So the king called for Obadiah, who was steward over his cattle, and said to him, that he would have him go to the fountains of water, and to the brooks, that if any herbs could be found for them, they might mow it down, and reserve it for the beasts.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

nay, none but God knows whither; but in general, to be sure, she would have drawn thee into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and ruin.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan Every Child Can Read by John Bunyan

The case of motives is different and requires careful discussion.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

Since all illusion consists in holding the subjective ground of our judgments to be objective, a self-knowledge of pure reason in its transcendent (exaggerated) use is the sole preservative from the aberrations into which reason falls when it mistakes its destination, and refers that to the object transcendently, which only regards its own subject and its guidance in all immanent use.
— from Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics by Immanuel Kant

The language, the dress, and the daily actions of men in democracies are repugnant to ideal conceptions.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

"I shall never forget," she says, "Napoleon's expression of countenance at this moment; it displayed a rapid succession of emotions, none of them evil.
— 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

and let one rash moment destroy all the convictions, which now have awed thy rebellious mind into duty and resignation to the divine will!
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

I then thought of going to New York, as the nearest place where there was a printer; and I was rather inclin'd to leave Boston when I reflected that I had already made myself a little obnoxious to the governing party, and, from the arbitrary proceedings of the Assembly in my brother's case, it was likely I might, if I stay'd, soon bring myself into scrapes; and farther, that my indiscreet disputations about religion began to make me pointed at with horror by good people as an infidel or atheist.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

He acted as much in defence and retaliation as for offence.
— from Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing

‘To do as you tell me,’ he said,—‘to return to the palace, leaving you here, would prove my instant disgrace and ruin.’
— from Neæra: A Tale of Ancient Rome by Graham, John W. (John William), active 1886-1887

The slow motions in declination and R. A. are given by means of tangent screws, carrying grooved pulleys, over which pass endless cords brought to the eye-end.
— from Stargazing: Past and Present by Lockyer, Norman, Sir

The next most important deity as regards the whole Greek race is Heracles (Hercules).
— from The Dawn of History: An Introduction to Pre-Historic Study by C. F. (Charles Francis) Keary

who thought of finding you here?'—'You did not, Madam, I dare answer,' replied he, with a very grave air, 'and I [Pg 199] as little expected the honour of meeting you here.
— from The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless by Eliza Fowler Haywood

The marble pavement was in many places broken, the walls were mouldering in decay, and round the high and shattered windows the long grass waved to the lonely gale.
— from A Sicilian Romance by Ann Ward Radcliffe

There might be seen, too, the Governor of the State and the High Sheriff of Poganuc County, with one Mr. Israel Deyter, a retired New York merchant, gifted, in popular belief, with great riches.
— from Poganuc People: Their Loves and Lives by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Neither Norfolk nor his master indeed desired any rigorous measure of reaction, for Henry remained proud of the work he had done.
— from History of the English People, Volume IV by John Richard Green