They had a common store of material from which they derived their stories and characters, hence their frequent repetition of names; and they often produced two or more plays on the same subject.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

"Then did my eyes perceive the first rays of new light.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

In addition to these two implements, a cushion, weighted with lead will be required, to pin the foundation loop to, on which the first row of netting is worked.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

Personality, like every other force, reaches its maximum when it encounters resistance, in conflict and in rivalry—when it fights—hence its great value in friendly rivalry of nations in industry and culture, and especially in periods of natural calamities or of enemies from without.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Naturalness in public address is something more than faithful reproduction of nature—it is the reproduction of those typical parts of nature's work which are truly representative of the whole.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

There are usually two players who pick the buah gorek out of the holes in turn, and deposit them in the next hole according to certain fixed rules of numerical combination, a solitary buah gorek , wherever it is found, being put back and compelled to recommence its journey down the board.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Do not frustrate those hopes: but pay back to your country the gratitude you owe her; and make it clear to all the world that the former reverses occurred, not because the Romans are worse men than the Carthaginians, but from the lack of experience on the part of those who were then fighting, and through a combination of adverse circumstances.”
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Now this was the total of the force sent under Marshal Grouchy, on the 17th June, to follow the Prussian army, which had been defeated at Ligny by Napoleon on the previous day, and which was supposed to be in full retreat on Namur and Liége, so that, in round numbers, Napoleon was himself considered equal to a whole army corps!
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

The boy addressed, who sat by the long ropes, proceeded to pull up the great windows, and let in a clear, fresh rush of night air, which made the candles flicker and gutter, and the fires roar.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

That thou takest not seeming graces for real ones, nor seeming fruits for real fruits.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

The following are the concluding paragraphs of this petition to the King, dated 20th January, 1768: "With great sincerity permit us to assure your Majesty, that your subjects of this province ever have and will continue to acknowledge your Majesty's High Court of Parliament as the supreme legislative power of the whole empire, the superintending authority of which is clearly admitted in all cases that can consist with the fundamental rights of nature and the constitution, to which your Majesty's happy subjects in all parts of your empire conceive they have a just and equitable claim.
— from The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson

On the right centre north of the Vistula, from Lomza to within a few miles of the fortress of Thorn, the Russians were close up to the frontier, driving the German left before them through the marshy forest region of Northern Poland.
— from The Campaign in Russian Poland by Percy Cross Standing

Time and again the 'Greek Dancer' was thought to have been discovered, but each discovery brought panic to the betting ring and a frantic registering of new wagers by those who wished to hedge.
— from The Son of the Wolf by Jack London

The fine roadstead of Navarino, defended against winds and waves by the rocky islet of Sphacteria, is but little frequented, and the merchantmen riding at anchor there never outnumber the Turkish men-of-war at the bottom, where they have lain since the battle fought in 1828.
— from The Earth and its inhabitants, Volume 1: Europe. Greece, Turkey in Europe, Rumania, Servia, Montenegro, Italy, Spain, and Portugal. by Elisée Reclus

Four rupees or no sale."
— from From Job to Job around the World by Alfred C. B. (Alfred Charles Benson) Fletcher

In Bishop Langton’s “Lichfield Registers” we find, in the single month of February, 1300, licences were [Pg 147] given on institution for one year’s study, to Alexander de Verdon, Rector of Biddulph, Roger Bagod, Rector of Alvechurch, Nicholas de Aylesbury, Rector of Pattingham, Roger Fitzherbert, Rector of Norbury, and Richard Birchal, Vicar of Tattenhill.
— from Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England by Edward Lewes Cutts

The sentence itself is, as it were, the aegis under which he is protected and by which he is included in the first rank of national honour.
— from England and Canada A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes by Sandford Fleming

The oppression of the Catholic gentry was limited to an exaction, more or less rigorous at different times, of the fines for recusancy or non-attendance at public worship.
— from History of the English People, Volume IV by John Richard Green