Weishaupt, however, admits himself puzzled with regard to the past of Masonry, and urges "Porcius" to find out more on this question from the Abbé Marotti: See whether through him you can discover the real history, origin, and the first founders of Masonry, for on this alone I am still undecided.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Zeus testified his appreciation of this precious gift, by bestowing upon Hephæstus the beautiful Aphrodite in marriage, [36] but this was a questionable boon; for the lovely Aphrodite, who was the personification of all grace and beauty, felt no affection for her ungainly and unattractive spouse, and amused herself by ridiculing his awkward movements and unsightly person.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

The powdered seeds make a useful parasiticide especially when used on the scalp, but it is necessary to avoid getting any of the drug in the eyes on account of its irritant effect.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Sa míting adúna usáhay puy káun, In the meeting they sometimes serve food.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

7. Caesar, cum id nûntiâtum esset, mâtûrat ab urbe proficîscî.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

This fellow had, when young, been engaged with him in a course of mutual and unnatural pollution, but, being at last quite tired of the occupation, ran away.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

No lo puedo remediar, y mirando a una persona como usted en trances 10 tan peligrosos, me vuelvo loca...
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Meanwhile, on the strength of the dismay caused by his successes, Cleomenes was making an unopposed progress through the cities, The Achaeans offer to surrender the Acrocorinthus to Antigonus.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Alfani was beneath me and uttered piercing shrieks, for he thought he had broken his left arm.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Some Years ago I was at the Tragedy of Macbeth , and unfortunately placed myself under a Woman of Quality that is since Dead; who, as I found by the Noise she made, was newly returned from France .
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

[903] Mane apud urbis portas deprehensus.
— from History of the Reformation of the Sixteenth Century, Volume 3 by J. H. (Jean Henri) Merle d'Aubigné

By no means an uncommon proceeding in revenue cases, even at the present day.
— from Willy Reilly The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

Once or twice, when in some glade further than usual from its kind arose a pine-tree larger than the rest, he paused with bowed head to mutter an uncouth prayer to that dark outlaw.
— from The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 7 (of 8) The Secret Rose. Rosa Alchemica. The Tables of the Law. The Adoration of the Magi. John Sherman and Dhoya by W. B. (William Butler) Yeats

And you will be blessed; doubt it not—here with your husband's love, hereafter with a better than even that, for our good deeds come home to roost far more than our bad ones; there is much mercy around us, poor, weak, mortal children, that we are."
— from Miles Tremenhere: A Novel. Vol. 2 of 2 by Annette Marie Maillard

Molly, at once proud and horrified, plunged forthwith:— "Oh, yes, Aunt Kezia, you see, it's April the first, and you're a fool if you don't know it—" She made an unfortunate pause, flustered by a burst of laughter.
— from The Young O'Briens: Being an Account of Their Sojourn in London by Margaret Westrup

In the elder days of art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere.
— from Graded Memory Selections by Various

This is not merely a useless physiological disquisition; it is of the greatest use in directing our practice; and teaches us that, in passive inflammation, which has all the symptoms of active, and therefore shows in a striking point of view the fallacy of symptoms, we shall not succeed by applying leeches, and other debilitating means, to the inflamed part; on the contrary, we shall aggravate the complaint; and the cure must be effected by stimulants applied to the part.
— from Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease by Thomas Garnett