There are many tracts in succession on the sides of rivers on which frankincense grows, and rivers extending to the cinnamon country.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

The lower lip is also sometimes held by the teeth, and this gives a roguish expression to the face, as was observed with the blind and deaf Laura Bridgman.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

The fleet, about the same time, with prosperous gales and renown, entered the Trutulensian 124 harbor, whence, coasting all the hither shore of Britain, it returned entire to its former station.
— from The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus by Cornelius Tacitus

But as Bassus thought he must perform the covenant he had made with those that surrendered the citadel, he let them go, and restored Eleazar to them.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

But as Bassus thought he must perform the covenant he had made with those that had surrendered the citadel, he let them go, and restored Eleazar to them, in the beginning of the third century, and which he then procured to be rebuilt, and after which rebuilding it was called Nicopolis, is entirely different from that Emmaus which is mentioned by St. Luke 24;13; see Reland's Paleestina, lib. II.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

My brother Masons swear by the blood that they are ready to sacrifice everything for their neighbor, but they do not give a ruble each to the collections for the poor, and they intrigue, the Astraea Lodge against the Manna Seekers, and fuss about an authentic Scotch carpet and a charter that nobody needs, and the meaning of which the very man who wrote it does not understand.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Sechele gave a ready ear to the missionary's instructions.
— from Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa by David Livingstone

To the honour of his memory it will be said that he held his opinions honestly; laboured for them diligently; devoted great gifts and rare energy to their promotion; and amply proved his sincerity, and won the crown of the conscientious, by the things that he suffered."
— from Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men by Eliezer Edwards

Indeed he had, very soon after his first joining the army, the chief direction of his regiment, the colonel being a young gentleman of quality, that had none of the virtues belonging to a soldier save courage only, unless it is to be counted as a virtue that he knew his own ignorance, and gave a ready ear to the counsel of wiser men.
— from With the King at Oxford: A Tale of the Great Rebellion by Alfred John Church

Their powers of flight are by no means great, and rarely enable them to rise as high as the summits of the trees; but they exhibit remarkable agility in skipping in and out amidst the densest foliage.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

Thou art present in spirit in a meeting (in Acca) in which the gifts of God are radiating, even though thou art remote in regard to body in the far away land.
— from Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

He was engaged diligently and industriously in repairing injuries, redressing grievances, and rectifying every thing that was wrong.
— from King Alfred of England Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

Moreover, he feared his accomplice; perhaps, if he failed to marry her, she would go and relate everything to the judicial authorities out of vengeance and jealousy.
— from Theresa Raquin by Émile Zola

The inconvenience of this principle which subjects merchant vessels to be stopped at sea, searched, ransacked, led out of their course, has induced several nations latterly to stipulate against it by treaty, and to substitute another in its stead, that free bottoms shall make free goods, and enemy bottoms enemy goods; a rule equal to the other in point [44] of loss and gain, but less oppressive to commerce.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 4 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson