And the Stoics define prudence as a knowledge of what is good, and bad, and indifferent; justice as a knowledge of what ought to be chosen, what ought to be avoided, and what is indifferent; magnanimity as a knowledge of engendering a lofty habit, superior to all such accidents as happen to all men indifferently, whether they be good or bad; continence they consider a disposition which never abandons right reason, or a habit which never yields to pleasure; endurance they call a knowledge or habit by which we understand what we ought to endure, what we ought not, and what is indifferent; presence of mind they define as a habit which is prompt at finding out what is suitable on a sudden emergency; and wisdom in counsel they think a knowledge which leads us to judge what we are to do, and how we are to do it, in order to act becomingly.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Who is it that the King ( Able-man, named also Roi, Rex, or Director ) now guides?
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

I unfolded my newspapers and read reports of Arsène Lupin’s trial, but, as they contained nothing that was new to me, I was not greatly interested.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

For him the nymph a rich repast ordains, Such as the mortal life of man sustains; Before herself were placed the the cates divine, Ambrosial banquet and celestial wine.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

2. voce Tubæ , 1. & citabit Vivos , cum illis ad Tribunal Jesu Christi , 3. (apparentis in Nubibus) ad reddendam rationem omnium actorum.
— from The Orbis Pictus by Johann Amos Comenius

The following is a more elaborate recipe of 1750: "One pint of milk, one cup fresh yeast, flour to make a stiff batter, mix at night; in the morning add five eggs, two cups of sugar, one cup of shortening, (half butter and half lard), one teaspoonful soda, flour to make like bread dough, let stand until light, which will be two or three hours; have ready chopped apples sweetened and flavored with nutmeg and raisins; roll out and cut in pieces about four inches square, place a tablespoonful of apple on each square, double over and pinch together, drop in hot lard to fry."
— from Jersey City and Its Historic Sites by Harriet Phillips Eaton

NILSON, ARTHUR R. Radio operating questions and answers, by Arthur R. Nilson & J. L. Hornung.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1960 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Beside you is now a riotous river on the one hand and a steepening slope on the other.
— from The Alps by Conway, William Martin, Sir

They had just finished a very much needed and refreshing repast on these when Reuben, who had been to the shores, hurried back, crying: "They're coming after us!
— from With Rogers on the Frontier: A Story of 1756 by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

The notes should also state whether the body and the neck are respectively round or flat.
— from Taxidermy and Zoological Collecting A Complete Handbook for the Amateur Taxidermist, Collector, Osteologist, Museum-Builder, Sportsman, and Traveller by W. J. (William Jacob) Holland

Answering " With these we have probably reached the final development of form so far as flag signals are concerned, for wireless has taken the place of visual signalling to such an extent that it is not likely that circumstances can now arise that will necessitate any radical recasting of the flag signal system.
— from British Flags: Their Early History, and Their Development at Sea With an Account of the Origin of the Flag as a National Device by William Gordon Perrin

There was not a rascal, rogue, or traitorous person then within its walls.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by John Bunyan