Thus we have endeavoured to account for pity and malice.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

For in their desire to conquer Philip and humble Macedonia, they have unconsciously brought such a mighty cloud from the west, as for the present perhaps will overshadow Macedonia first, but which in the sequel will be the origin of heavy evils to all Greece.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

It must, however, be acknowledged, that the conduct of the emperors who appeared the least favorable to the primitive church, is by no means so criminal as that of modern sovereigns, who have employed the arm of violence and terror against the religious opinions of any part of their subjects.
— 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

Upon this, laying aside all hope of advancement, he resigned himself entirely to an indolent life; living in great privacy, one while in his gardens, or a villa which he had near the city; another while in Campania, where he passed his time in the lowest society; by which means, besides his former character of a dull, heavy fellow, he acquired that of a drunkard and gamester. VI.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

He employed the awful moments with the firm temper of a hero and a sage; the philosophers who had accompanied him in this fatal expedition, compared the tent of Julian with the prison of Socrates; and the spectators, whom duty, or friendship, or curiosity, had assembled round his couch, listened with respectful grief to the funeral oration of their dying emperor.
— 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

Her evident terror as to what was going to happen provoked me to uncontrollable laughter.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

I find him a little more temperate and considerate in his enterprises than Alexander, for this man seems to seek and run headlong upon dangers like an impetuous torrent which attacks and rushes against everything it meets, without choice or discretion; “Sic tauriformis volvitur
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The thought of you has upheld me through all I have endured today, and shall, through fifty times such trouble.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

She said she had undressed to be able to sleep better, and, shutting her eyes, turned away.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

“Come, Jackie, let's get out of here,” encouraged Tom , and having observed a window in the room to the left, he once more took up his charge and made for it.
— from The Dare Boys of 1776 by Stephen Angus Cox

Though she understood Ellen's earlier history, it seemed to her, all else aside, that Ellen had lifted her eyes to an unattainable star.
— from Ellen Levis: A Novel by Elsie Singmaster

It isn't that she wants the presents, you know, but Mona has a queer sort of an idea that she must have everything that anybody else has.
— from Patty Blossom by Carolyn Wells

Even this was not apparent for a little while following the plunge into the dark; Mackenzie stood still, waiting for his eyes to adjust themselves to the gloom.
— from The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

In his after life in London he escaped the admonitions; but not wholly the “over-service” in ways of eating and drinking.
— from English Lands, Letters and Kings, vol. 2: From Elizabeth to Anne by Donald Grant Mitchell

All the humorists emphasize this, and the novelist depicts it as the common situation.
— from The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson

Campanian Mercenaries In the second great city on the east coast, Messana, a band of foreign soldiers had established themselves and held the city, independent alike of Syracusans and Carthaginians.
— from The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5) by Theodor Mommsen

The third chief of the alliance has escaped the abbé's researches.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 5, Primitive History The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 5 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Then the French King's children complained to the Cardinal that the Emperor kept them as hostages, and desired him to work for their deliverance, and he effected this also.
— from Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson