Now, since God by the words, "Adam, where art thou?" pointed to the death of the soul, which results when He abandons it, and since in the words, "Earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return," [610] He signified the death of the body, which results when the soul departs from [Pg 549] it, we are led, therefore, to believe that He said nothing of the second death, wishing it to be kept hidden, and reserving it for the New Testament dispensation, in which it is most plainly revealed.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

He complained, it appeared, of her coldness, of the distance at which she kept him, at relapses into formality after hours of unreserved merriment.
— from Lucinda by Anthony Hope

If you are an intimate female friend she will whisper you the name of her malady, which is sure to be something terrific, and which, if true, would have kept her a real invalid for months instead of days; but if you are only a man she will make herself out to have been very ill indeed in a more mysterious way, and leave you to wonder at the extraordinary physique of fashionable women, which enables them to live on the most friendly touch-and-go terms with death, and to overcome mortal maladies by an effort of the will and the delights of a ducal ball.
— from The Girl of the Period, and Other Social Essays, Vol. 1 (of 2) by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

I don’t know how a real invalid feels, but I never was further off sleep in my life!
— from Lady Cassandra by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

The Ming dynasty of China has been as a parent to us for two hundred years and our kings have always received investiture from the Emperor.
— from The History of Korea (vol. 2 of 2) by Homer B. (Homer Bezaleel) Hulbert

But David said to Saul, "Your servant kept his father's sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and took a lamb out of the flock, I would go out after him and kill him and rescue it from his mouth.
— from The Children's Bible by Henry A. Sherman