In sooth, he lent a gracious ear, Meanwhile expressing modest fear, Lest such a load of royal care Should be too great for him to bear.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

When he had saluted them all, he returned through the portico, placing Lælius in the middle; for there was in their friendship a sort of law of reciprocal courtesy, so 369 that in the camp Lælius paid Scipio almost divine honors, on account of his eminent renown in war and in private life; in his turn Scipio reverenced Lælius, even as a father, because he was older than himself.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

He died, it is true, nine months later of rapid consumption, so that he had the right, as it turned out, to compare himself to a swan singing his last song.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Anderson RAPHAEL After the portrait by himself in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence Another meagre life of Raffaele, composed soon after his death, and upon which Vasari seems to have drawn largely, was published by Comolli in 1790, from an anonymous MS.
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 2 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630. by James Dennistoun

From that time special efforts were made to bring the society up to the high standard of its western models in every way; and when the government of Japan in 1886 declared its adhesion to the Geneva convention, the “Hakuaisha” was reorganized and formally enrolled on the international list of Red Cross societies.
— from The War in the East: Japan, China, and Corea by Trumbull White

And, considering the lightness with which the preparation of young lives seem to lie on respectable consciences, Sir Hugo Mallinger can hardly be held open to exceptional reproach.
— from Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

"I mean to write for lots of Roman candles," said Frank, "they look so beautiful going up.
— from Aunt Fanny's Story-Book for Little Boys and Girls by Aunt Fanny

On each side of the cab beneath the windows are the letters “O. R. C.,” surrounded by the emblem of the order.
— from Nine Thousand Miles on a Pullman Train An Account of a Tour of Railroad Conductors from Philadelphia to the Pacific Coast and Return by Milton M. Shaw

The openings of the great main lines of railroad communication shortly proved the fallaciousness of the numerous rash prophecies which had been promulgated by the opponents of railways.
— from Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles

4. You must not leave off remembring Christ Sacramental, till your hearts be inflamed with an ardent love to Jesus Christ; for he is set forth in this Sacrament, in all the endearing expressions, as a crucified Christ, as pouring out his blood for us.
— from A Vindication of the Presbyteriall-Government and Ministry by Ministers and Elders of the London Provinciall Assembly