On the other hand, the Romans [considered] that, "in whatever place a Latin enemy stood, they knew full well that they were the same whom, after having utterly defeated at the lake Regillus, they kept in peaceable subjection for one hundred years; that the place being distinguished by the memory of their defeat, would rather stimulate them to blot out the remembrance of their disgrace, than raise a fear that any land should be unfavourable to their success.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

The conclusion is this, sir: because you shall be very good friends hereafter, and this never to be remembered or upbraided; besides, that he may not boast he has done any such thing to you in his own person: he is to come here in disguise, give you five kicks in private, sir, take your sword from you, and lock you up in that study during pleasure: which will be but a little while, we'll get it released presently.
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

I have not been able to dine once at home since I came, for people are fighting to have me; in a word, just as I love Mannheim, so Mannheim loves me; and, though of course I don't know it positively, still I do think it possible that I may get an appointment here.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The god did not hesitate, so highly did he prize the draught, but immediately plucked out one of his eyes, which Mimir kept in pledge, sinking it deep down into his fountain, where it shone with mild lustre, leaving Odin with but one eye, which is considered emblematic of the sun.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

And none of all the warders checked His entrance for their great respect Of him well known, in place so high, Still fain their king to gratify.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Dílì ku ikaw pugngan sa ímung buut buhátun, I won’t prevent you from doing what you want.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

My Picture-Gallery In a little house keep I pictures suspended, it is not a fix'd house, It is round, it is only a few inches from one side to the other; Yet behold, it has room for all the shows of the world, all memories!
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

My horse, which she knows I prize so highly, will at least prove that I am not trifling.
— from Sea-gift: A Novel by Edwin W. (Edwin Wiley) Fuller

He did trust in God, as the most exalted believer, and far more than the most exalted believer; and in that simplicity of faith He was kept in peace, sleeping amidst the storm.
— from The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Books of the Bible, Volume 15 (of 32) The Preacher's Complete Homiletic Commentary on the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, Volume I by Alfred Tucker

Let your friends know, if possible, soon after you arrive, about how long you mean to stay with them, as they might not like to ask the question, and would still find it convenient to know whether your visit is to have a duration of three days or three weeks.
— from St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, January 1878, No. 3 by Various

From the publication of this popular book in 1682, it has been constantly kept in print, so that it is impossible to calculate the numbers that have been circulated.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Complete by John Bunyan

The well known lavender water and eau de Cologne, are solutions of volatile oils of various kinds in pretty strong alcohol, and what are called spirit-varnishes, are most of them solutions of various kinds of resin in strong alcohol, although some of them, as mastic varnish, are made with spirit of turpentine, a volatile oil, in place of alcohol.
— from The Boy's Book of Industrial Information by Elisha Noyce

Unless you get a gust of kitchen in passing some hotel, you shall smell nothing all day long but the faint and choking odour of frost.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 22 Juvenilia and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson

Holstein (Armour’s) Farmer (Armour’s) Landjaeger (Armour’s) Lachsschinken (Armour’s) Austrian Pork Sausage (Armour’s) Klobask Italian Pork Sausage (Armour’s) Lebanon Style Sausage (Armour’s) Hispanosa (Spanish) (Armour’s) Nola (Armour’s) (UNSMOKED) Milan Salami (Star) Coppa (Armour’s) Capacola (Armour’s) Arles (Armour’s) Caserta Peperoni (Armour’s) Mortadella (Star) Genoa Salami (Veribest) Alesandria Salami (Armour’s) Alpino Salami (Armour’s) Lombardia Salami Menage (Star)
— from The Business of Being a Housewife A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy by Jean Prescott Adams

Alone, each can be kept in perfect safety.
— from A Sub. of the R.N.R.: A Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

Many women whom she knew in Paris swore by the doctors of Berne and Lausanne.
— from December Love by Robert Hichens

"I have a great liking for artists," Madame Lipinski, after watching the barytone through her eye-glass, declares to her neighbour Prince Suwarin, who is known in Parisian society by the nickname of memento mori , "but they seem to me like hounds,--delightful to behold in the open air, but mischievous in a drawing-room.
— from Erlach Court by Ossip Schubin