whose workers are fed and clothed and warmed, whose railways have adequate rolling stock, whose fields are not destitute of machines, and factories of coal and the raw materials of production.
— from The Fruits of Victory A Sequel to The Great Illusion by Norman Angell

Oh, if it be thou indeed, Claribel, in the flesh and no delusion of my senses, come to me, let me feel the pressure of thy hand."
— from Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II by M. Y. Halidom

All this time I seem to have got very far away from my first subject of gardens, but it has been merely from a natural discursiveness of mind, and not from any lack of legitimate material, for, indeed, the paucity of interest to be found in the private gardens of Melbourne is amply balanced by the beauty and variety of the public ones; among which the Botanical Gardens must be accorded the first place, both in importance and size—covering, as they do, eighty-three acres—exquisitely situated, for the most part on either side of a deep valley, along the hollow of which runs a thick grove of moisture-loving palms.
— from On the Wallaby Through Victoria by Elinor Mordaunt

It appeared that Osman Bey had, [21] by order of the Sultan, remodelled the Council at Damascus, which, up to that moment, had consisted exclusively of Moslems to the number of twelve, and had formed a new Divan of Moslem, Catholic, Greek, and Jewish members.
— from Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore, Volume 2 (of 2) Comprising Their Life and Work as Recorded in Their Diaries, from 1812 to 1883 by Montefiore, Judith Cohen, Lady

As soon as Nicostratus received intelligence of this at Cleone, he instantly sent forward a numerous detachment of mercenaries, to seize a pass at the entrance into the territory of Corinth; and he himself quickly followed, with his troops in two columns, the cavalry proceeding before the head of each, as advanced guards.
— from The History of Rome, Books 27 to 36 by Livy

He had decided on the evidence that I was Smooth Sam Fisher, and no denials on my part were going to shake his belief.
— from The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse