Well! go ahead, George, go ahead; but be careful, my boy; don’t shoot anybody, George, unless—well—you’d better not shoot, I reckon; at least, I wouldn’t hit anybody, you know.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

“I think I can give a guess at what it means, sir,” said the Sergeant.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

"There Tityus large and long, in fetters bound, O'erspreads nine acres of infernal ground; Two ravenous vultures, furious for their food, Scream o'er the fiend, and riot in his blood, Incessant gore the liver in his breast, The immortal liver grows, and gives the immortal feast.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

As she kept saying this to every thing which was given, at last Euelthon sent out to her a present of a golden spindle and distaff, with wool also upon it: and when Pheretime uttered again the same saying about this present, Euelthon said that such things as this were given as gifts to women and not an army.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

To deal in person is good, when a man’s face breedeth regard, as commonly with inferiors; or in tender cases, where a man’s eye upon the countenance of him with whom he speaketh, may give him a direction how far to go; and, generally, where a man will reserve to himself liberty, either to disavow or to expound.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

denoting, with gerund and gerundive, 2252 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

I must go and get my brats out of bed.”
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

“Therefore,” continued the old man, “you should send for a gardener whose father and grandfather have been gardeners before him, and very soon your garden will be full of green grass and gay flowers, and you will enjoy its delicious fruit.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Peggotty gave a gasp, as if she were swallowing something that was very hard, and, putting out her hand, said: ‘Come and see him.’
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

