Note 5 ( return ) [ As to this regress of the shadow, either upon a sun-dial, or the steps of the royal palace built by Ahaz, whether it were physically done by the real miraculous revolution of the earth in its diurnal motion backward from east to west for a while, and its return again to its old natural revolution from west to east; or whether it were not apparent only, and performed by an aerial phosphorus, which imitated the sun's motion backward, while a cloud hid the real sun; cannot now be determined.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

In Paris, such a habit stood in one's way; in America, it roused all the instincts of native jealousy.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Moreover, for several centuries, there had been great opposition in Rome against the institution of new monastic orders.
— from A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

Hence the knowledge of every knower is ruled according to its own nature.
— from Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition by Thomas, Aquinas, Saint

"And then yesterday, while reading a recent golf magazine, I ran across this item of news which gave me such a shock.
— from Torchy As A Pa by Sewell Ford

An eyebrow is raised at the interchange of notes and the carefully arranged Sunday afternoon walks.
— from Public School Life: Boys, Parents, Masters by Alec (Alexander Raban) Waugh

All things that he most fondly dreams of are his, or may become so if he is truly in earnest; and as he rises more and more to his ideal, and grows in the strength and influence of his character, he becomes an example and an inspiration to all with whom he comes in contact; so that through him the weak and faltering are encouraged and strengthened; so that those of low ideals and of a low type of life instinctively and inevitably have their ideals raised, and the ideals of no one can be raised without its showing forth in his outer life.
— from What All The World's A-Seeking The Vital Law of True Life, True Greatness Power and Happiness by Ralph Waldo Trine