(But that you may not think, if you hear only about his achievements and successes in war, that the Emperor is less well endowed for pursuits that are loftier and rightly considered of more importance, I mean public speaking and deliberations and all those affairs in which judgment combined with intelligence and prudence take the helm, consider the case of Odysseus and Nestor, who are so highly praised in the poem; and if you find that the Emperor is inferior to them in any respect, put that down to his panegyrists, but we should rather in fairness concede that he is far superior.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

When they arrived at the beach, there involuntarily escaped from the women exclamations of surprise and pleasure at the sight of two large bankas fastened together and picturesquely adorned with garlands of flowers, leaves, and ruined cotton of many colors.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

It proved that whatever the Pawnee might be, he was not a coward, and it recalled to the young Shawanoe, the days when he wandered through the forests and cane brakes of Kentucky, like a raging cat o' mountain in his hatred of the pale-faces.
— from Footprints in the Forest by Edward Sylvester Ellis

Cardinal de Reisach was a man of great and varied learning, of large and refined culture of mind, and was fitted in a special way to understand the diversities of thought which met in the Vatican Council.
— from Pius IX. And His Time by Æneas MacDonell Dawson

This track is shaped like a rounded cone, or, more often, like a boomerang, [Pg 167] with a short arm running north-westwards to its place of turning and a long arm running northeastwards until its force is spent.
— from Plotting in Pirate Seas by Francis Rolt-Wheeler

but surely he worked his boat to the other side of the stream, and after what seemed an awful suspense he finally landed amid ringing cheers of men, women and children.
— from The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin by James Herbert Walker

He has left a large and rich collection of musical works, which are favorites the world over.
— from The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers A Handbook by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

The voluble son of El Hakim followed the lictor, and returned, crying out more furiously than before against me.
— from Tarry thou till I come; or, Salathiel, the wandering Jew. by George Croly

The chair careened under my ill-advised [Pg 61] energy; the barrel toppled forward, and I shot, like a rocket, clear over Mariposa's head, breaking my fall somewhat upon another girl and baby, and landing in the middle of the congregation, with my nose against one of the swathed bricks.
— from When Grandmamma Was New: The Story of a Virginia Childhood by Marion Harland

On that same street, on the corner of the Calle de la Espartería, in a house upon whose chamfer was an iron cross, there lived a retired captain of militia, Don Matías
— from The city of the discreet by Pío Baroja