How could a man travel forward from rustic deer-poaching to such tragedy-writing, and not fall in with sorrows by the way?
— from On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Thomas Carlyle

For as Thucydides says, 394 in times of faction and war "people change the accustomed meaning of words as applied to acts at their will and pleasure, for reckless daring is then considered bravery to one's comrades, and prudent delay specious cowardice, and sober-mindedness the cloak of the coward, and taking everything into account before action a real desire to do nothing.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

wǣd f. robe, dress, apparel, clothing, garment, covering : sail , ES 40·326.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

The first secret I ever had from my husband was the writing of that letter; and, proud and sensitive as he was, and averse to asking the least favour of the great, I was dreadfully afraid that the act I had just done would be displeasing to him; still, I felt resolutely determined to send it.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

This is the statement of Fabius, who goes on to say, that “after the capture of that city an embassy arrived in Carthage from Rome demanding that Hannibal should be given up on pain of a declaration of war.”
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

'Tut, tell not me,' said Kay, 'ye are overfine To mar stout knaves with foolish courtesies:' Then mounted, on through silent faces rode Down the slope city, and out beyond the gate.
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

But I, that was born to be my own destroyer, could no more resist the offer than I could restrain my first rambling designs when my father’s good counsel was lost upon me.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Asmodeus had dug for himself a well, and planted beside it a tree, so making for himself a pleasant spot for repose during his goings to and fro on earth.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

I think that first report dealt entirely with the security in the basement of the thing.
— from Warren Commission (05 of 26): Hearings Vol. V (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

He found their nests on the ground, made of fine grasses, lined with hair, and in one instance he found the eggs spotted with faint red dashes.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

Jack's position was a grave one as the school of whales, pursued by their remorseless foes, rushed down upon him.
— from The Bungalow Boys Along the Yukon by John Henry Goldfrap

I. Figure 1, Egyptian Phallus 1, 2, 3 From "Recueil d'Antiquités Egyptiennes, &c., par le Comte de Caylus."
— from Aphrodisiacs and Anti-aphrodisiacs: Three Essays on the Powers of Reproduction by John Davenport

Unto us and to our children Will be dealt the untold gains If, shaping Nature's promise into deeds, We accept the willing service Of this Titan of the plains And compel its mighty muscles to our needs, Till its flood runs deep and constant To the Mississippi's tide, And the wedded torrents down the South are hurled, Pouring forth their fleets of plenty O'er oceans far and wide To bear our country's riches to the world.
— from Frontier Ballads by Joseph Mills Hanson

Blote directed the machine as it swooped smoothly toward the flat roof Dan indicated.
— from The Star-Sent Knaves by Keith Laumer

656 Branched ( brancha , claw), dividing from the sides; also styled furcate and forked; ramifying, diverging.
— from Toadstools, mushrooms, fungi, edible and poisonous; one thousand American fungi How to select and cook the edible; how to distinguish and avoid the poisonous, with full botanic descriptions. Toadstool poisons and their treatment, instructions to students, recipes for cooking, etc., etc. by Charles McIlvaine