Polybius speaks of them: "There is no sign of water on the surface; but there are many underground channels, and these supply tanks in the desert, that are known only to the initiated….
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Still, the most undoubted courage and the most severe discipline will often be powerless to remedy a great disorder, which might be in a great degree obviated by the use of rallying-signals for the different divisions.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Which Five-and-Thirty Articles, adds his Majesty again rising, if the Three Orders most unfortunately cannot agree together to effect them, I myself will effect: "seul je ferai le bien de mes peuples,"—which being interpreted may signify, You, contentious Deputies of the States-General, have probably not long to be here!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The only snares from which I will guard him with my utmost care are the wiles of wanton women.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We cannot help being attracted to one who is always trying to help us,—who gives us his sympathy, who is always trying to make us comfortable and to give us every advantage he can.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Everything had been done to make us comfortable, and the locality was the best that could have been selected.
— from A Diplomat in Japan The inner history of the critical years in the evolution of Japan when the ports were opened and the monarchy restored, recorded by a diplomatist who took an active part in the events of the time, with an account of his personal experiences during that period by Ernest Mason Satow

At this sight we both paused: I struck with wonder to find myself so high and walking (as it seemed to me) upon clouds; Alan to make sure of his direction.
— from Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

Various different emotions make us cry, and therefore it cannot be true to say, as James does, that we "feel sorry because we cry," since sometimes we cry when we feel glad.
— from The Analysis of Mind by Bertrand Russell

Late in the afternoon my horse, which had been standing with dragging rein before the cave, started slowly down the trail, evidently in search of food and water, and I was left alone with my mysterious unknown companion and the dead body of my friend, which lay just within my range of vision upon the ledge where I had placed it in the early morning.
— from A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

It may be that the choral service itself interferes with the inner feeling of sadness the death of such a man arouses in every mind; it may be that the human voice is inadequate to express the power, and pathos, and majesty of the form of words used on such occasions; and it is certain that the many ladies present were dressed in the most unbefitting costumes, and that ribbons, and bonnets, and dresses of all the colours of the rainbow were quite out of keeping with the place and the occasion.
— from About London by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie

Rub the mixture until crumbly and then spread as directed.
— from Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions by Mary A. Wilson

She stood one moment more, with outstretched hand and fingers that would still make the sign of one more unspoken curse, and then, without warning, she fell back in a heap towards the couch.
— from Corleone: A Tale of Sicily by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Oh, I wouldn't kill this girl today, I probably wouldn't seriously think of killing her for a month or more, but Old Urge Number One would be there and growing, mostly under cover, all the time.
— from The Night of the Long Knives by Fritz Leiber

The English will not relish the idea of their oriental Government sleeping and permitting the Sultan to make, under coercion, a treaty such as must be made in order to forward the plans of Van Hoeveel.
— from The History of Sulu by Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry) Saleeby

After which, make her reflect on her past caprices, and the most unreasonable circumstances attending them: tell her, gently, that she will by and bye see those of which she is not [100] yet cured, when they cease to act.
— from Fenelon's Treatise on the Education of Daughters Translated from the French, and Adapted to English Readers by François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon