"The gradual decline of the most extraordinary dominion which has ever invaded and oppressed the world; the fall of that immense empire, erected on the ruins of so many kingdoms, republics, and states both barbarous and civilized; and forming in its turn, by its dismemberment, a multitude of states, republics, and kingdoms; the annihilation of the religion of Greece and Rome; the birth and the progress of the two new religions which have shared the most beautiful regions of the earth; the decrepitude of the ancient world, the spectacle of its expiring glory and degenerate manners; the infancy of the modern world, the picture of its first progress, of the new direction given to the mind and character of man—such a subject must necessarily fix the attention and excite the interest of men, who cannot behold with indifference those memorable epochs, during which, in the fine language of Corneille— 'Un grand destin commence, un grand destin s'acheve.'
— 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

He alone in the monastery knew Rakitin's thoughts.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The money was mine, it was my money,” Mitya kept repeating.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The candor which he expresses, and evidently feels, they mistake for irony, or totally distrust; his unwillingness to give pain to persons from whom he has received kindness, they scornfully reject as affectation, and although they must know right well, in their own secret hearts, how infinitely more they lay at his mercy than he has chosen to betray; they pretend, even to themselves, that he has exaggerated the bad points of their character and institutions; whereas, the truth is, that he has let them off with a degree of tenderness which may be quite suitable for him to exercise, however little merited; while, at the same time, he has most industriously magnified their merits, whenever he could possibly find anything favorable.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

The modest king replied That all was prosperous far and wide.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, When He Came To Him To Mount Sinai.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

(I got home as quickly as I could and, worn out with fatigue, I sought my couch, but I could not snatch a wink of sleep for the evil adventures which had befallen me kept running through my brain and, brooding upon them, I came to the conclusion that no one could be so abjectly unfortunate.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

Mulugpad ka run ug suntúkun ta ka, I’ll send you reeling if I strike you.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

We were most kindly received by her.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

" Emma Robertson Concord, N. H. " Mary P. Roberts Jacksonville, Ill. " S. M. Noble Fluvanna, N. Y. " Margaret K. Russell Jacksonville, Ill.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 49, No. 02, February, 1895 by Various

"Judge Parker's mode of practice in the trial of cases," writes an early professional associate, who still enjoys a ripe and honored age, "to take down the testimony in full of the witnesses in writing, and to cross-examine them at great length as to all the circumstances they might know relative to the case, contributed greatly to change the previous practice of the witness' first telling his story of what he knew, followed by a brief cross-examination, with only a few notes, made by the counsel, of the leading points of the testimony."
— from The History of Dartmouth College by Baxter Perry Smith

It was written in English, but by a German friend of the late Mr. K., residing then at Cincinnati, Ohio.
— from Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives by George S. McWatters

Arriving at Ehrenberg on a Tuesday morning, Kaspare remained there all night.
— from Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 Containing the Reminiscences of Harris Newmark by Harris Newmark

The Nawab of Mooltan, clad also in yellow, and accompanied by five of his sons, followed to pay his homage, and was most kindly received.
— from Travels Into Bokhara (Volume 1 of 3) Being the Account of A Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, From the Sea to Lahore, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833 by Burnes, Alexander, Sir

Mr. Kemp, returning home at midnight—in a cab—found the young man waiting up for him, and, taking a seat on the edge of the table, listened unmoved to a word-picture of himself which seemed interminable.
— from Ship's Company, the Entire Collection by W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs

It was of dark red brick,—the quality of which Mr. Kirkbright remarked with satisfaction,—with high walls at the gable ends carried above the slope of the roof.
— from The Other Girls by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney

"This is one of Henry's inspirations, Miss Katherine," Russell said.
— from Affinities, and Other Stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart

[Pg 181] had used it as his residence while he was Vicar of Giggleswick; when he resigned the office, his sister Mrs. Kempson remained there.
— from A History of Giggleswick School from its Foundation, 1499 to 1912 by Edward Allen Bell

United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges Baker Island: one abandoned World War II runway of 1,665 m covered with vegetation and unusable Howland Island: airstrip constructed in 1937 for scheduled refueling stop on the round-the-world flight of Amelia EARHART and Fred NOONAN; the aviators left Lae, New Guinea, for Howland Island but were never seen again; the airstrip is no longer serviceable Johnston Atoll: 1 - closed and not maintained Kingman Reef: lagoon was used as a halfway station between Hawaii and American Samoa by Pan American Airways for flying boats in 1937 and 1938
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency