541 Clitus 220 being now quite intoxicated, made other insolent remarks and even greatly reviled him, because forsooth he had saved his life, when the cavalry battle had been fought with the Persians at the Granicus.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

Advanced scientific students are ready for “Christ and Christmas;” but those are a minority of its readers, and even they know its practicality only by healing the sick on its divine Principle.
— from Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy

It pointed to Germany's hitherto expressed "humane and enlightened attitude" in matters of international right, and expressed the hope that submarine commanders engaged in torpedoing peaceful ships without warning were in such practice operating without the sanction of their Government.
— from Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights by Kelly Miller

In studying MacDowell, one is reminded at every turn of this dual genius.
— from Edward MacDowell His Work and Ideals by Elizabeth Fry Page

The flight of this bird, unlike that of most Owls, is rapid and easy, but upon the ground it hops somewhat clumsily.
— from Cassell's Book of Birds, Volume 2 (of 4) by Alfred Edmund Brehm

"The strict rule of scientific scrutiny," says the most learned and formidable opponent in the adversary's camp, [215] "exacts, according to modern philosophers, in matters of inductive reasoning, an exclusive homage.
— from The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Gobineau, Arthur, comte de

It seems amazing that a tender and even independent woman should maintain a passionate attachment to a man who subjects her to physical and moral insults, and that a strong man, often intelligent, reasonable, and even kind-hearted, should desire to subject to such insults a woman whom he loves passionately and who has given him every final proof of her own passion.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

Much of this is no doubt to be set down to its age; much of its roughness and extravagance, as well as of its beauty—its allegorical spirit, its frame and scenery.
— from Dante. An essay. To which is added a translation of De Monarchia. by R. W. (Richard William) Church

"Mrs. St. Clair," said the doctor, "England is becoming proud of her commerce, and the young people of the present age may live to see the time when, like the ancients of old, 'her princes will be merchants,' as well as men of intellect, refinement, and education.
— from Englefield Grange; or, Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B., Mrs.

Then he saw that his antagonist was a man of ill repute, an evildoer, a man whose presence upon the earth did good to no one.
— from The Betrayal by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

All the qualities of which home manufacture would only make a rebel will combine to form a man of infinite resource and energy in America.
— from Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever