Latour, as a mere respectability, and man of whom all men speak well, can ride in the rear, with Dame Tourzel and the Soubrettes.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

I am told I may hope to accomplish my righteous and merciful purpose.
— from Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

This if the Phrygians shall refuse to yield, Arms must revenge, and Mars decide the field.
— from The Iliad by Homer

If you, born in these latter times, When wit’s more ripe, accept my rhymes, And that to hear an old man sing May to your wishes pleasure bring, I life would wish, and that I might Waste it for you, like taper-light.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

We may by these means rectify a mistake in Philo, who makes Sanchoniathon say, that Adodus of Phenicia was king of the country.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

Besides the faithful Skirnir, Frey had two other [ 123 ] attendants, a married couple, Beyggvir and Beyla, the personifications of mill refuse and manure, which two ingredients, being used in agriculture for fertilising purposes, were therefore considered Frey’s faithful servants, in spite of their unpleasant qualities.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

So, also, Sarak rugs are rarely seen now save in modern reproductions, and must be passed by with the same criticisms as apply to the new-made Tabriz.
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger

Madame R—— admired my celerity.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

When the old fly rumbled at last through the gates and around the drive, Miss Rachel and Miss Barbara were in the doorway, and Eppie stood before them on the broad stone step, Robbie beside her.
— from The Shadow of Life by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

The spy, who had visited Vienna in order to meet the Field-Marshal, was furthermore given military rank, and Mack procured him—on the ground of his noble Hungarian descent, with forged attestations as to which Napoleon's agents had supplied him at his own request—membership of some of the most exclusive military clubs in the Austrian capital.
— from Spies and Secret Service The story of espionage, its main systems and chief exponents by Hamil Grant

so fair that Paradise, Revived in thee, blooms forth to man restored: Ah! must the sons of Adam lose it twice?
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 4 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

"My aunt," he wrote, "does not realise the situation, or appreciate the fact that love may remain a much more enduring and lively emotion outside marriage than inside it.
— from The Spinners by Eden Phillpotts

Dr. Anderson insists on my resting as much as possible.
— from Second Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

Thoroughly aroused now, I stole noiselessly from the bed; took my revolver; and, making the least possible "creak" in turning the key, I slowly opened my door, and on tiptoe and in stocking feet crept out into the hall.
— from Kitty's Conquest by Charles King

Even those who most reluctantly accept modern ideas do not now speak of anything but nationality.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, May 1885 by Various

There are in all one hundred and twenty Indian reservations scattered over the country, chiefly west of the Mississippi River, aggregating more than one square mile of land to each man, woman and child of the 252,897 Indians, exclusive of those in Alaska, which compose our Indian population.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 34, No. 09, September, 1880 by Various

"We—they might rob and murder us, these convicts.
— from The Castle Of The Shadows by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson