[200] And from all this direct testimony it seems to be clear that many of the chief practices of Christians are exorcisms, so that, like the religion of Zoroaster, the religion founded by Jesus has come to rest, at least in part, upon the basic recognition of an eternal warfare between good and bad spirits for the control of Man.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Gisimágan ang bátà sa maistra, The teacher glared at the child.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

We sat down in a charming grotto, and began styling each other papa and daughter, and allowing ourselves liberties which threatened to lead to danger.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Yet he did not accomplish his aim, for they posted guards along both shores and then went to Sicily.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

In the sand-hill where King Olaf's body had lain on the ground a beautiful spring of water came up and many human ailments and infirmities were cured by its waters.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

For they should have been happier than men if they had, like men, had a mortal body, and, like the gods, a blessed soul.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

He turned round and was going away, but she seized his hand and pressed it to her lips.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Muhimábaw (muhimabaw) na gánì ang baldi, sirhi ang grípu, When the pail is almost full, close the faucet.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He was moved to tears before hearing half of the address, and the eyes of many were moistened when the pastor, with a voice trembling and full of emotion, expressed his joy and gratitude at being so highly appreciated by his parishioners.
— from Fifty Years in the Church of Rome by Charles Paschal Telesphore Chiniquy

He was moving across a patch of burned grass, a blurred, shadowy shape with the blurred bulk of a house behind him, a low house of mats, bamboos, and palm leaves, with a high-pitched roof of grass.
— from A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad

On the whole your work is satisfactory and next year you may get a better salary.
— from Spies and Secret Service The story of espionage, its main systems and chief exponents by Hamil Grant

"If the Mediterranean gets any bluer," said Mary, "I don't think I can stand it, it's so lovely."
— from Gigolo by Edna Ferber

Not only did Miss Wendover give this generous advice, but she herself joined in many of their expeditions, and her presence was always a source of pleasure.
— from The Golden Calf by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

His usual design was a series of alternating rings of green and black starting two inches from the rear end and running four inches up the shaft.
— from Hunting with the Bow & Arrow by Saxton T. (Saxton Temple) Pope

"Doubtless it sometimes happens that a carriage or two will run over a precipice, or the down-train from Little-go may run into the up-train from Hap-hazard, whereby some dozen lives may go amissing; but such accidents are unavoidable, and it is satisfactory to know that on these occasions there never yet has been the slightest blame imputable to any one concerned—the stoker being invariably a most respectable man, and the utmost attention paid to the signals."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 367, May 1846 by Various

“Bravo,” said the postillion, “I see you know how to make a shift:” he then followed my example, declared he never felt more refreshed in his life, and, giving a bound, said, “he would go and look after his horses.”
— from The Romany Rye by George Borrow

I was fighting with a big bear which had seized me, and we were wrestling and I was getting the worst of it, and when ready to fall down in his grasp I had given a big scream.
— from The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

She must first discharge one side, and then go about, before she could fire the other.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 3 (of 16) by United States. Congress