god they say that they are sacred.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

It is impossible to express by words the glory, the splendor, the delicate gorgeousness which were softened into the beauty of this object.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

They are accustomed only to walk and to gallop: their sensations are not blunted by the incessant abuse of the spur and the whip: their powers are reserved for the moments of flight and pursuit: but no sooner do they feel the touch of the hand or the stirrup, than they dart away with the swiftness of the wind; and if their friend be dismounted in the rapid career, they instantly stop till he has recovered his seat.
— 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

It is curious that this MS , which was written by an Irish scribe, should give the same corrupt form, Laud ac - for Laod ac -, which we find in the Book of Armagh; see below p. 348.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

To prolong her enjoyment of the sensation she decided to walk; but the distance was so great that she found herself glancing nervously at the clocks on the way.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

He was silent for a minute, and thought to himself, “Lesson Number 2, Tom Brown;” and then said gently, “I'm very glad to see this, Arthur, and ashamed that I don't read the Bible more myself.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

When I go to Salzburg I shall certainly not fail to plead zealously for my dear friend; in the mean time you will not neglect doing all you can in her favor, for you cannot cause your son greater joy.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I am going to see if I can make out who is right, the world or I. Helmer .
— from A Doll's House : a play by Henrik Ibsen

Out came the sunset; but in spite of this heroic mutilation the editor of the Canadian Woman sent Averil’s Atonement back so promptly that the indignant Diana declared that it couldn’t have been read at all, and vowed she was going to stop her subscription immediately.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

When they heard that their friends were foiled, they sent a messenger to Phaethon to renew the fight: whereupon they set themselves in array, and fell upon the Selenitans or the Moon soldiers that were troubled, and disordered in following the chase, and scattered in gathering the spoils, and put them all to flight, and pursued the king into his city, and killed the greatest part of his birds, overturned the trophies he had set up, and overcame the whole country that was spun by the spiders.
— from Lucian's True History by of Samosata Lucian

The Rabbis gave their scholars something to show for their lessons—expositions of the Law and systematic doctrine—and their pupils would have said to the disciples, “Our master gives us this or that; what does your master give you?”
— from Pastor Pastorum; Or, The Schooling of the Apostles by Our Lord by Henry Latham

It was a steep, rocky climb, but Andy was accustomed to scrambling over rocks, and in a few minutes he had gained the summit.
— from Grit A-Plenty: A Tale of the Labrador Wild by Dillon Wallace

"What possessed me to find out all about them just at this time, and go to see the girl, I can't think," she said.
— from Sir Harry: A Love Story by Archibald Marshall

" Still softly and sweetly from out the next room Still floating and lingering 'mid shadow and gloom— The sound of the soft murmured "lullaby—O!" Is heard, while the mother sings gently and low— [Illustration: Music Sheet detail: "Hush, my babe, lie still and slumber, Holy angels guard thy bed."
— from Grandma's Memories by Mary D. (Mary Dow) Brine

Those two were senators in their full garniture, the sons of Servius Sylla, both beautiful almost as women, with soft and feminine features, and long curled hair, and lips of coral, from which in flippant and affected accents fell words, and breathed desires, that would have made the blood stop and turn stagnant at the heart of any one, not utterly polluted and devoid of every humane feeling.
— from The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Henry William Herbert

The man was asking Barbara about her home folks, and seemed particularly interested in hearing about mother’s pale looks and many sighs; and also how sister Lucy seemed to be able to walk better lately than at any time in the past; though she did have to use a crutch; but she hoped to be able to go to school in the fall if she continued to improve.
— from Jack Winters' Baseball Team; Or, The Rivals of the Diamond by Mark Overton

The committee reported that if the original charter bred a monopoly, it would not help matters to give the same privileges to others.
— from On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Julian Ralph

If these had grasped the situation a little more quickly they could easily have prevented the destruction of the machine, which it was important to preserve.
— from Sixty Squadron R.A.F.: A History of the Squadron from its Formation by A. J. L. (Alan John Lance) Scott

Nay, blame grief that 's fickle, Time that proves a traitor, Chance, change, all that purpose warps,— Death who spares to thrust the sickle Laid Love low, through flowers which later Shroud the corpse!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

For all I set an' gawped, I was coming raound fast, though I felt as I used tew, when I was goin' to shoot the rapids, kinder breathless an' oncertin, whether I'd come aout right side up or not.
— from Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories by Louisa May Alcott