Now for Ventidius, he was employed in composing the disturbances that had been made in the cities by the means of the Parthians; and for Silo, he was in Judea indeed, but corrupted by Antigonus.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

It is natural also that in such a state of society population 7 should be kept down within necessary limits, not only by famine, by the restraints of feudalism, by legalized murder in the form of vendetta, by a system of prostitution that made and still makes Japan infamous, by child murder, by lack of encouragement given to feeble or malformed children to live, and by various devices known to those who were ingenious in keeping up so artificial a state of society.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

MARVELLOUS UNDERGROUND JOURNEY Illustrated by CHARLES HOWARD JOHNSON Price $2.00 Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger PRESS NOTICES BOSTON TIMES.
— from Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood

Giuwílan ni Pidru si Huwan sa pagpapalit ug sigarilyu, Pedro sweet-talked Juan into buying cigarettes for him.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

He wished to obtain a fly to take her back in, but economy being so imperative she deprecated his doing so, and they walked along slowly, Jude in black crape, she in brown and red clothing.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

It was made a colony, with the jus Italicum , by Caracalla, and afterwards became the capital of Phœnicia Libanesia.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

The feud between the Professor and the Filipino people—the bad blood has been growing so long that the incident hereinafter related justifies its being called a feud—has been peculiarly embittered by the missionary aspect of the non-Christian industry.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Those who know anything of human nature, will not hesitate to answer these questions in the affirmative; and will be at no loss to perceive, that by making the same persons judges in both cases, those who might happen to be the objects of prosecution would, in a great measure, be deprived of the double security intended them by a double trial.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

It proves incontestably, that the judiciary is beyond comparison the weakest of the three departments of power(1); that it can never attack with success either of the other two; and that all possible care is requisite to enable it to defend itself against their attacks.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

The Latin inscription on this monument is to this effect;—“Sacred to the memory of Lionel Lord Cranfield, Earl of Middlesex, who by that discerning prince, King James I., being called to court, was for his excellent parts bountifully rewarded, both with honours and fortune; being made Master of the Requests, and of the Wardrobe, President of the Court of Wards, and Privy Councillor.
— from Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, Its Monuments and Curiosities by Anonymous

This reason is worthy of the doctrine it is used to uphold; as if a plea of ignorance, any more than any other plea, must necessarily be believed simply because it is urged; and as if it were not a common and every-day practice of courts and juries, in both civil and criminal cases, to determine the mental capacity of individuals; as, for example, to determine whether they are of sufficient mental capacity to make reasonable contracts; whether they are lunatic; whether they are compotes mentis , "of sound mind and memory," &c. &c. And there is obviously no more difficulty in a jury's determining whether an accused person knew the law in a criminal case, than there is in determining any of these other questions that are continually determined in regard to a man's mental capacity.
— from An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner

By Horatio Alger, Jr., in box containing the following.
— from Frank at Don Carlos' Rancho by Harry Castlemon

"As I told Joan, I believe contact will be to our ultimate benefit, though it may be difficult at first.
— from The Alembic Plot: A Terran Empire novel by Ann Wilson

A charge of heresy, founded chiefly on his early persecutions at Alcala and Salamanca, was advanced with great clamour against him and his companions; but a judicial inquiry, by confirming their innocence, increased their reputation.
— from The Gallery of Portraits: with Memoirs. Volume 7 (of 7) by Arthur Thomas Malkin

Yet it would not be right to judge it by comparison with the symphonies of the last half century.
— from Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work by Stephen S. (Stephen Samuel) Stratton

It was built in the reign of James I., being consequently nearly three centuries old.
— from Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various

In the summer of 1869 he gave his services to the great Peace Jubilee in Boston, conducted by Mr. P. S. Gilmore, and this so delayed his departure
— from Ole Bull: A Memoir by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull

In June it became clear that the King’s Government was weary of waiting upon Europe, as it had been clear long before that Europe would do nothing.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 18 by Robert Louis Stevenson