The conqueror was at the head of forty-four veteran legions, conscious of their own strength, and of the weakness of the constitution, habituated, during twenty years' civil war, to every act of blood and violence, and passionately devoted to the house of Cæsar, from whence alone they had received, and expected the most lavish rewards.
— 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

moi-même, lui répondit cet homme d'un ton fier et peu respectueux.--Mon ami, repartit le roi, vous avez un sot maître.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

[ 150 ] (2) Carrying a pot decorated with flowers and margosa leaves round the temple.
— from Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Edgar Thurston

Sharp set, with my long rest and refreshing sleep, I rapidly ran a first course, but not quicker than the lascivious nature of dear mamma, who joined me in a copious discharge with the most ecstatic joy, and the most delicious inward pressures.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

I felt about the box for my little remaining supply of water, for I had no light, the taper having burnt to the socket of the lantern, and the phosphorus-box not coming readily to hand.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

He was one of the few Manxmen who knew the Manx language really well, and the ancient traditions which it has preserved [Pg 131] both orally and in books.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

My Lord resolves to have Sarah again.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

A God who, in his love, ordains everything so that it may be best for us, a God who gives us our virtue and our happiness and then takes them away from us, so that everything at length goes on smoothly and there is no reason left why we should take life ill or grumble about it: in short, resignation and modesty raised to the rank of divinities—that is the best and most lifelike remnant of Christianity now left to us.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Speak, Comte de la Fere!” “My lord,” replied Athos, “for myself I have nothing to demand.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

" "Only the shallow man loses responsiveness to the woes of others' lives, as he sinks into narrow suffering of his own."
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

We met light resistance at all points, but skirmished, on the 27th, up to the main bayou, that separated our position from the bluffs of Vicksburg, which were found to be strong by nature and by art, and seemingly well defended.
— from Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, Volume I., Part 2 by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

me large receptiveness still went with him, as he was by turn teacher, printer, journalist, government clerk, and always, and above all, loafer.
— from The New Spirit Third Edition by Havelock Ellis

When Madame Lombard returned to him he said, "I know you will weep over my grave and think you draw nearer to me in going to my tomb, and you will not know or feel that I am no longer there.
— from Memoirs of the Duchesse De Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1841-1850 by Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de

My Lord of Warwick, hear but one word: Let me for this my lifetime reign as king. YORK.
— from The History of King Henry the Sixth, Third Part by William Shakespeare

The Madrassee will be there, with his spherical turban and his wonderful command of colloquial English; he is supposed to know how to prepare that mysterious luxury, “real Madras curry.”
— from Behind the Bungalow by Edward Hamilton Aitken

But they are more like real wild hounds than hyenas; and their colour—which is a mixture of black, white, and tan—almost points to them as the progenitors of that variety of dog known as the hound.
— from Quadrupeds, What They Are and Where Found: A Book of Zoology for Boys by Mayne Reid

Linklater hailed the Stronachlachar boatman, and set off for the island, and the others followed more leisurely, Ralph taking both oars and Macneillie sitting in the stern, though the far-away look in his eyes scarcely qualified him for the duties of steersman.
— from Wayfaring Men: A Novel by Edna Lyall

“Troth, if to fall seven times a day is the privilege of a just man, I'd never be anything else all my life,” replied Darby; “and myself wondhers that there's e'er an unjust man alive.”
— from Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

Don't you understand that I've got to earn my living, right at once?
— from Why Joan? by Eleanor Mercein Kelly

Two were there: “Monsieur Lorinet, retired solicitor, town councillor, of Bourbonnoux-les-Bourges, deputy-magistrate”; “Madame Lorinet, nee Poupard.”
— from The Ink-Stain (Tache d'encre) — Complete by René Bazin