We had good organization, good men, but no cohesion, no real discipline, no respect for authority, no real knowledge of war.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

Such praises we may hear in the loud laughter proceeding from dens where paradise has been gained by the cheap charm of a glass of gin or a prostitute’s caress.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Gajni, or Gaini, was another capital, whence the last prince, Siladitya (who was slain), and his family, were expelled by Parthian invaders in the sixth century.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

The old test of piety, "Are you willing to be damned for the glory of God?" was probably never answered in the affirmative except by those who felt sure in their heart of hearts that God would 'credit' them with their willingness, and set more store by them thus than if in His unfathomable scheme He had not damned them at all.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Later Gordyæi or Gordyeni, now the Kurds. Groskurd.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

After the year 1843 the one literary work which he never neglected was to furnish a Christmas story for his readers; and it is due in some measure to the help of these stories, brimming over with good cheer, that Christmas has become in all English-speaking countries a season of gladness, of gift giving at home, and of remembering those less fortunate than ourselves, who are still members of a common brotherhood.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

“Come out into the garden,” he said, “and let’s have a look at the roses.” CHAPTER XIV The nearest way to the garden, on going out of my lady’s sitting-room, was by the shrubbery path, which you already know of.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

and “You take a good one, George; I'll take what's left,” and to the check-girl they stammered, “Better come along, sister!
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

The large bare room, with its grim old furniture, the narrow, latticed windows, revealing the dull, grey sky above and the desolate wilderness below, where the dark stone walls and iron gate, the rank growth of grass and weeds, and the hardy evergreens of preternatural forms, alone remained to tell that there had been once a garden,—and the bleak and barren fields beyond might have struck me as gloomy enough at another time; but now, each separate object seemed to echo back my own exhilarating sense of hope and freedom: indefinite dreams of the far past and bright anticipations of the future seemed to greet me at every turn.
— from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

But though the golden age (before vain ambition, and amor sceleratus habendi, evil concupiscence, had corrupted men's minds into a mistake of true power and honour) had more virtue, and consequently better governors, as well as less vicious subjects, and there was then no stretching prerogative on the one side, to oppress the people; nor consequently on the other, any dispute about privilege, to lessen or restrain the power of the magistrate, and so no contest betwixt rulers and people about governors or government: yet, when ambition and luxury in future ages* would retain and increase the power, without doing the business for which it was given; and aided by flattery, taught princes to have distinct and separate interests from their people, men found it necessary to examine more carefully the original and rights of government; and to find out ways to restrain the exorbitances, and prevent the abuses of that power, which they having intrusted in another's hands only for their own good, they found was made use of to hurt them.
— from Second Treatise of Government by John Locke

By the grace of God I will look after you, Richard.’
— from Bunyan Characters (1st Series) by Alexander Whyte

Wherefore by the grace of God I am abusied for to ship this foresaid 29 sarplers, the which I bought of William Midwinter of Northleach, 26 sarplers, the which is fair wool, as the wool packer Will Breten saith to me, and also the 3 sarplers of the rector's is fair wool, much finer wool nor was the year before, the which I shipped afore Easter last past.
— from Medieval People by Eileen Power

That the said Warren Hastings, in affirming that he had not time to answer the questions put to him by the Directors, while he was in Bengal,—in not bringing with him to England the documents necessary to enable him to answer those questions, or in pretending that he has not brought them,—in referring the Directors back again to Bengal for those documents, and for any further information on a subject on which he has given them no information,—and particularly in referring them back to a person in Bengal for a paper which he says contained the only account he ever kept of the transaction, while he himself professes to doubt whether Page 42 that paper be still in being , whether it be in the hands of that person, or whether that person can recollect anything distinctly concerning it ,—has been guilty of gross evasions, and of palpable prevarication and deceit, as well as of contumacy and disobedience to the lawful orders of the Court of Directors, and thereby confirmed all the former evidence of his having constantly used the influence of his station for the most scandalous, illegal, and corrupt purposes.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Alcæ´us and Sappho, the greatest of Greek poetesses, were natives of Lesbos.
— from A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer

it was only by the grace of God.
— from Lavengro: The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest by George Borrow

Its height exceeds the third of the great Egyptian pyramids of the group of Ghiza.
— from The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

To these may be added Girra (or Gira), who originally, as it would appear, a god of vegetation, is eventually identified with Dibbarra, [1222] Gil, whom Jensen [1223] regards as 'the god of foliage,' and Belili, the sister of Tammuz.
— from The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Morris Jastrow

6. Now, after dining and supping repeatedly with garrulous old Gaius, and with the all-but-silent Mr. Mnason, I have come home ruminating again and again on this—that a good host, the best host, lets his guests talk while he attends to the table.
— from Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte