The fame of your wealth has gone abroad, Lord Mount-James, and it is entirely possible that a gang of thieves have secured your nephew in order to gain from him some information as to your house, your habits, and your treasure.”
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Paulician teachers were distinguished only by their Scriptural names, by the modest title of Fellow-pilgrims, by the austerity of their lives, their zeal or knowledge, and the credit of some extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit.
— 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

However, she gave orders to her servant to see both to the luncheon and to the champagne.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

"Thou mad'st mention," said Gangler, "of the horse Sleipnir.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

“There's a gang out there,” he said, “laying for us yet.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

At half an hour past eight in the evening, he was carried home with six good bottles of claret under his belt; and it being then Friday, he gave orders that he should not be disturbed till Sunday at noon—You must not imagine that this dose had any other effect upon his conversation, but that of making it more extravagantly entertaining—He had lost the use of his limbs, indeed, several hours before we parted, but he retained all his other faculties in perfection; and as he gave vent to every whimsical idea as it rose, I was really astonished at the brilliancy of his thoughts, and the force of his expression.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

It is true that some of these native gods can be with more or less distinctness identified with the great powers of nature: the King of the Winds (Raja Angin) for instance; “Mambang Tali Harus,” or the god of mid-currents (the Malay Neptune); the gods of thunder and lightning, of the celestial bodies, etc.; but none of them appear to have the status of the chief gods of the Hindu system, and both by land and water the terrible Shiva (“Batara Guru” or “Kala”) is supreme.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

Then our talk turned to the interpretation of the seven pillars and steps of the Temple, the seven sciences, the seven virtues, the seven vices, and the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

[535] I should conjecture that the extreme limit for the growth of the hardier species of chinchonæ, in Sikkim, will be found where their constant companions the tree-ferns and Vaccinia end, namely at 5000 feet; and that the best sites for such species as C. Calisaya and C. succirubra are about 1000 to 2000 feet lower, amidst the sub-tropical vegetation of the valleys.
— from Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction into India. by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

A cold shudder came over Aagé; he knew not, as yet, whether he waked or dreamed; he stood speechless, as if rooted to the spot, and gazed on the horrid sight; a low chant fell on his ear, and he beheld a crowd of Franciscan monks advance under the scaffold with a black coffin.
— from King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. by Bernhard Severin Ingemann

So she kneaded the flour in the sight of her brother, and made him cakes, and baked them in a pan, and brought them to him; but at that time he would not taste them, but gave order to his servants to send all that were there out of his chamber, because he had a mind to repose himself, free from tumult and disturbance.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

So the wise man can never have an opponent; for whoever is able to face and find him has already gone over to his side.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Now the good of the human soul is to be in accord with reason, as Dionysius declares (Div.
— from Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

"Miss Harkbird and Mr. Shoot!" Sylvie caught in a flash the idea of what the girl ought to have said.
— from The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

And the Jewish disciples who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out on those who were not Jews.
— from The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman