China was desolated by Tartar war and domestic faction; and the five northern provinces were added to the empire of Zingis.
— 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

The bell rang for night prayers and he filed out of the study hall after the others and down the staircase and along the corridors to the chapel.
— from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Apart from abstract propositions of comparison (such as two and two are the same as four), propositions which tell us nothing by themselves about concrete reality, we find no proposition ever regarded by any one as evidently certain that has not either been called a falsehood, or at least had its truth sincerely questioned by some one else.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

I fail'd not in my trust And oft, while round my neck thy hands were lock'd, From thy sweet lips the half articulate sound Of Father came; and oft, as children use, Mewling and puking didst thou drench my tunic." "This description," observes my learned friend (notes, p. 121) "is taken from the passage of Homer, II ix, in translating which, Pope, with that squeamish, artificial taste, which distinguished the age of Anne, omits the natural (and, let me add, affecting) circumstance."
— from The Iliad by Homer

As soon as they were gone, Mr. Lovel, who still appeared extremely sulky, said, “I protest, I never saw such a vulgar, abusive fellow in my life, as that Captain: ‘pon honour, I believe he came here for no purpose in the world but to pick a quarrel; however, for my part, I vow I
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

Notes, names of, 141 f. Number, perfect, 73 f. Nymphodorus, 199.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

“We've done what we could in your interest, Dmitri Fyodorovitch,” Nikolay Parfenovitch went on, “but having received from you such an uncompromising refusal to explain to us the source from which you obtained the money found upon you, we are, at the present moment—” “What is the stone in your ring?”
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

folccwide n. popular saying , NC 287. folccyning † m. king of a nation .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Pattern for net passings.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Post me erat Aegina, ante me Megara, dextra Piraeeus, sinistra Corinthus: quae oppida quodam tempore florentissima fuerunt, nunc prostrata et diruta ante oculos iacent.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

These people follow no particular pattern or colour scheme of their own, but to a large extent copy those of a few well-known Persian classes; yet in other respects their rugs have a noticeable individuality.
— from Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern by W. A. (Walter Augustus) Hawley

211 and experience, and form no part of the inherited complex instincts.
— from The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Its action will be coextensive with the diffusion of Positive principles; for nations professing the same faith, and sharing in the same education, will naturally accept the same intellectual and moral directors.
— from A General View of Positivism Or, Summary exposition of the System of Thought and Life by Auguste Comte

But being made so upright, no disquieting fear nor perplexing care could trouble him.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

And let not our readers judge harshly of the inexperienced mind of poor Clara; her very humility made her proud: for not positively thinking very highly of herself, when she found herself flattered and complimented by Miss Henderson, she was unduly exalted and gratified; and she began to fancy that she was indeed something extraordinary, to receive compliments from so accomplished a young lady.
— from Rank and Talent; A Novel, Vol. 2 (of 3) by William Pitt Scargill

Add to this that he was uncommonly good-looking, with dark hair and eyes such as are not often met with in England, and was an only son, heir to a fine Northern property, part of the family house dating as far back as the XIIth century.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

We have here, in short, the first necessary prelude to the evolution of agriculture.
— from The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions by Grant Allen

"I seek for new perfumes, for vaster flowers, for pleasures never felt before.
— from The Temptation of St. Anthony by Gustave Flaubert

No effect of virtue, to have stronger arms and legs No evil is honourable; but death is honourable No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness No great choice betwixt not knowing to speak anything but ill— No man continues ill long but by his own fault No man is free from speaking foolish things No man more certain than another of to-morrow—Seneca No necessity upon a man to live in necessity No one can be called happy till he is dead and buried No other foundation or support than public abuse No passion so contagious as that of fear No physic that has not something hurtful in it No use to this age, I throw myself back upon that other No way found to tranquillity that is good in common Noble and rich, where examples of virtue are rarely lodged Nobody prognosticated that I should be wicked, but only useless Noise of arms deafened the voice of laws None of the sex, let her be as ugly as the devil thinks lovable Nor get children but before I sleep, nor get them standing Nor have other tie upon one another, but by our word Nosegay of foreign flowers, having furnished nothing of my own > Not a victory that puts not an end to the war Not being able to govern events, I govern myself Not believe from one, I should not believe from a hundred Not certain to live till I came home Not conceiving things otherwise than by this outward bark Not conclude too much upon your mistress's inviolable chastity Not for any profit, but for the honour of honesty itself Not having been able to pronounce one syllable, which is No!
— from Quotes and Images From The Works of Michel De Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne

His foot missed the rung altogether, and found no place to rest.
— from The Adventures of Billy Topsail by Norman Duncan