270 Of his numerous biographical works, twenty-two lives only remain, which are all of Greeks, except two Carthaginians, Hamilcar and Hannibal; and two Romans, M. Porcius Cato and T. Pomponius Atticus.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

The old awe departed, and they grew equal to challenging his authority.
— from The Call of the Wild by Jack London

( “ Health and great joy be with thee, and may the gods give thee all things good, even to come home again to thy dear fatherland! ”
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

He was obliged to make a great effort to collect himself, and in the interval he resumed that irregular tapping upon the table.
— from The Heavenly Twins by Sarah Grand

exclaimed his companion, making a great effort to control her agitation.
— from John Marsh's Millions by Arthur Hornblow

Captain Oxenford should have known that the Spanish authorities of the mainland would, when they heard that a single boat's load of Englishmen was ravaging their commerce, make a great effort to capture him; and his attack should have been swift and determined, and his retreat made without a halt.
— from Under Drake's Flag: A Tale of the Spanish Main by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

"Gabriel?" echoed the count hastily and at the top of his voice, for the musicians played so loud that a man could hardly hear his own voice, even though he shouted.
— from The Youth of the Great Elector by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

It was a wholesome, healthy, happy colour, born of her growing excitement; the Captain highly approved of it.
— from Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Hewlett

Her breath came quickly, unevenly; but in face of his mastery she made a great effort to control her agitation.
— from Rosa Mundi and Other Stories by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

Then recollecting his audience, he thought that some apology was necessary for leaving them so abruptly; turning round, therefore, and eyeing his model of the Royal George , as he called her, though she was more like a frigate than a line-of-battle ship, he said— “You’ll excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, but you see as how I’ve fallen in with an old ship, who I’ve known as man and boy these twenty years, so I must just now keep him company; but I’ll come back to-morrow and finish that there stave I was a-singing, and spin you more of my wonderful yarns, if you’ll just be good enough to come here and meet me; now mind, my little dears, bring plenty of coppers; and you, my pretty girls, bring something in your purses for poor Jack; I never takes no money from ugly ones—it’s a rule of mine, it’s wonderful too how few I ever see’s; so good-bye, and blessings on all of you; and now, Ben, we’ll up anchor and make sail.”
— from The Loss of the Royal George by William Henry Giles Kingston

She's good enough to carry hose and hatchets and a couple of fellows besides.
— from The Boy Scout Fire Fighters by Irving Crump

It was a gipsy encampment, the caravan having apparently only lately stopped, for a man was still engaged in tugging at the rope of a tent that stood near the vans.
— from Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison