Hence if the Roman kings claimed to be representatives or embodiments of Jupiter, the god of the sky, of the thunder, and of the oak, it is natural to suppose that the kings of Alba, from whom the founder of Rome traced his descent, may have set up the same claim before them.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

It may appear strange that Alice Vane should have been there at such a time, but there was something so childlike, so wayward, in her singular character, so apart from ordinary rules, that her presence did not surprise the few who noticed it.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

And it was out of this feeling of repulsion that he grew the wings which allowed him to soar into remote futures.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

For other reasons, too, he was not popular.
— from Life in the Iron-Mills; Or, The Korl Woman by Rebecca Harding Davis

By this it appears, that an Oath taken according to any other Forme, or Rite, then his, that sweareth, is in vain; and no Oath:
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

At present, if a foreigner, perhaps of no contemptible rank, is introduced to one of the proud and wealthy senators, he is welcomed indeed in the first audience, with such warm professions, and such kind inquiries, that he retires, enchanted with the affability of his illustrious friend, and full of regret that he had so long delayed his journey to Rome, the active seat of manners, as well as of empire.
— 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

Upon the mat she lies and leers and on the tawny throat of her Flutters the soft and silky fur or ripples to her pointed ears.
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

I believe you will be eminently successful, and, at worst, can only make a march less fruitful of results than hoped for.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Anne, with her soul full of romantic thrills, had no attention to spare just then for a crop-eared pussy cat.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

This sail-maker kept a junk bottle in his berth, which was always just half full of rum, though he got drunk upon it nearly every day.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

The heavy curtains in the window of his father's retreat were drawn apart, and the dark face of Ranjab, the Hindu, was plainly distinguishable.
— from Black is White by George Barr McCutcheon

The desert we pass over is full of rifled tombs, hewn horizontally in rocks that stand above the general level.
— from My Winter on the Nile Eighteenth Edition by Charles Dudley Warner

Prudence whispered silence into many an ear; but Douglas for one refused to heed her admonitions.
— from Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson

The only thought I read that evening came, I believe, from my host, and took the form of regret that he had not selected a better shot than myself for the sake of the game returns which he intended to forward to The Field , and considering the number of birds which my nerves had succeeded in missing for me during the morning, I could not feel surprised.
— from The Chariot of the Flesh by Hedley Peek

When the hour was considered favourable, he was ready to cross the border and take the field, or rather the hills; and his presence, it was calculated, would be worth a corps d'armée in the fillip it would give to the enthusiasm of his adherents.
— from Romantic Spain: A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by John Augustus O'Shea

His buckskin tunic had been ornamented over the front with dyed porcupine quills and Indian bead-work, while his leggings were scarlet with a fringe of raccoon tails hanging down from them.
— from The Refugees A Tale of Two Continents by Arthur Conan Doyle

It was with a feeling of relief that he at length saw the ranch through the trees, and he greeted 148 Iredale, who was standing in his doorway when he dismounted, with genuine pleasure.
— from The Hound From The North by Ridgwell Cullum

Besides this woman, we had crowds of other applicants, chiefly afflicted with sore eyes, and after administering to them for several hours, found ourselves once more in possession of a plentiful meal, for the inhabitants began to be more accommodating, and one of them even gave us a horse for our remedies to his daughter, a little girl, who was afflicted with the rheumatism.
— from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. II To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by William Clark

‘The figure of Ramoncita, the heroine, a Mexican girl of 15, is charming—a sketch romantic and delicately drawn.’—
— from A Catalogue of Books and Announcements of Methuen and Company, October 1902 by Methuen & Co.