Cyrus sprang from his carriage and donned his corselet; then leaping on to his charger's back, with the javelins firmly clutched, he passed the order to the rest, to arm themselves and fall into their several ranks.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

I am verry unwell the drid fish which is my only diet does not agree with me and Several of the men Complain of a lax, and weakness—I expect Capt. Lewis will return to day with the hunters and let us know if Elk or deer Can be found Sufficent for us to winter on, If he does not come I Shall move from this place, to one of better prospects for game &c. Joseph Fields came home with the marrow bones of an Elk which he had killed 6 miles distant, I sent out 6 men in a canoe for the meat, the evening being late they did not return this night, which proved fair moon Shineing night—This is the first Elk we have killed on this Side the rockey mounts a great deal of Elk Sign in the neighbourhood H2 anchor [Clark, December 2, 1805] Monday 2nd December 1805
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

I {329} shall apply this reasoning, at present, not to any particular virtue, but to an excellency, which, for want of judgment, is often the cause of ridiculous and blameable effects; I mean great learning; which, if not accompanied with sound judgment, frequently carries us into error, pride, and pedantry.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

But for the Chieftain of the Pharisees new, [707] Then waging war hard by the Lateran, And not with Saracen nor yet with Jew; For Christian
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

"If all their eggs hatched, just four codfish could feed England, America, and Norway."
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

It struck me that at this he just faintly colored.
— from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James

JANE FINN CHAPTER XX. TOO LATE CHAPTER XXI. TOMMY MAKES
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie

Long John Fanning could not remember him.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

I have read Phillips' War Speech, marked the tenor and spirit of the Liberator, seen the stars and stripes paraded in the Standard, perused James Freeman Clarke's sermon, and I feel more desolate and solitary than ever.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Thus they sidled slowly onward till it struck her they had been advancing for an unconscionable time—far longer than was usually occupied by the short journey from Chaseborough, even at this walking pace, and that they were no longer on hard road, but in a mere trackway.
— from Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman by Thomas Hardy

The attorneys engaged in the case were the same that served in the preceding trials, excepting that Major E. A. Montooth and Mr. John F. Cox relieved the counsel who had previously taken the most active part for the defense.
— from Homestead A Complete History of the Struggle of July, 1892, between the Carnegie-Steel Company, Limited, and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers by Arthur Gordon Burgoyne

2. Contest in judging farm crops and stock.
— from Farm Boys and Girls by William A. (William Arch) McKeever

The motley, medley coach provide; Or, like Joe Frankenstein, compile The vegetable man complete!
— from English Eccentrics and Eccentricities by John Timbs

He had seen so much meek and pure-spirited self-denial; so much high principle in the conduct of Mademoiselle Hennequin, during an intimacy which had now lasted six months, that no passing feeling of doubt, like the one just felt, could unsettle the confidence created by her virtues.
— from Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper

De parlor is jes’ freezin’ col’,” answered Serena, who never forgot that people should be made comfortable.
— from Mrs. Darrell by Foxcroft Davis

Jack and Jill (together): We are Jack and Jill, Father Christmas.
— from Christmas Entertainments by Alice Maude Kellogg

Swift had some justification for calling Wharton the most universal villain he had ever known; but he was the shrewdest of politicians, and his [Pg 165] doggerel tells exactly the same story as Evelyn’s grave reflections.
— from Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690 by Richard Bagwell