But when night comes on and the external and kindred fire departs, then the stream of vision is cut off; for going forth to an unlike element it is changed and extinguished, being no longer of one nature with the surrounding atmosphere which is now deprived of fire: and so the eye no longer sees, and we feel disposed to sleep.
— from Timaeus by Plato

In the society in which Prince Andrew lived he had never seen anyone who together with awkward and clumsy gestures possessed such calmness and self-assurance; he had never seen so resolute yet gentle an expression as that in those half-closed, rather humid eyes, or so firm a smile that expressed nothing; nor had he heard such a refined, smooth, soft voice; above all he had never seen such delicate whiteness of face or hands—hands which were broad, but very plump, soft, and white.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But at that time not a cloud was to be found to interpose for a screen to earth, nor was a shower remaining unexhausted.
— from Bulfinch's Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

As the afternoon was remarkably clear, and not too warm (for the autumn was by this time far advanced), he invited the girls to walk with him, instead of resuming their work, to which Mrs. Ross gave her consent without a murmur, only begging they would not walk too far, as she thought Ellen not strong enough to bear much fatigue.
— from Mystery and Confidence: A Tale. Vol. 1 by Elizabeth Sibthorpe Pinchard

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in His great mercy has begotten us anew to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, 001:004 to an inheritance imperishable, undefiled and unfading, which has been reserved in Heaven for you, 001:005 whom God in His power is guarding through faith for a salvation that even now stands ready for unveiling at the End of the Age.
— from Weymouth New Testament in Modern Speech, 1 Peter by Richard Francis Weymouth

But in addition to that subject, the treaty at that time formed also stipulated, that each nation should maintain on the coast of Africa a naval force, of vessels sufficient to carry, in all, not less than eighty guns; to be independent of each other, but to act in concert for the suppression of the slave trade.
— from Great Events in the History of North and South America by Charles A. (Charles Augustus) Goodrich

Now the capital again breathed defiance to the foe, and sent the Emperor National Guards.
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

It was approaching the height of the summer season when the Dolphin entered the Arctic Regions, and, although the sun descended below the horizon for a short time each night, there was scarcely any diminution of the light at all, and, as far as one's sensations were concerned, there was but one long continuous day, which grew brighter and brighter at midnight as they advanced.
— from The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

But they would not permit him to talk or tell them much of his story until they had him on shipboard, and Bobby had eaten and bathed and changed his ill-smelling skin clothing for a suit that Edward Norman pressed upon him.
— from Bobby of the Labrador by Dillon Wallace