If he had fixed, as the boundary of Persia, the Orontes, the Cydnus, the Sangarius, or even the Thracian Bosphorus, flatterers would not have been wanting in the court of Jovian to convince the timid monarch, that his remaining provinces would still afford the most ample gratifications of power and luxury.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

[617] Now we bear the image of the earthly man by the propagation of sin and death, which pass on us by ordinary generation; but we bear the image of the heavenly by the grace of pardon and life eternal, which regeneration confers upon us through the Mediator of God and men, the Man Christ Jesus.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

He rolled over with a groan of protest and looked at his tormentor.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

To revive the genius of Phidias and Lysippus, surpassed indeed the power of a Roman emperor; but the immortal productions which they had bequeathed to posterity were exposed without defence to the rapacious vanity of a despot.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

There were also small scratch groups of foot and horse, and groups of peasants and landowners that remained unknown.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

The growth of patriotism at length is measured by its shadow.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

(To the pages, who are going out): Play a long time,--and play out of tune!
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

A betel-vine cultivator objects to entering his garden or plucking a leaf after the lighting of the lamps; but, if some leaves are urgently required, he will, before plucking them, pour water from a pot at the foot of the tree on which the vine is growing.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

He was quite content, that for the prevention and palliation of the evil, for the purpose of rescuing the country from the guilt of permitting a large portion of its people knowingly to STARVE, there is no sacrifice, no efforts which her Majesty's Government can call upon the people of this country to make, which will not be cheerfully responded to by the members of your Lordships' house, and by the representatives of the people, who will, in this case, represent the deliberate and cordial sense of the whole country.
— from The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John, Canon

He was a graduate of Princeton, and, like Hamilton, always had the ability to focus his mind on the subject in hand, and wring from it its very core.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 03 Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen by Elbert Hubbard

If you publish, that, which may be said to be a speech of Lord Chatham’s, and it may be an accurate report of his speech, you may be guilty of publishing a libel, though the place, in which that speech was delivered gave a liberty to the speech.
— from A Sketch of the Life of the late Henry Cooper Barrister-at-Law, of the Norfolk Circuit; as also, of his Father by William Cooper

What wealth is here, a wealth outbidding gold, Of peace, and love, and innocence untold!
— from Faust: A Lyric Drama in Five Acts by Charles Gounod

Every bosom felt the divine glow of patriotism and love of universal freedom.
— from The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. 2. (of 2) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Moncure Daniel Conway

Rules for the government of prisons are laid down by the Secretary for Scotland, and these rules become statutory after they have been laid on the table of the House of Commons for a period.
— from The Criminal & the Community by James Devon

Now I see Nature hath vainly lavished on these Moors Bravery and beauty and all gifts of pride; And left them barbarous for lack of thee, Sweet Pity, of human sorrow born: ’tis thou Dost raise man ’bove the brutes: ’tis thou dost make 760 His heart so singular, that he alone, [Pg 45] Himself commiserating, against heaven Pushes complaint, and finds within his heart Room for all creatures, that like him are born To suffer and perish.
— from Poetical Works of Robert Bridges, Volume 5 by Robert Bridges

For instance, he had left out the frontier belle who sat up all night playing cards with gentlemen; could beat any man at a game of poker, and laugh loud enough to be heard above the roaring of a river.
— from Half a Century by Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

Perhaps his heart was beating so happily that it kept away the germs of pneumonia and like ills; at any rate he dropped in that afternoon to thank Mrs. Hardin most heartily for all she and her boy had done.
— from The Boy Scouts on the Roll of Honor by Robert Shaler

But the government of Pennsylvania, at last thoroughly frightened, rushed into the field, and patched up a compromise which contained most perilous concessions.
— from George Washington, Volume I by Henry Cabot Lodge