One, by Naturall force; as when a man maketh his children, to submit themselves, and their children to his government, as being able to destroy them if they refuse, or by Warre subdueth his enemies to his will, giving them their lives on that condition.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Their prevailing tints are gray and brown, approaching to red.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

She came into my room, wished me good day, asked me what kind of a night I had spent, if I wanted anything, and the sight of her grace and beauty and the sound of her voice so ravished me, that I determined to seek safety in flight.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Very often it was a good idea to close the transaction instantly, when a man offered a stock present to a friend, for the offer was only good and binding at that moment, and if the price went to a high figure shortly afterward the procrastination was a thing to be regretted.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

By the above-mentioned statute, gum senega, or gum arabic, being among the enumerated dyeing drugs, might be imported duty free.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Unknown the names, he yet admires the grace, And bears aloft the fame and fortune of his race.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil

I cannot attend, I give and bequeath: thirty measures of barley; and of my nobler parts and property I give and bequeath, to the cobbler: my bristles; to the brawlers, my jaw-bones; to the deaf, my ears; to the shyster lawyers, my tongue; to the cow-herds, my intestines; to the sausage makers, my thighs; to the ladies, my tenderloins; to the boys, my bladder; to the girls, my little pig’s tail; to the dancers, my muscles; to the runners and hunters, my knuckles; to the hired man, my hoofs; and to the cook—though not to be named—I give and bequeath and transmit my belly and appendage which I have dragged with me from the rotten oak bottoms to the pig’s sty, for him to tie around his neck and to hang himself with.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

But since the edition issued by M. Jannet, the well-known publisher of the Bibliotheque Elzevirienne, who was the first to get rid of this patchwork, this mosaic, Rabelais’ latest text has been given, accompanied by all the earlier variations, to show the changes he made, as well as his suppressions and additions.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

They are attended by boys and girls called groomsmen and bridesmaids, and they go from house to house collecting gifts.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Mix the skins with the pulp and juice, add as many cupfuls of sugar as there are of grapes, and boil all together until well thickened.
— from The Century Cook Book by Mary Ronald

The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat THE GO AHEAD BOYS AND THE RACING MOTOR-BOAT BY ROSS KAY Author of "Dodging the North Sea Mines," "With Joffre on the Battle Line," "Fighting in France," "The Go Ahead Boys on Smugglers' Island," "The Go Ahead Boys and the Treasure Cave," etc. etc. Preface
— from The Go Ahead Boys and the Racing Motor-Boat by Ross Kay

The whole matter calls for an international congress to settle the question once for all which gulfs and bays are to be considered territorial.
— from International Law. A Treatise. Volume 1 (of 2) Peace. Second Edition by L. (Lassa) Oppenheim

“‘Yes,’ he said, ‘your husband found you lying insensible on the floor, with your right hand in the grate and burnt almost to a cinder.’”
— from Signing the Contract, and What It Cost by Martha Finley

Levi's brow grew as black as thunder.
— from Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Fiction, Fact & Fancy Concerning the Buccaneers & Marooners of the Spanish Main by Howard Pyle

The Lapps, Sumner (70) says, regard themselves as "men" as distinguished from all other peoples, a form of self-consciousness which lingers in all such antitheses as Jew and Gentile, Greek and barbarian, and the like.
— from The Psychology of Nations A Contribution to the Philosophy of History by G. E. (George Everett) Partridge

"Dat guy a bonehead," asserted Tony, as he scraped his board with vigor.
— from Army Boys in the French Trenches; Or, Hand to Hand Fighting with the Enemy by Homer Randall

“If you would try to remember that, you would get along better at this school,” and she showed that she expected Tavia to leave the office at once.
— from Dorothy Dale's Promise by Margaret Penrose

[135] When the foresters lie in their huts on long winter evenings they often tell of Gaupa and Bjönn and the wizard elk.
— from The Trail of the Elk by Mikkjel Fønhus

Article 2 provides that Germany and France, and Germany and Belgium, agree that they will not attack or invade each other with certain inapplicable exceptions, and Article 3 provides that Germany and France, and Germany and Belgium, agree to settle all disputes between them by peaceful means.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 3 by Various