[ Every where they massacred all classes, except the artisans, whom they made slaves.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The only difference is that in the Laws the common meals are ccxvi extended to women, and the warriors number about 5000, but in the Republic only 1000.’
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

The profanation and plunder of the monasteries and churches excited the most tragic complaints.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

It contains the Government buildings, the central military and civil establishments, the residence of the governor-general and the officials of the general and provincial Government, the superior courts of justice, the archbishop's palace and the cathedral, various other churches, including an English church and library, the great commercial establishments, &c. A fine boulevard built on a series of arches, and bordered on one side by handsome buildings, runs along the sea-front of the town overlooking the bay, harbour, and shipping.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Thus neither by considering the first origin of ideas, nor by means of a definition are we able to arrive at any satisfactory notion of substance; which seems to me a sufficient reason for abandoning utterly that dispute concerning the materiality and immateriality of the soul, and makes me absolutely condemn even the question itself.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

"A man without decision," says John Foster, "can never be said to belong to himself; since if he dared to assert that he did, the puny force of some cause, about as powerful as a spider, may make a seizure of the unhappy boaster the very next minute, and contemptuously exhibit the futility of the determination by which he was to have proved the independence of his understanding and will.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

After having enjoyed, until our strength was almost expiring, the most delightful, the most intense voluptuousness in which mutual ardour can enfold two young, vigorous, and passionate lovers, the young countess dressed herself, and, kissing her slippers, said she would never part with them as long as she lived.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

No one has said more against copyright extensions that I have, but Hollywood and the big publishers have seen to it that our Congress won't even mention it in public.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Some of these books were well-bound, the publishers evidently making a conscientious effort to meet the demands of the committee; others were makeshifts not worth one-half the extra cost.
— from Library Bookbinding by Arthur Low Bailey

The two old men made a commendable effort to stand erect, but no effort to stand alone.
— from Black is White by George Barr McCutcheon

Still less may a clergyman enter to offer consolation to the sick, or to unite in prayer with the dying.
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple

On the day when Denise came down wearing a pair of cloth boots, which had cost her five francs, Marguerite and Clara expressed their astonishment in a kind of half whisper, so as to be heard.
— from The Ladies' Paradise by Émile Zola

Deep breathing should be practiced until it becomes automatic, because the speaker who makes a conscious effort to control the breathing mechanism will be stilted and artificial in his utterance.
— from How to Master the Spoken Word Designed as a Self-Instructor for all who would Excel in the Art of Public Speaking by Edwin Gordon Lawrence

The spiritual Mind alone can embrace the opposites.
— from The Gnostic Crucifixion by G. R. S. (George Robert Stow) Mead

↑ 8 ‘Mi date la vostra buona grazia,’ a common expression of no particular meaning; a compliment, equivalent to, ‘We part good friends,’ ‘Give me your good favour.’
— from Roman Legends: A collection of the fables and folk-lore of Rome by Rachel Harriette Busk

Since the words at the first view do speak infinitely more than we practise, let many a Christian express their own practice and set it down beside this verse, and blush and be ashamed.
— from The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

But instead of British regulars, led by honorable men, his little band was surrounded by wolflike Tories, infernal in their malice, and cruel even to the worst savagism, and also by the hired assassins, the German Yagers.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing