Note 11 ( return ) [ Here Josephus gives us a key to his own language, of right and left hand in the tabernacle and temple; that by the right hand he means what is against our left, when we suppose ourselves going up from the east gate of the courts towards the tabernacle or temple themselves, and so vice versa; whence it follows, that the pillar Jachin, on the right hand of the temple was on the south, against our left hand; and Booz on the north, against our right hand.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Beside the solid, quaint old furnishings of a long past time, there were also around her the things she had been used to at home; her own little old rocking-chair, her desk and table, and her toilet and mantel ornaments and things of use.
— from Real Folks by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

It dealt with the hours of labour of railway servants, a subject which for some time previously had been enjoying the attention of the Press.
— from Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland by Joseph Tatlow

Under the first head I must consider God's goodness, mercy, and kindness towards mankind and towards myself; the benefits, for instance, of creation according to His own Likeness, of Redemption, of Baptism, of His inspirations, of His invitations—whether directly or through the medium of others; His patient waiting till I do penance; His Holy Eucharist; His preserving me from so many perils both of body and soul; His care of me by means of His Angels; and His other individual benefits.
— from On Prayer and The Contemplative Life by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

But a circumstance which I had heard my father mention in my childhood had of late often recurred to my mind.
— from The Path of Duty, and Other Stories by Harriet S. Caswell

Here is Homer’s direct and moving because most human and comprehensive touch in narrative:— ‘But from the hill of Lidskialf Odin rose, The throne, from which his eye surveys the world; And mounted Sleipner, and in darkness rode To Asgard.
— from Views and Reviews: Essays in appreciation: Literature by William Ernest Henley

“The way she will get up and go to market, my dears, after such a night as that,” pursued Mrs Marcella, who always ran on her own line of rails, and never shunted to avoid collision; “you never saw anything like her—the amount she can bear!
— from The Maidens' Lodge; or, None of Self and All of Thee (In the Reign of Queen Anne) by Emily Sarah Holt

A careful general would, without hesitation, have seized and strongly garrisoned Aspern, Essling, and Enzersdorf, in order that his own line of retreat might be secure, and sufficient room be assured in which to deploy.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 3 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

The House of Lords, on receiving this intelligence, sent for the Commons to come into their hall, as is usual when any important communication is to be made to them either by the Lords themselves or by the sovereign.
— from Queen Elizabeth Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

His treatise on "A Solitary Life" was written as an apology for his own love of retirement—retirement, not solitude, for Petrarch had the social feeling too strongly in his nature to desire a perfect hermitage.
— from The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Francesco Petrarca