He then pitched his camp upon the elevation called Scopus, [or watch-tower,] which was distant seven furlongs from the city; yet did not he assault them in three days' time, out of expectation that those within might perhaps yield a little; and in the mean time he sent out a great many of his soldiers into neighboring villages, to seize upon their corn.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

Mine own, Helicanus; She is not dead at Tarsus, as she should have been, By savage Cleon: she shall tell thee all; When thou shalt kneel, and justify in knowledge She is thy very princess.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Of course, my migrations to the mahatma region of Thibet were accompanied by no such difficulty as this—as, to go with your linga sharira , or astral body, to another country, is a very different and much more simple process than it is to go with your manas , or human soul, into nirvana .
— from Fashionable Philosophy, and Other Sketches by Laurence Oliphant

My object however, Squire, is not to write a lecture on emancipation, but to give you a receipt for cooking "a dish of clams."
— from Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

The multitude of human sorrows is not too great for you, and we ever rejoice in your illumination.
— from Orthodox Daily Prayers by Anonymous

, For God's owne hand is his support and stay; Though I am ould, the just man or his seed I neuer sawe forsaken or in need; Hee doth giue daily almes, and frankly lend, Which makes his offspringe blessèd in the end; Shun to doe ill, bee euer doinge well, And euermore thou shalt in safety dwell; The Lord who loueth right, forsaketh neuer, Those that are His, but keepeth them for euer; His children Hee correcteth now and then, But roots out quite the race of wicked men.
— from The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2. by Davies, John, Sir

If I started on an expedition to find moths or hunt squirrels, I never got half a mile beyond the school boundaries, and never, of course, caught the ghost of anything.
— from Parkhurst Boys, and Other Stories of School Life by Talbot Baines Reed

For the young American, like many others of his class, had sought to relieve the monotony of his sojourn in Nagasaki by amusing himself with the pretty maids of the town; and having conceived a sudden passion for the fairest of them all, Cho Cho San, or Butterfly, as she was more generally called, whose bewitching daintiness and sweet nature had quickly enthralled his heart, he had determined to indulge his love at all costs, and for this reason had engaged the services of Goro.
— from Stories from the Operas by Gladys Davidson

But you have seen still more of him, so I need not tell you what he is.
— from George Eliot's Life, as Related in Her Letters and Journals. Vol. 1 (of 3) by George Eliot

They were soon obliged to separate, the young preacher being called to other meetings of his sect in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
— from Woman on the American Frontier A Valuable and Authentic History of the Heroism, Adventures, Privations, Captivities, Trials, and Noble Lives and Deaths of the "Pioneer Mothers of the Republic" by William Worthington Fowler

During the last months of his stay in Nottingham, Mr. Barrie had begun to send articles to the London papers.
— from A Holiday in Bed, and Other Sketches by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie