Note 15 ( return ) [ The reason of this severity is distinctly given, 1 Samuel 15:18, "Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites:" nor indeed do we ever meet with these Amalekites but as very cruel and bloody people, and particularly seeking to injure and utterly to destroy the nation of Israel.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

"That darkesome glen they enter, where they find That cursed man low sitting on the ground, Musing full sadly in his sullein mind; His griesly lockes long gronen and unbound, Disordered hong about his shoulders round, And hid his face, through which his hollow eyne Lookt deadly dull, and stared as astound; His raw-bone cheekes, through penurie and pine, Were shronke into the jawes, as he did never dine.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

So Theseus thought that it would be a great and unbearable disgrace to him that his cousin should go everywhere and clear the sea and land of the brigands who infested them, and he should refuse to undertake the adventures that came in his way; throwing discredit upon his reputed father by a pusillanimous flight by sea, and upon his real father by bringing him only the sandals and an unfleshed sword, and not proving his noble birth by the evidence of some brave deed accomplished by him.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

But as to the seditious, they took the citadel which was called Cypros, and was above Jericho, and cut the throats of the garrison, and utterly demolished the fortifications.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Ac′rita (Gr. akritos , undistinguishable, doubtful), a name sometimes given to the animals otherwise called Protozoa.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Ware zur Zollabfertigung vorlegen to enter goods for customs clearance Waren goods Waren des täglichen Bedarfs convenience goods wären gut beraten would be well advised Waren stapeln stockpile Waren testen to test goods Waren übergeben to release goods Waren- und Dienstleistungsverkehr exchange of goods and services Waren unter Zollverschluss bonded goods Waren werden gewöhnlich angeliefert goods are usually delivered Warenanfangsbestand opening inventory Warenart kind of goods Warenausgangsbuch sales journal Warenauswahl range of goods Warenautomat automatic vending machine Warenautomat automatic vendor Warenbereich der gefertigten Güter production line Warenbeschreibung description of goods Warenbestand goods in stock Warenbestand stock on hand
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Qualities, innate to himself, decisiveness of intellect, firmness, a quick insight into things and men, with a certain fertility of resource, conspired to win for him the position which he filled, and enabled him to retain it with ease; to sustain, with a graceful and unassuming dignity, all the augmentations which naturally accumulated round it, as the community, of which he was so vital a part, grew and widened and rose to a higher and higher level, on the swelling tide of the general civilization of the continent.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

The South Carolina guards about us did not know the name of the next town, though they had been raised in that section.
— from Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons — Volume 4 by John McElroy

“Sorry to wake you, Fred,” said he, gently; “but I have just got an urgent despatch, requiring me to set out at once for Dublin, and I did n't like to go without asking how you get on.” “Oh, much better, sir.
— from Barrington. Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles James Lever

So the Aryan absorbed into his own system some of the Dravidian gods, and usually did so by marrying to Dravidian female divinities male deities of his own.
— from A Tour of the Missions: Observations and Conclusions by Augustus Hopkins Strong

We have been led into these remarks by an account, given in the London Weekly Chronicle, of a most remarkable interview between the professional thieves of London and Lord Ashley,—a gentleman whose best patent of nobility is to be found in his generous and untiring devotion to the interests of his fellow-men.
— from The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Volume VII, Complete The Conflict with Slavery, Politics and Reform, the Inner Life, and Criticism by John Greenleaf Whittier

Whether it is a cannon, the power of which is manifested in a flash, or the slower moving steam engine, whose throbbing heart beats not until water is turned to steam, or the sun, the parent of them all, whose rays are grasped and used direct, the question in all cases is, what is the amount of heat produced and how can it be controlled?
— from Inventions in the Century by William Henry Doolittle

I very gently and unobserved drew my mantle towards me, rolled it together, so that I might, at least, protect my head with it, in case he made a blow at me with the hatchet.
— from A Woman's Journey Round the World From Vienna to Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia and Asia Minor by Ida Pfeiffer

Admiral WAGER then spoke thus:—Sir, if I am rightly informed, another petition is preparing by several eminent merchants, that this clause may stand part of the bill; and, certainly, they ought to be heard as well as the present petitioners, which will occasion great and unnecessary delays, and, therefore, I am against the motion.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volume 10 Parlimentary Debates I by Samuel Johnson

We accustom ourselves so easily to life as a second nature, and in spite of the graves around us, death remains something unnatural, hard and terrifying.
— from Thoughts on Life and Religion An Aftermath from the Writings of The Right Honourable Professor Max Müller by F. Max (Friedrich Max) Müller

Objection 1: It seems that the species of gluttony are unfittingly distinguished by Gregory who says (Moral.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint