So entirely has this great deity been neglected.'
— from Symposium by Plato

Its value amounts to two millions of sequins, enclosed in a casket, the same which was taken by Godfrey de Bouillon from Mathilda, Countess of Tuscany, in the year 1081, when he endeavoured to assist Henry IV, against that princess.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Nalípung ku kay giwuswús ku níyag sáyaw, I got dizzy because he danced wildly with me.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

But this is not the opinion of men who live more in words than in deeds, who have seen more on paper and in books than in actual life, and who in their greatest degeneracy become pedants and lovers of the mere letter.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

When Catherine of Russia gave receptions to her nobles, she published the following rules of etiquette upon cards: "Gentlemen will not get drunk before the feast is ended.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

[739] Geri del Bello : One of the Alighieri, a full cousin of Dante’s father.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

‘I am not certain, of course,’ said Mr. Pickwick, amidst profound silence and looks of general dismay; ‘but his manner to me this moment really was very alarming.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

[Clark, September 23, 1804] 23rd of September Sunday 1804 Set out under a gentle breeze from the S. E, (1) passed a Small Island Situated in a bend to the L. S. Called Goat Island, a Short distance above the upper point a Creek of 12 yards wide corns in on the S. S. we observed a great Smoke to the S W.—I walked on Shore & observed Buffalow in great Herds at a Distance (2) passed two Small willow Islands with large Sand bars makeing out from them, passed (3) Elk Island about 21/2 miles long & 3/4 mile wide Situated near the L. S. covered with Cotton wood the read Current Called by the French Gres de Butiff & grapes &c. &c. the river is nearly Streight for a great distance wide and Shoal.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

She went toward it, and left the children to go down by themselves.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

But he had grown distraught, because The Muse’s mood began to stir.
— from The Angel in the House by Coventry Patmore

They were all still too far from the enemy to do any great damage, but they were ambling forward as swiftly as their peculiar construction would permit, all anxious to approach within striking distance.
— from The Boy Allies with Pershing in France; Or, Over the Top at Chateau Thierry by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes

31:3 The battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
— from The World English Bible (WEB), Complete by Anonymous

They are sweet and very pleasant to the taste, and are greedily devoured by the birds, ants, and other animals, and used to be carefully picked up and eaten by the aborigines.
— from Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris

Suddenly a frightful shock was felt, and the projectile, under the impulsion of 6,000,000,000 litres of gas developed by the deflagration of the pyroxyle, rose into space.
— from The Moon-Voyage by Jules Verne

In short, he is a young man of good disposition, brave, and worthy of favour, and what I have done for him has been done rightly, and he will be exalted by further favours.
— from The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2) by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

Surely they that come after Christ in chains, come to him in great difficulty, because their steps, by the chains, are straitened.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

The family relation ought to be rigidly respected; for God's plan of education is a good deal better than anything we can invent in place of it.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

The only course that seemed to avoid absolute absurdity appeared to me to be that which I have adopted, namely to speak of the Greek divinities by their Greek, and the Latin ones by their Latin names.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

They use the gun a good deal, but prefer the bow and arrow (in the use of which they are very expert) for the chase, and reserve the gun for warfare,—many of them being constantly engaged in skirmishing with their enemies.
— from Hudson Bay by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

[From the Guardian:] Dearly beloved friends: I am deeply grateful to you for your constant services, your unswerving loyalty, your firm determination and exemplary devotion to our beloved Cause.
— from The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) by Effendi Shoghi