Note 22 ( return ) [ Dr. Wall, in his critical notes on 2 Kings 15:20, observes, "that when this Menahem is said to have exacted the money of Israel of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give Pul, the king of Assyria, a thousand talents, this is the first public money raised by any [Israelite] king by tax on the people; that they used before to raise it out of the treasures of the house of the Lord, or of their own house; that it was a poll-money on the rich men, [and them only,] to raise oe353,000, or, as others count a talent, oe400,000, at the rate of oe6 or oe7 per head; and that God commanded, by Ezekiel, ch. 45:8; 46:18, that no such thing should be done [at the Jews' restoration], but the king should have land of his own.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Cuts also there were, pricks in the posterior fleshy parts; much rending of skirts, and other discrepant waste.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The crew of a boatswain and four picked men received food, mostly dried fish, but no wages.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

Why, truly, for a pair of diamond ear-rings, a necklace, and a diamond ring for my finger; which would not become me: For a few paltry fine clothes, which, when I wore them, would make but my former poverty more ridiculous to every body that saw me; especially when they knew the base terms I wore them upon.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

In fact, primitive man regards his name as a vital portion of himself and takes care of it accordingly.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

With the remarkable Actions and Adventures of the two Female Pyrates Mary Read and Anne Bonny ; Contain'd in the following Chapters, Introduction.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

" That quiet foreign person, Mrs. Rubelle, crossed her thin brown hands in front of her, and looked at me with a very significant smile.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Pressing M (for previous menu) returned me to the APV-1 menu (the videotext page number is given in the upper right corner of each menu display).
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

"In the first place, master," returned the other smiling, "we are not crossing deserts, for we are in France; and next, I would not abandon a horse worth a thousand louis, or rather priceless, as he is of the breed of Al Borach."
— from Balsamo, the Magician; or, The Memoirs of a Physician by Alexandre Dumas

An earthquake heaved beneath their feet, Pale meteors revelled in the sky, The clouds sailed by like a routed fleet, The night-winds shrieked as they passed by, The dark-red moon was eclipsed on high.
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

"Well, invested in Consols, that would not bring you four pounds more," replied Manasseh instantly.
— from The King of Schnorrers: Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill

R64561, 19Jul50, Longyear Foundation (PWH) MITCHELL, Ruth Comfort.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1950 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Through the interlacing elm boughs the rosy light of the afterglow fell on the magnolias and laburnums, on the rose squares, and on the tall latticed arbours, where amid a glossy bower of foliage, a few pale microphylla roses bloomed out of season.
— from The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

With soldierly courage the Major took this as permission; with feminine precision Mrs. Riddel walked about fifty yards and then stopped.
— from A Mixed Proposal The Lady of the Barge and Others, Part 9. by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

The immense wealth of the fertile plains must remain unappropriated just as long as there is insufficient labour to sow and reap, to tend, to feed, and shear.
— from The Amazing Argentine: A New Land of Enterprise by John Foster Fraser

"Whatever accommodation my poor inn can afford is at your service"—and he at once shouted orders to my driver to bring in my kit, while the women, all of them flat-faced peasants, made room for me at the stove.
— from Spies of the Kaiser: Plotting the Downfall of England by William Le Queux

In the first place Mrs. Richards was not a German woman and yet the baron had called her mother.
— from A Successful Shadow; Or, A Detective's Successful Quest by Old Sleuth