And from this passage, "The devil sinneth from the beginning," it is not to be supposed that he sinned from the beginning of his created existence, but from the beginning of his sin, when by his pride he had once commenced to sin.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[Pg 22] it is naturally unwilling to open its sources of power to those whom it has selected for its purposes of exploitation.
— from Nationalism by Rabindranath Tagore

He threatened to chastise the rash successor of Theodosius; but he hesitated whether he should first direct his invincible arms against the Eastern or the Western empire.
— 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

Take of the leaves of Celandine, roots and all, three handfuls and a half, Rue two handfuls, Scordium four handfuls, Dittany of Crete, Carduus, of each one handful and a half, Zedoary and Angelica roots, of each three drams, Citrons and Lemon pills, of each six drams, Clove-gilliflowers one ounce and a half, Red Rose, Centaury the less, of each two drams, Cinnamon, Cloves, of each three drams, Venice Treacle three ounces, Mithridates one ounce and a half, Camphire two scruples, Troches of Vipers two ounces, Mace two drams, Wood of Aloes half an ounce, Yellow Sanders one dram and a half, Carduus seeds one ounce, Citron seeds six drams, let them be cut and infused in spirits of Wine, and Malaga Wine, of each three pound and a half, Vinegar of Clove-gilliflowers, Juice of Lemons, of each one pound, and distilled in a glass still in Balneo Mariæ , after it is half distilled off, the residue may be strained through a linen cloath, and be reduced to the thickness of Honey, and called the Bezoartic extract.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

But she did not see his stare, for her arms were round his neck, and her cheek was against his, and she was murmuring, her lips on his ear, "I knew you would come—in my very heart I always, always knew you would come—" Chapter 21 Now Frederick was not the man to hurt anything if he could help it; besides, he was completely bewildered.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Turn a child and a donkey loose in the same field, and the child heads straight for the beautiful spots where brooks are running and birds singing, while the donkey turns as naturally to weeds and thistles.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Returned home with Athos, Aramis and Porthos inquired eagerly the cause of the strange interview; but d’Artagnan confined himself to telling them that M. de Richelieu had sent for him to propose to him to enter into his guards with the rank of ensign, and that he had refused.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

He smiled feebly.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I felt as if there warn’t nothin’ left; and then the good Lord, he stood by me, and he says, ‘Fear not, Tom;’
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Then he set fire to his ships, landed his men, and went over all the country with armed hand.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The enemy Shouted, "A witch, yea, verily, See how her shade feeds on the dead.
— from Florence on a Certain Night, and Other Poems by Coningsby Dawson

"My foot must have got twisted," he said, "for it grew very painful, and the ankle is a good deal swollen, Otherwise I should not have let Lady Jenny go on alone; but she was anxious to see my brother and insisted on going.
— from A Traitor in London by Fergus Hume

Wi' sma' to sell, and less to buy, Aboon distress, below envy, O wha wad leave this humble state, For a' the pride of a' the great?
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

she whispered, under her breath, as she remembered the men she looked for, had sent for––the men who were to take him away a prisoner!
— from The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan

" Bradley remained silent over by the rickety red-hot stove, warming his stiffened fingers.
— from A Spoil of Office: A Story of the Modern West by Hamlin Garland

He set fire to the bridge, and drove the Irish out of two small outworks.
— from Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690 by Richard Bagwell

he said feebly.
— from Jack of the Pony Express; Or, The Young Rider of the Mountain Trails by Frank V. Webster