King Olaf went with his men-at-arms to the Gula-Thing; for the bondes had sent him word that they would reply there to his speech.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

They say, moreover, that whereas sculpture, through the stubbornness and the imperfection of the material, does not represent the emotions of the soul save with motion, which does not, however, find much scope therein, and with the mere shape of the limbs and not even of all these; the painters demonstrate them with all the forms of motion, which are infinite, with the shape of the limbs, however subtle they may be, and even with breath itself and the spiritual essence of sight; and that, for greater perfection in demonstrating not only the passions and emotions of the soul but also the events of the future, as living men do, they must have, besides long practice in the art, a complete understanding of physiognomy, whereof that part suffices for the sculptor which deals with the quantity and the quality of the members, without troubling about the quality of colours, as to the knowledge of which anyone who judges by the eye knows how useful and necessary it is for the true imitation of nature, whereunto the closer a man approaches the more perfect he is.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

Those who advanced nearer to him he again kept off with his sword; so that the barbarians were no longer willing to approach him, but standing round him cast at him from all sides whatever any one happened to have or could get hold of at the time.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

[Pg 273] longer know on what basis to found our concepts of what is exemplary, masterly, perfect.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

'There's a dear Knave of Wilfers!'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

The duchess begged him to tell her about the enchantment or deception, so Sancho told the whole story exactly as it had happened, and his hearers were not a little amused by it; and then resuming, the duchess said, "In consequence of what worthy Sancho has told me, a doubt starts up in my mind, and there comes a kind of whisper to my ear that says, 'If Don Quixote be mad, crazy, and cracked, and Sancho Panza his squire knows it, and, notwithstanding, serves and follows him, and goes trusting to his empty promises, there can be no doubt he must be still madder and sillier than his master; and that being so, it will be cast in your teeth, senora duchess, if you give the said Sancho an island to govern; for how will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?'" "By God, senora," said Sancho, "but that doubt comes timely; but your grace may say it out, and speak plainly, or as you like; for I know what you say is true, and if I were wise I should have left my master long ago; but this was my fate, this was my bad luck; I can't help it, I must follow him; we're from the same village, I've eaten his bread, I'm fond of him, I'm grateful, he gave me his ass-colts, and above all I'm faithful; so it's quite impossible for anything to separate us, except the pickaxe and shovel.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

With regard to this I may say I would not have the hand roughened by too servile application to the same kind of work, nor should the skin of the hand become hardened so as to lose its delicate sense of touch which keeps the body informed of what is going on, and by the kind of contact sometimes makes us shudder in different ways even in the dark.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

[pg 34] H2 anchor FLORA AND FAUNA Glacier National Park is exceptionally rich in many kinds of wildlife.
— from Glacier National Park [Montana] by United States. Department of the Interior

It seemed to him much to abandon his property, as he did not think it probable that King Olaf would ever have a rising in his favour in Norway.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

As soon as the army starts, the chief-quartermaster and commissary will prepare a resupply of stores at some point on Pamlico or Albemarle Sounds, ready to be conveyed to Kinston or Winton and Murfreesboro', according to developments.
— from Project Gutenberg Edition of The Memoirs of Four Civil War Generals by John Alexander Logan

This parganah from the time of my father had been in the jagir of Kes͟ho Dās Mārū, 68 and in fact had become a kind of wat̤an (native country) to him.
— from The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 1 of 2) by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

"It is the ideal plan for this kind of work.
— from The Boys' Life of Mark Twain by Albert Bigelow Paine

We had to keep our wounded down in that dugout about six hours waitin’ to evacuate ’em on that account.
— from What Outfit, Buddy? by T. Howard (Thomas Howard) Kelly

She remembered in a dim kind of way that she had gone to sleep in great trouble and perplexity.
— from The Children's Pilgrimage by L. T. Meade

There must be others—probably many others—in the country, a knowledge of which might throw considerable light on our enquiries.
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson

Three fourths of the deaths and injuries in the steel mills were cut out entirely in six years' time; in the railroads, the number of accidents was cut squarely in two in three years' time; in other kinds of work—all except one—big reductions all along the line."
— from Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts by Roy Rutherford Bailey

The sea came in like a great sky of immense clouds, for ever breaking suddenly into furious rain; all kinds of wreck were washed in; among other things, a very pretty brass-bound chest being thrown about like a feather. . . .
— from The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster

And is left in winter without keeper or waiter, but in harvest time many come and haunt the vineyard.
— from Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus by Bartholomaeus, Anglicus, active 13th century

Examples of this kind of writing are abundant in Professor L. T. Townsend's "Art of Speech," which, as examples, are all the better for not being of that exaggerated description sometimes met within the newspapers.
— from The Verbalist A Manual Devoted to Brief Discussions of the Right and the Wrong Use of Words and to Some Other Matters of Interest to Those Who Would Speak and Write with Propriety. by Alfred Ayres