"Because you must know, of course," he said gaily.
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

So when the answers were brought back and Croesus heard them, he was delighted with the oracles, and expecting that he would certainly destroy the kingdom of Cyrus, he sent again to Pytho, 58 and presented to the men of Delphi, having ascertained the number of them, two staters of gold for each man: and in return for this the Delphians gave to Croesus and to the Lydians precedence in consulting the Oracle and freedom from all payments, and the right to front seats at the games, with this privilege also for all time, that any one of them who wished should be allowed to become a citizen of Delphi.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

There was a kind of cold hearted selfishness on both sides, which mutually attracted them; and they sympathised with each other in an insipid propriety of demeanor, and a general want of understanding.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Let the first European biographer of Genghis tell, in his own now-quaint words, how Genghis put the bee on Khorezm (Carizme): And a Historian, to describe their Strength and Number, makes the Spies whom the King of Carizme had sent to view them, speak thus: They are, say they to the Sultan, all compleat Men, vigorous, and look like Wrestlers; they breathe nothing but War and Blood, and show so great an Impatience to fight, that the Generals can scarce moderate it; yet though they appear thus fiery, they keep themselves within the bounds of a strict Obedience to Command, and are intirely devoted to their Prince; they are contented with any sort of Food, and are not curious in the choice of Beasts to eat, like Mussulmen
— from Psychological Warfare by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

Montaigne keeps, of course, his sceptical tone, but he practically agrees
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

Whenever he met a king or chieftain, he stood by him and spoke him fairly.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Consul Wildman at Hong Kong at first wrote the State Department quite peevishly that Aguinaldo seemed much more concerned about the kind of cane he should wear than about the figure he might make in history.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Of those that had any kind of carving, he says "they are random, sketchy figures, many of which suggested pictographs of North American Indians.
— from The American Egypt: A Record of Travel in Yucatan by Frederick J. Tabor Frost

After many adventures Jason reached Col'chis, where, by the aid of magic and supernatural arts, and through the favor of Me-de'a, daughter of the King of Colchis, he succeeded in capturing the fleece.
— from Mosaics of Grecian History by Robert Pierpont Wilson

When Davies printed the “Fugitive Pieces” without his knowledge or consent, “How,” said I, “would Pope have raved, had he been served so!”
— from Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. During the Last Twenty Years of His Life by Hester Lynch Piozzi

“Well, it grew plain to Miss Livingstone, as it will to everybody else who knows or cares,” he said; “I mean chiefly Laura's tremendous desirability.
— from The Path of a Star by Sara Jeannette Duncan

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On the 9th August the Lincolnshires captured the "Green Knoll" on Chocolate Hill (see page 281 ); but when the enemy set the scrub on fire they were forced to retire, leaving wounded behind them.
— from The Children's Story of the War Volume 4 (of 10) The Story of the Year 1915 by Edward Parrott

Astulphus refusing to comply with these conditions, Pepin led an army into Italy, defeated the Lombards, and besieged, and took Astulphus in Pavia; but generously restored him his kingdom on condition he should live in amity with the pope.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Vol. 7. July by Alban Butler