With gold and moonstone blazoned o'er, Fish, flowers, trees, rocks, the panels bore; Auspicious birds embossed thereon, And stars in costly emblem shone.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Upon the accession of Mary, a convocation was summoned, in which Mr. Philpot defended the Reformation against his ordinary, Gardiner, (again made bishop of Winchester,) and soon was conducted to Bonner and other commissioners for examination, Oct. 2, 1555, after being eighteen months imprisoned.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Before the tide was out Clairmont got all my belongings on board, and I ordered my supper.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

In each case the bier is covered with a pall ( kain tudong ) of as good coloured cloth ( never white , but often green) as may be obtainable.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

[ 177 ] He sent a letter to the governor at Manila, boasting of his capture, and then sailed for the Cape of Good Hope and home.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

This book, then, ought, according to the promise made in the end of the preceding one, to contain a discussion, not of the difference which exists among the gods, who, according to the Platonists, are all good, nor of the difference between gods and demons, the former of whom they separate by a wide interval from men, while the latter are placed intermediately between the gods and men, but of the difference, since they make one, among the demons themselves.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

At my office late, and so home to eat something, being almost starved for want of eating my dinner to-day, and so to bed, my head being full of great and many businesses of import to me.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Then said Ganglere: A mighty band of men there is in Valhal, and, forsooth, I know that Odin is a very great chief, since he commands so mighty a host.
— from The Younger Edda; Also called Snorre's Edda, or The Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson

He laughed, as well he might, at our fears, and said that he had a long way to go, and must be off; then, cracking his whip, and nodding to the girl, who was crying aloud, he went his way, and Hannah and myself were left standing in the middle of the dirty floor.
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

In attempting to track his devious thought through the jungle of crass ignorance and blind fear, we must always remember that we are treading enchanted ground, and must beware of taking for solid realities the cloudy shapes that cross our path or hover and gibber at us through the gloom.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

there is light enough for a single yet, Mr. Keene,' she said imperiously, and George, with one regretful glance at Mrs. Boynton, obeyed.
— from The Potter's Thumb by Flora Annie Webster Steel

At last the grandest and most brilliant of victories rewarded their courage and constancy.
— from The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus) Hoffmann

The tattered garments and mouldy bread of those wily people beguiled the princes of the congregation, and caused them to act in direct opposition to the plain commandment of God.
— from Notes on the Book of Deuteronomy, Volume II by Charles Henry Mackintosh

I, however, awaited the counter-offensive, if we were not too broken, and, in any case, the moment when the German advance must be outdistanced owing to the elaborate communications required for pushing on the great masses of men and materials of modern war.
— from The Secrets of a Kuttite An Authentic Story of Kut, Adventures in Captivity and Stamboul Intrigue by Edward O. (Edward Opotiki) Mousley

From the despatches of Panzani we find that there existed a strong party at the English court for the return to the allegiance of Rome, amongst whom were Secretary Windebank; Lord Chancellor Cottington; Goodman, Bishop of Gloucester; and Montague, Bishop of Chichester.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 2 (of 8) From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion by Anonymous

The little ground-doves mimic in miniature the form and markings and the gait and mild behavior of our turtle-doves, but perhaps not their melancholy cooing.
— from Short Stories and Essays (from Literature and Life) by William Dean Howells

They were moored in a strong position, in a line of battle, with gun-boats, bomb-vessels, frigates, and a gun and mortar battery on an island in their van; but, my band of friends was irresistible.
— from The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 by James Harrison

There were, then, only Gondon and myself, both old sportsmen, and, having long rifles, we found ourselves the kings of the shoot.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas

If they are left to themselves, they will in all probability fall into very wild and ungraceful action, which, when once formed into habit, can scarcely ever be corrected: giving them therefore a general out-line of good action, must be of the utmost consequence to their progress and improvement in pronunciation.
— from The Young Gentleman and Lady's Monitor, and English Teacher's Assistant Being a collection of select pieces from our best modern writers, calculated to eradicate vulgar prejudices and rusticity of manners, improve the understanding, rectify the will, purify the passions, direct the minds of youth to the pursuit of proper objects, and to facilitate their reading, writing, and speaking the English language with elegance and propriety by John Hamilton Moore

He had felt the sweet grace and moral beauty of His way towards himself.
— from The Great Commission. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. IV by Charles Henry Mackintosh