Democracies, arose out of tyrannies, 100; whence they arose, 142; when changed into tyrannies, 153; their different sorts, 184, 188; general rules for their establishment, 185; should not be made too perfect, 191 Democracy, what, 79, 80; its definition, 112, 113; different sorts of, 115, 118; its object, 122; how subverted in the Isle of Cos, 152 Democracy and aristocracy, how they may be blended together, 163 Democratical state, its foundation, 184 Despotic power absurd, 205 Dion, his noble resolution, 171 Dionysius, his taxes, 175 Dissolution of kingdoms and tyrannies, 169 Domestic employments of men and women different, 74 Domestic government, its object, 77 Domestic society the first, 3 Draco, 65 Dyrrachium, government of, 101 Economy and money-getting, difference, 17 Education necessary for the happiness of the city, 90; of all things most necessary to preserve the state, 166; what it ought to be, 166; the objects of it, 228, 229; should be taken care of by the magistrate, and correspond to the nature of government, 238; should be a common care, and regulated by laws, 238 Employment, one to be allotted to one person in an extensive government, 136 Employments in the state, how to be disposed of, 88-90; whether all should be open to all, 216 Ephialtes abridges the power of the senate of Areopagus, 63 Ephori, at Sparta, their power too great, 54; improperly chosen, 54; flattered by their kings, 54; the supreme judges, 55; manner of life too indulgent, 55 Epidamnus, an account of a revolution there, 150 Equality, how twofold, 143; in a democracy, how to be procured, 186 Euripides quoted, 72 Family government, of what it consists, 5 Father should not be too young, 232 Females and slaves, wherein they differ, 2; why upon a level amongst barbarians, 3 Forfeitures, how to be applied, 192 Fortune improper pretension for power, 91 Freemen in general, what power they ought to have, 86 Free state treated of, 121; how it arises out of a democracy and oligarchy, 122, 123 Friendship weakened by a community of children, 31 General, the office of, how to be disposed of, 98 Gods, why supposed subject to kingly government, 3 Good, relative to man, how divided, 201 Good and evil, the perception of, necessary to form a family and a city, 4 Good fortune something different from happiness, 202 Government should continue as much as possible in the same hands, 28; in what manner it should be in rotation, 28; what, 66; which best, of a good man or good laws, 98; good, to what it should owe its preservation, 124; what the best, 225 Government of the master over the slave sometimes reciprocally useful, ii Governments, how different from each other, 67; whether more than one form should be established, 76; should endeavour to prevent others from being too powerful— instances of it, 93; how compared to music, in; in general, to what they owe their preservation, 160 Governments, political, regal, family, and servile, their difference from each other, i Governors and governed, whether their virtues are the same or different, 23; whether they should be the same persons or different, 227 Grecians, their superiority over other people, 213 Guards of a king natives, 96,168; of a tyrant foreigners, 96, 168 Gymnastic exercises, when to be performed, 223; how far they should be made a part of education, 242, 243 Happiness, wherein it consists, 207 Happy life, where most likely to be found, 202 Harmony, whether all kinds of it are to be used in education, 251 Helots troublesome to the Lacedaemonians, 87 Herdsmen compose the second-best democracy, 189 Hippodamus, an account of, 46; his plan of government, 46, 47: objected to, 47, 48 Homer quoted, 95, 116 Honours, an inequality of, occasions seditions, 44 Horse most suitable to an oligarchy, 195 Houses, private, their best form, 221 Human flesh devoured by some nations, 242 Husbandmen compose the best democracy, 189; will choose to govern according to law, 118 Husbandry, art of, whether part of money-getting, 13 Instruments, their difference from each other, 6; wherein they differ from possessions, 6 Italy, its ancient boundary, 218 Jason's declaration, 72 Judge should not act as an arbitrator, 48, 49; which is best for an individual, or the people in general, 98, 99 Judges, many better than one, 102; of whom to consist, 102; how many different sorts are necessary, 141 Judicial part of government, how to be divided, 140 Jurymen, particular powers sometimes appointed to that office, 68 Justice, what, 88; the course of, impeded in Crete, 59; different in different situations, 74 King, from whom to be chosen 60; the guardian of his people 168 King's children, what to be done with, 100 King's power, what it should be 100; when unequal, 143 Kingdom, what, 78 Kingdoms, their object, 167; how bestowed, 168; causes of their dissolution, 173; how preserved, 173 Kingly government in the heroic times, what, 96 Kingly power regulated by the laws at Sparta in peace, 95; absolute in war, 95 Kings formerly in Crete, 58; their power afterwards devolved to the kosmoi, 58; method of electing them at Carthage, 60 Knowledge of the master and slave different from each other, ii Kosmoi, the power of, 58; their number, 58; wherein inferior to the ephori, 58; allowed to resign their office before their time is elapsed, 59 Lacedamonian customs similar to the Cretan, 57 Lacedaemonian government much esteemed, 41; the faults of it, 53-56; calculated only for war, 56; how composed of a democracy and oligarchy, 124 Lacedaemonian revenue badly raised, 56, 57 Lacedaemonians, wherein they admit things to be common, 33 Land should be divided into two parts, 219 Law makes one man a slave, another free, 6; whether just or not, 9; at Thebes respecting tradesmen, 75; nothing should be done contrary to it, 160 Law and government, their difference, 107, 108 Laws, when advantageous to alter them, 49,50, 52; of every state will be like the state, 88; whom they should be calculated for, 92; decide better than men, 101; moral preferable to written, 102; must sometimes bend to ancient customs, 117; should be framed to the state, 107; the same suit not all governments, 108 Legislator ought to know not only what is best, but what is practical, n Legislators should fix a proper medium in property, 46 Liberty, wherein it partly consists, 184, 185 Life, happy, owing to a course of virtue, 125; how divided, 228 Locrians forbid men to sell their property, 43 Lycophron's account of law, 82 Lycurgus gave over reducing the women to obedience, 53; made it infamous for any one to sell his possessions, 53; some of his laws censured, 54; spent much time at Crete, 57; supposed to be the scholar of Thales, 64 Lysander wanted to abolish the kingly power in Sparta, 143 Magistrate, to whom that name is properly given, 136 Magistrates, when they make the state incline to an oligarchy, 61; when to an aristocracy, 61; at Athens, from whom to be chosen, 64; to determine those causes which the law cannot be applied to, 88; whether their power is to be the same, or different in different communities, 137; how they differ from each other, 138; in those who appoint them, 138; should be continued but a short time in democracies, 161; how to be chosen in a democracy, 185; different sorts and employments, 196 Making and using, their difference, 6 Malienses, their form of government, 131 Man proved to be a political animal, 4; has alone a perception of good and evil, 4; without law and justice the worst of beings, 5 Master, power of, whence it arises, as some think, 5 Matrimony, when to be engaged in, 232 Meals, common, established in Crete and Italy, 218; expense of, should be defrayed by the whole state, 219 Mechanic employments useful for citizens, 73 Mechanics, whether they should be allowed to be citizens, 74, 75; cannot acquire the practice of virtue, 75; admitted to be citizens in an oligarchy, 75 Medium of circumstances best, 126 Members of the community, their different pretences to the employments of the state, 90; what natural dispositions they ought to be of, 213 Men, some distinguished by nature for governors, others to be governed, 7; their different modes of living, 13; worthy three ways, 226 Merchandise, three different ways of carrying it on, 20 Middle rank of men make the best citizens, 127; most conducive to the preservation of the state, 128; should be particularly attended to by the legislators, 130 Military, how divided, 194 Mitylene, an account of a dispute there, 150 Monarch, absolute, 100 Monarchies, their nature, 95, 96; sometimes elective, 95; sometimes hereditary, 95; whence they sometimes arise, 146; causes of corruption in them, 167; how preserved, 173 Money, how it made its way into commerce, 16; first weighed, 16; afterwards stamped, 16; its value dependent on agreement, 16; how gained by exchange, 19 Money—getting considered at large, 17, 18 Monopolising gainful, 21; sometimes practised by cities, 21 Monopoly of iron in Sicily, a remarkable instance of the profit of it, 21 Music, how many species of it, in; why a part of education, 240; how far it should be taught, 242, 243; professors of it considered as mean people, 244; imitates the disposition of the mind, 246; improves our manners, 246; Lydian, softens the mind, 247; pieces of, difficult in their execution, not to be taught to children, 249 Nature requires equality amongst equals, 101 Naval power should be regulated by the strength of the city, 212 Necessary parts of a city, what, 215 Nobles, the difference between them, no; should take care of the poor, 193 Oath, an improper one in an oligarchy, 166 Officers of state, who they ought to be, 135; how long to continue, 135; who to choose them, 136 Offices, distinction between them, 67; when subversive of the rights of the people, 130 Offspring, an instance of the likeness of, to the sire, 30 Oligarchies arise where the strength of the state consists in horse, no; whence they arose, 142 Oligarchy admits not hired servants to be citizens, 75; its object, 79; what, 79, 81; its definition, 112; different sorts of, 117, 119; its object, 122; how it ought to be founded, 195 Onomacritus supposed to have drawn up laws, 64 Ostracism, why established, 93, 146; its power, 93; a weapon in the hand of sedition, 94 Painting, why it should be made a part of education, 241 Particulars, five, in which the rights of the people will be undermined, 130 Pausanias wanted to abolish the ephori, 143 People, how they should be made one, 35; of Athens assume upon their victory over the Medes, 64; what best to submit to a kingly government, 104; to an aristocratic, 104; to a free state, 104; should be allowed the power of pardoning, not of condemning, 135 Periander's advice to Thrasy-bulus, 93, 169 Pericles introduces the paying of those who attended the court of justice, 64 Philolaus, a Theban legislator, quits his native country, 64 Phocea, an account of a dispute there, 150 Physician, his business, 86 Physicians, their mode of practice in Egypt, 98; when ill consult others, 102 Pittacus, 65 Plato censured, 180 Poor excused from bearing arms and from gymnastic exercises in an oligarchy, 131; paid for attending the public assemblies in a democracy, 131 Power of the master, its object, 77 Power, supreme, where it ought to be lodged, 84; why with the many, 85, 87 Powers of a state, different methods of delegating them to the citizens, 132-134 Preadvisers, court of, 135 Priesthood, to whom to be allotted, 217 Prisoners of war, whether they may be justly made slaves, 9 Private property not regulated the source of sedition, 42; Phaleas would have it equal, 42; how Phaleas would correct the irregularities of it, 43; Plato would allow a certain difference in it, 43 Property, its nature, 12; how it should be regulated, 32, 33; the advantages of having it private, 34; what quantity the public ought to have, 44; ought not to be common, 219 Public assemblies, when subversive of the liberties of the people, 130 Public money, how to be divided, 193 Qualifications necessary for those who are to fill the first departments in government, 164 Quality of a city, what meant by it, 129 Quantity, 129 Rest and peace the proper objects of the legislator, 230 Revolutions in a democracy, whence they arise, 152; in an oligarchy, 156 Rich fined in an oligarchy for not bearing arms and attending the gymnastic exercises, 131; receive nothing for attending the public assemblies in a democracy, 131 Rights of a citizen, whether advantageous or not, 203 Seditions sometimes prevented by equality, 45; their causes, 144-146; how to be prevented, 163 Senate suits a democracy, 185 Shepherds compose the second-best democracy, 189 Slave, his nature and use, 6; a chattel, 7; by law, how, 9 Slavery not founded in nature but law, as some think, 6 Slaves, an inquiry into the virtues they are capable of, 23; difficult to manage properly, 51; their different sorts, 73 Society necessary to man, 77 Society, civil, the greatest blessing to man, 4; different from a commercial intercourse, 82 Socrates, his mistakes on government, Book II.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

