Philosophic Stoics and Epicureans had arrived at the conception of the brotherhood of men, and the Greek hymn of Kleanthes had exhibited a deep spiritual sense of the fatherhood of God.
— from The Unseen World, and Other Essays by John Fiske

In the county of Salop alone we have examples at Donington, Stoke St Milborough, Ludlow Friary, and Wenlock Priory
— from Byways in British Archaeology by Walter Johnson

I up an' hails 'em an' dey stops short.
— from The Boy Chums Cruising in Florida Waters or, The Perils and Dangers of the Fishing Fleet by Wilmer M. (Wilmer Mateo) Ely

His sister-in-law gave him his rice, and after he had eaten and drunk she said, “Let me kill that insect on you, Harata Kunwar.”
— from The Mikirs by Edward Stack

Page 83 {83} "Dread horror seizes on her sinking heart, A mortal chillness shudders at her breast, Her soul shrinks, fainting, from death's icy dart, The groan scarce uttered, dies, but half expressed, And down she sinks in deadly swoon oppressed:
— from Heathen mythology, Illustrated by extracts from the most celebrated writers, both ancient and modern by Various

It is as well, perhaps, that he should have died on his return to Rome in January of 1474—worn out by his excesses and debaucheries, say some; of poison administered by the Venetians, say others—leaving a mass of debts, contracted in his transactions with the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, to be cleared up by the Vicar of Christ.
— from The Life of Cesare Borgia by Rafael Sabatini

“It goes on, a something about Flowers, the first gardener ne’er had in his Eden, And dells so secluded, they ne’er saw the sun, And sweet summer-houses so pleasant to read in, With bright little jets-d’eau of eau-de-Cologne.
— from Luttrell Of Arran by Charles James Lever

He studied under a diversity of masters, including Leonardo da Vinci, Albertinelli, Piero di Cosimo; and finally, in 1512, he entered Andrea del Sarto's school, but did not stay long there either.
— from Fra Bartolommeo by Leader Scott