These phenomena parallel remarkable ancient and modern examples of the same nature: e. g. in the affair at Cideville, France, brought before a magistrate, there is sworn evidence by reputable witnesses that pillows and coverlets floated away from a bed in which two children were asleep, and that furniture in the house moved without contact.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

Not only did Lembke sign everything, but he did not even go into the question of the share taken by his wife in the execution of his duties.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What would you say again to the tale of Zeus, who, while other gods and men were asleep and he the only person awake, lay devising plans, but forgot them all in a moment through his lust, and was so completely overcome at the sight of Here that he would not even go into the hut, but wanted to lie with her on the ground, declaring that he had never been in such a state of rapture before, even when they first met one another 'Without the knowledge of their parents;' or that other tale of how Hephaestus, because of similar goings on, cast a chain around Ares and Aphrodite?
— from The Republic by Plato

All the other guests stayed on as well; no one wanted to go, not even General Ivolgin, but Lebedeff said something to him in passing which did not seem to please him, for he immediately went and sulked in a corner.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Laughter is thus the great censor of vices, it spares none, it does not even grant indulgence to the slightest imperfections, of whatever nature they be.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Thou sayest, forsooth, that the fabulous are adapted to the theatre, the natural to the world, and the civil to the city; though the world is a divine work, but cities and theatres are the works of men, and though the gods who are laughed at in the theatre are not other than those who are adored in the temples; and ye do not exhibit games in honour of other gods than those to whom ye immolate victims.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Examples of stems in -n- , with nominative -en , genitive -inis , are: flāmen , M., priest ; pecten , M., comb ; tībīcen , M., piper ; tubicen , M., trumpeter ; sanguen , Ne., blood .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Moreover, so far as reported, the patriarch drank too much wine on but one occasion, whereas our Noah excelled greatly in tarrying too often at the wine cup; but he was a good fellow and a valuable companion in time of peril.
— from The Awakening of the Desert by Julius Charles Birge

Although this plant is not extensively grown in the United States, it would seem probable that it will grow at least reasonably well in a majority of the States.
— from Clovers and How to Grow Them by Thomas Shaw

“Now, Ernest, get in,” called out Mrs Upward.
— from The Ruby Sword: A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford

There is not enough greatness in the man to make a great poem.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6, June 1850 by Various

They are known by different names, and are not equally good in all localities.
— from Soil Culture Containing a Comprehensive View of Agriculture, Horticulture, Pomology, Domestic Animals, Rural Economy, and Agricultural Literature by J. H. Walden

There are no extensive gilders in the South or West, except one in Cincinnati, and one in Chicago.
— from The Employments of Women: A Cyclopædia of Woman's Work by Virginia Penny

At first he began his mornings with a resolution that he would not dine there, not even go in the evening, till Maggie was away.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Neville entered gayly in the midst of it.
— from The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time by Amelia E. Barr

Pantheists say they believe in God, but they tell you, when pressed, they mean by that name "everything"— God is everything.
— from The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 7, July, 1880 by Various