“The Captain walked with us over the ground and showed us the lines of attack and defence; pointed out where the heaviest fighting was done, and gave a graphic account of the whole campaign.
— from The Burial of the Guns by Thomas Nelson Page

Though he be as good a gentleman as the devil is, as Lucifier and Belzebub himself, it is necessary, look your Grace, that he keep his vow and his oath.
— from The Life of King Henry V by William Shakespeare

These peons of Venezuela are to all intents and conditions slaves, resulting from the debts, it may be, contracted by their remote ancestors, as generation after generation have been doomed to work to satisfy the laws and customs of a country which never outlaws its debts, when those debts have been contracted by a weaker party.
— from Where Duty Called; or, In Honor Bound by George Waldo Browne

Few persons care to leave it after a twelve-months’ residence within its limits, and those who are forced to go away generally find their way back at the earliest opportunity.
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

I have been permitted, Sabbath by Sabbath, to confront, with the tremendous truths of the Gospel, as genial and lovely, and cultivated and noble people as I ever knew, and it is a sadness to part with them....
— from T. De Witt Talmage as I Knew Him by Eleanor McCutcheon Talmage

Gliándre, as Glándule.
— from Queen Anna's New World of Words; or, Dictionarie of the Italian and English Tongues by John Florio

Only Lateefa's eyes were on that gold and green, half hidden in the dust!
— from Voices in the Night by Flora Annie Webster Steel

Oh, God bless my Hannah, and grant that some joy, some happiness may come to her when I am gone; and Grey, the baby Grey, oh, bless him, too, with every needful blessing—the baby Grey, whose little hands took the stain, the smart from mine—my Grey, whom I love so much."
— from Bessie's Fortune: A Novel by Mary Jane Holmes

"Mr. Pleydell's been very good and given him several wrinkles well worth having.
— from The Brother of Daphne by Dornford Yates