From a religious view point Puritanism included all shades of belief.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

He having set out with his army, vanquished the enemy in the field; and returned victorious to Rome to a much more serious contest.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

The look of something more than suspicion, which Phutatorius cast full upon Yorick as these thoughts arose, too evidently spoke his opinion—and as Phutatorius was naturally supposed to know more of the matter than any person besides, his opinion at once became the general one;—and for a reason very different from any which have been yet given—in a little time it was put out of all manner of dispute.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

At the distracting picture of his fortune Turnus froze in horror and stood in dumb gaze; together in his heart sweep the vast mingling tides of shame and maddened grief, and love stung to frenzy and resolved valour.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

The Goods wafted themselves to heaven and asked for a righteous vengeance on their persecutors.
— from Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend by Aesop

I could not conceal from myself that I had done this, though for a reason very different from her supposition.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

The logan stones in various parts of Wales, which vibrate mysteriously under the touch of a child’s finger, and rock violently at a push from a man’s stronger hand, are also considered by the [ Pg 379] superstitious a favourite resort of the fairies and the diawl.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

At the command of his abbot, he observed the rule of St. Basil, and executed the most servile offices of the convent: but his latent vanity was gratified by the frequent and respectful visits of the reigning monarch, who revered in his person the character of a benefactor and a saint.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

When the sunrays at last struck full and mellowingly upon the earth, the youth saw that the landscape was streaked with two long, thin, black columns which disappeared on the brow of a hill in front and rearward vanished in a wood.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane

1690: “Money is really a standing measure of the falling and rising value of other things.
— from Betsy Gaskins (Dimicrat), Wife of Jobe Gaskins (Republican) Or, Uncle Tom's Cabin Up to Date by W. I. (William I.) Hood

All the freshness of youth was in that beautiful face and round voluptuous form, but she looked years and years and years older than the Rosita of Monterey.
— from Patience Sparhawk and Her Times: A Novel by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

and some one called for a rising vote.
— from The Scripture Club of Valley Rest; or, Sketches of Everybody's Neighbours by John Habberton

With saucy gesture Primroses flare, And roguish violets Hidden with care.
— from The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese

Danneil’s translation differs in that the translator adhered literally to the questionable Schuch version whereas Gollmer aspired to a free and readable version for an educated public.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

—This day was, for a rarity, very warm.
— from The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821 by Mary Browne

Pots, pans, and other simple culinary articles were there, with a tolerable stock of provisions, not omitting a good-sized keg of mountain dew, which their secluded position, the dampness of the place, and their absence from free air, rendered very necessary and gratifying.
— from Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

Farther westward, not more than a long day's journey for a rowing vessel from Byzantium, was situated the Megarian
— from The Two Great Retreats of History by George Grote

Officials, contractors, and servants of the government had made fortunes, and raised villas in the neighbourhood of the city.
— from Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman