But when the magicians said they could discover nothing, nor did understand it, the king was in great disorder of mind, and under great trouble at this surprising accident; so he caused it to be proclaimed through all the country, and promised, that to him who could explain the writing, and give the signification couched therein, he would give him a golden chain for his neck, and leave to wear a purple garment, as did the kings of Chaldea, and would bestow on him the third part of his own dominions.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Now I warn you; if you utter one word to break off my marriage, then, as God is in Heaven, I will jump at you with these nails and——” “I will not disturb your happiness, madam,” said the Count, and he turned away his eyes, full of grief [pg 317] and contempt; and, in order to punish his faithless sweetheart, he chose the Chamberlain's daughter as the object of his constant flames.
— from Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 by Adam Mickiewicz

I looked over my shoulder as I passed the doorway, and saw to my surprise that he was exhibiting the docility of the birds in his most engagingly polite manner to the housekeeper.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Milton, Hymn of Nativity, 95: "When such music sweet Their hearts and ears did greet As never was by mortal finger strook;" where, as here, it used for the sake of the rhyme. 214.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

And Alexandre, with a sigh, completed his mistress's thoughts, “Oh, madame might say that it happens every day and that it also happened before leaving the army.”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

H2 anchor BOOK II H2 anchor PROEM 'Tis sweet, when, down the mighty main, the winds Roll up its waste of waters, from the land To watch another's labouring anguish far, Not that we joyously delight that man Should thus be smitten, but because 'tis sweet To mark what evils we ourselves be spared; 'Tis sweet, again, to view the mighty strife Of armies embattled yonder o'er the plains, Ourselves no sharers in the peril; but naught There is more goodly than to hold the high Serene plateaus, well fortressed by the wise, Whence thou may'st look below on other men
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

The lack of proportion in this story, which gives rather too much space to the girl-and-boy experiences, is naturally explained by the tendency in every man and woman to linger over early memories.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

First, that all things in the world from all eternity, by a perpetual revolution of the same times and things ever continued and renewed, are of one kind and nature; so that whether for a hundred or two hundred years only, or for an infinite space of time, a man see those things which are still the same, it can be no matter of great moment.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

The style of serving dinner is different at different houses; if there are many servants they will bring you your plate filled, and you must keep it.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

Come right up stairs, and we’ll set and talk all we want to, and she won’t hear us;” and Mr. Springer took his guest to a tasteful chamber.
— from Other Fools and Their Doings, or, Life among the Freedmen by H. N. K. (Harriet Newell Kneeland) Goff

I may say, therefore, that brunettes in summer may take sun baths even at noon, but blondes should take them preferably before nine or ten o'clock in the morning or after three o'clock in the afternoon.
— from Vitality Supreme by Bernarr Macfadden

I have also accepted it, in order that thou mayest sacrifice thyself in the path of God and attain to the ultimate desire of the spiritual ones.
— from Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

The one main thing in his mind seemed to be the yard.
— from Sixes and Sevens by O. Henry

"I want you to ride straight down to the stock pens,—they've got a thousand steers on the flats there going through from Portland, and the men say they aren't to leave the cars to-night!
— from Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby by Kathleen Thompson Norris

I have asked you to come here to-night, Mr. Smart, to put you to the real test, so to I speak.
— from A Fool and His Money by George Barr McCutcheon

A theatre bill-board was in fair view, and my part in the play , which I luckily held rolled in my hand, induced him to let me go to rehearsal instead of the station-house; and while the policeman dispersed the crowd his own error had gathered, I resolved, as I flew toward the theatre, to take no more powders in public parks—no matter how empty they might seem to be.
— from Life on the Stage: My Personal Experiences and Recollections by Clara Morris

If you are merely seeking the notoriety of being charitably inclined, remain here."
— from Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

Nature regards a single life very lightly, and the worst of Nature is that she regards the life of a man as no more sacred than the life of a brute.”
— from Well, After All-- by Frank Frankfort Moore