Indeed it has happened before now that even without such a desire men have deprived us of certain of our possessions.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

At Rome he begged to have a public trial, but that the pope absolutely denied him, and commanded him to give an account of his opinions in writing, which he did under the following heads: Original sin.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Since the death of Trajan the arms of the empire had not penetrated so deeply into the old Dacia: yet the success of Priscus was transient and barren; and he was soon recalled by the apprehension that Baian, with dauntless spirit and recruited forces, was preparing to avenge his defeat under the walls of Constantinople.
— 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

He dwells upon the relative and unreal character of sensual pleasures and the illusion which arises out of the contrast of pleasure and pain, pointing out the superiority of the pleasures of reason, which are at rest, over the fleeting pleasures of sense and emotion.
— from The Republic by Plato

The very man who is embarrassed by his name is the one who needs shelter.” It chanced that a worthy curé, I know not whether it was the curé of Couloubroux or the curé of Pompierry, took it into his head to ask him one day, probably at the instigation of Madame Magloire, whether Monsieur was sure that he was not committing an indiscretion, to a certain extent, in leaving his door unfastened day and night, at the mercy of any one who should choose to enter, and whether, in short, he did not fear lest some misfortune might occur in a house so little guarded.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Thereupon Aramis had given him a clasp of the hand and had disappeared under the arcades.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

This was fulfilling the intentions of Monsieur Porthos, who had desired us to be so careful of this letter, was it not?”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

My marriage had drifted us away from each other.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

"He knew what his younger son had done unto him."
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

Antinahuel disdained to reply to her reproaches; he merely snatched the dagger from her hand, threw her down upon the ground, and ordered her to be tied to a large post with her face turned towards the ground.
— from The Pearl of the Andes: A Tale of Love and Adventure by Gustave Aimard

No man struggles so honestly, so ardently as he did, utterly in vain; for in us all, if we would but cherish it, there is a spirit that must rise at last—a crowned, if bleeding conqueror—over Fate and all the Demons!
— from Alice, or the Mysteries — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

You have drawn upon us the attention of that rascally guarda-costa, the captain of which will not be satisfied until he has received a full explanation of your remark.
— from Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

He does unexpected things."
— from Space Viking by H. Beam Piper

I'll drink dissimulation at the source; top [Pg 69] I'll study him.—Thus might an angel look When, wearied with the music of the spheres, He laid him down upon a roseate bank To dream of holiness!—He hath not stirred.— '
— from The Scarlet Stigma: A Drama in Four Acts by James Edgar Smith

The two Americans passed an hour that afternoon in the old man's hut, drawing up a calendar on which to check as accurately as possible, the passage of time as reckoned in the terms of life upon the surface.
— from Darkness and Dawn by George Allan England

Nothing but rivers will satisfy such a soul; ponds, pools, and cisterns, will do nothing: such an one is like him of whom it is said, 'Behold he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not; he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth' (Job 40:23).
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

"It means," said the senior escort, removing his hat, and revealing the dark curls of Romney Huntoon, "that we have decided upon a change of venue for your case, and have arranged to remove the jurisdiction to Romney Hall, Yor
— from Sir Christopher: A Romance of a Maryland Manor in 1644 by Maud Wilder Goodwin

She had done up her fair hair compactly; her chin had its usual proud lift.
— from Pembroke: A Novel by Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman