[443] From these and similar testimonies, all of which it were tedious to cite, we have learned that there is a city of God, and its Founder has inspired us with a love which makes us covet its citizenship.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Uncle Silas he says: “It’s most uncommon curious, I can’t understand it.
— from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

moestitia universum corpus infrigidat, calorem innatum extinguit, appetituin destruit, concoctionem impedit, corpus exsiccat, intellectum pervertit.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

"There they go, well matched," said Oldbuck, looking after them as they started—"a mad horse and a wild boy, the two most unruly creatures in Christendom!
— from The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Walter Scott

‘Most unchristian conduct, I call it,’ said Lady Exmoor, who went in for being mildly and decorously religious.
— from Philistia by Grant Allen

On the face of what you tell me the most unfavorable conjecture I could form would be that he has resolved to commit suicide.
— from The Unwilling Vestal by Edward Lucas White

At the sight of his friend, in his great, shy, compassionate love, watching him, half hidden by the curtains, there came back to Leo, in a sudden revulsion of feeling, all his new-born strength and energy, which he had felt recently thrilling through body and soul; the old glorious, mighty, unquenchable confidence in conquest, which had been his inheritance and had ruled his life from the beginning, till a woman had shamefully filched it from him.
— from The Undying Past by Hermann Sudermann

He argued that the safety and the honour of the British nation demanded that we should hold our own at Jellalabad, until the garrison, reinforced by fresh troops from the provinces of [24] India, could march upon Caubul, in conjunction with the Candahar force moving from the westward, chastise the enemy on the theatre of their recent successes, and then withdraw altogether from Afghanistan “with dignity and undiminished honour.”
— from History of the War in Afghanistan, Vol. 3 (of 3) Third Edition by Kaye, John William, Sir

Melton, unfortunately, came in contact with a party of tories, under Barefield, much larger than his own, who were patroling near the bridge.
— from A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His Brigade by William Dobein James

Communications Mongolia Telephones - main lines in use: 158,900 (2006) Telephones - mobile cellular: 775,300 (2006) Telephone system: general assessment: network is improving with international direct dialing available in many areas domestic: very low fixed-line density; there are multiple mobile cellular service providers and subscribership is increasing rapidly; a fiber-optic network is also being installed that will improve broadband and communication services between major urban centers international: country code - 976; satellite earth stations - 7 Radio broadcast stations: AM 7, FM 115 (includes 20 National radio broadcaster repeaters), shortwave 4 (2006) Radios: 155,900 (1999) Television broadcast stations: 456 (including provincial and low-power repeaters) (2006) Televisions: 168,800 (1999)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The first stroke of the clock made us conjecture it came from some steeple, or hall tower, at no very great distance.
— from The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft