The priests shave themselves all over their body every other day, so that no lice or any other foul thing may come to be upon them when they minister to the gods; and the priests wear garments of linen only and sandals of papyrus, and any other garment they may not take nor other sandals; these wash themselves in cold water twice in the day and twice again in the night; and other religious services they perform (one may almost say) of infinite number.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

My noble lord, This man hath my consent to marry her.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Ayúhag tambun ang gamut arun sigúrung mutúbù, Cover the roots well so that they will be sure to grow.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Now as I consider the person who is to be about my son, as the mirror in 132 which he is to view himself from morning to night, by which he is to adjust his looks, his carriage, and perhaps the inmost sentiments of his heart;—I would have one, Yorick, if possible, polished at all points, fit for my child to look into.——This is very good sense, quoth my uncle Toby to himself.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Then, when he was nigh unto death, lo! through the savage gloom there came to him a stately maiden, and took him by the hand and led him on through devious paths, unknown to any man, until upon the darkness of the wood there dawned a light such as the light of day was unto but as a little lamp unto the sun; and, in that wondrous light, our way-worn knight saw as in a dream a vision, and so glorious, so fair the vision seemed, that of his bleeding wounds he thought no more, but stood as one entranced, whose joy is deep as is the sea, whereof no man can tell the depth.
— from Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome

Thus in regard to any complex fact, there are, theoretically, two ways in which it may be known: (1) by means of a judgement, in which its several parts are judged to be related as they are in fact related; (2) by means of acquaintance with the complex fact itself, which may (in a large sense) be called perception, though it is by no means confined to objects of the senses.
— from The Problems of Philosophy by Bertrand Russell

The frozen drapery, combined with the mist, in which everything was more or less enveloped, gave a soft, mysterious charm to the surrounding objects, producing a most beautiful picture.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Suppose the child were stupid enough not to perceive the result of these experiments, then you must call touch to the help of sight.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

She gave me a Copy of one, that without saying any thing that was kind, gave him cause enough to despair; but I cou'd not dissemble my Looks and Actions, in which he observ'd so much Coldness, that tho' several Letters pass'd between us, that wou'd have given hopes to a Man the least apt to presume; he was often half an hour with me alone, without speaking one Word to me.
— from Olinda's Adventures: or the Amours of a Young Lady by Catharine Trotter

"This gives me courage then, for no one here will have his filial piety shocked," "Not even yourself?"
— from Homeward Bound; Or, the Chase: A Tale of the Sea by James Fenimore Cooper

It is a very significant fact that Marro found among his women criminals, in marked contrast to the men, a very large proportion (35 out of 41) who possessed some more or less honourable occupation; a large proportion of the women also were possessed of some property.
— from The Criminal by Havelock Ellis

“My dear sir,” replied I, glad to give him my confidence, “there are no secrets between us now; it was no girl, but the son of the captain of the Dutch frigate, and an officer, whose escape you assisted in.”
— from Percival Keene by Frederick Marryat

I and my colleagues, the Herrn Councillors, are gathered here to decide how to restore order.”
— from Captain Lucy in the Home Sector by Aline Havard

"The Lord Cobham, who was now to play his part (writes the same eye-witness), and by his former actions promised nothing but matiere pour rire , did much cozen the world; for he came to the scaffold with good assurance and contempt of death.
— from Great Ralegh by Hugh De Sélincourt

I tell myself continually that you are a woman; and a voice continually reminds me of the children whose lives and limbs you have endangered.
— from The Dynamiter by Robert Louis Stevenson

When I read the Washington correspondence I am proud of my country, to see how many Apollo Belvederes, Adonises, how much marble brow and piercing eye and hyacinthine locks, we have in the two houses of Congress.
— from Backlog Studies by Charles Dudley Warner

But the opposition to the denationalising plans of Joseph, which assumed so violent a form in Hungary and the Netherlands, encouraged the Bohemians also to protest in a milder fashion; and, when Leopold succeeded Joseph as King of Bohemia, he was forced to reconsider his brother’s policy, to convoke the Bohemian Assembly once more, and to make concessions to the national feeling in the matter of language.
— from Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620 With a short summary of later events by C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice

The boat was waiting as Captain Marsham came to the edge of the little granite wharf, and they had just stepped in when a strange sound came floating through the silence of the soft, dreamy summer air, followed directly by a long-drawn, plaintive howl that was almost terrible in its despairing tone.
— from Steve Young by George Manville Fenn