670.] H2 anchor CHAPTER XXXVII——THAT WE LAUGH AND CRY FOR THE SAME THING When we read in history that Antigonus was very much displeased with his son for presenting him the head of King Pyrrhus his enemy, but newly slain fighting against him, and that seeing it, he wept; and that Rene, Duke of Lorraine, also lamented the death of Charles, Duke of Burgundy, whom he had himself defeated, and appeared in mourning at his funeral; and that in the battle of D’Auray (which Count Montfort obtained over Charles de Blois, his competitor for the duchy of Brittany), the conqueror meeting the dead body of his enemy, was very much afflicted at his death, we must not presently cry out: “E cosi avven, the l’animo ciascuna Sua passion sotto ‘l contrario manto, Ricopre, con la vista or’chiara, or’bruna.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Before I set foot out of doors, one night, as I lay in my bed, I had a dream about this; for methought I saw two men, as like these as ever any in the world could look, stand at my bed's feet, plotting how they might prevent my salvation.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

We have recounted how the Æsir tolerated the presence of evil, personated by Loki, in their midst; how they weakly followed his advice, allowed him to involve them in all manner of difficulties from which they could be extricated only at the price of part of their virtue or peace, and finally permitted him to gain such ascendency over them that he did not scruple to rob them of their dearest possession, purity, or innocence, as personified by Balder the good.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

Jeff Margrave was born to be a poet, a botanist—or both—but his folks persuaded him to be a doctor instead.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Domina fīliam pulchram habet (The) lady (a) daughter beautiful has a.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

But she recovered herself in an instant, and with all the energy of her younger lubricity, quickly brought us both to the grand final ecstasy in which soul and body seem to die away in a joy too great for poor humanity to bear.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

We must come to learn in the first place, however, that unconditional homage to people is something rather ridiculous, that a change of view on this point would not discredit even Germans, and that there is a profound and memorable saying: “Ce qui importe, ce ne sont point les personnes: mais les choses.”
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

DUKE Whoe'er he be that, in this foul proceeding, Hath thus beguiled your daughter of herself,
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare

These interruptions were of the more ridiculous to me, because she was giving me broth out of a table-spoon at the time (having firmly persuaded herself that I was actually starving, and must receive nourishment at first in very small quantities), and, while my mouth was yet open to receive the spoon, she would put it back into the basin, cry ‘Janet! Donkeys!’
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

I have no doubt there have been empires going, from time to time, in Egypt, since before Atlantis fell; people have the empire-building instinct, and it is an eminently convenient place for empire-building.
— from The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Kenneth Morris

When cavalry is so armed and organized as to make it possible for Prince Hohenlohe to state that a cavalry division of six regiments “could put only 1,400 carbines into the firing line,” and that “in a difficult country it could have no chance against even a battalion of infantry decently well posted,” we must acknowledge that a respectable raid is out of the question.
— from The Campaign of Königgrätz A Study of the Austro-Prussian Conflict in the Light of the American Civil War by Arthur L. (Arthur Lockwood) Wagner

MAGIC SEED When the time came to hand in our collections for the library fund Peter had the largest—three dollars.
— from The Story Girl by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

That night Joe’s career reached a triumphant climax, for the four policemen had to appeal to the bystanders for help in the name of the law.
— from The Idler Magazine, Volume III, April 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Various

Looking down river afforded the finest prospect; here the steep, brown walls fell back a little, and in the middle of the torrent rose a tall rock island, like a tower, crowned with noble spruce trees.
— from Jack Chanty: A Story of Athabasca by Hulbert Footner

In this way his lordship conveyed away the most obnoxious loyalists securely to New York; but Lord Cornwallis, in soliciting this favor, pledged himself that no officer should go in this way without Washington's consent.
— from History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Charles Campbell

Young Perkins was now, August, 1858, transferred to the frigate Sabine for passage home to his examination for the grade of passed midshipman.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 4, April, 1884 by Various

He’s writing a London Letter for some provincial daily, and the first payment had thrown him off his balance.’
— from New Grub Street by George Gissing