Soldiers must not enter the dwellings of the inhabitants, or commit any trespass; but, during a halt or camp, they may be permitted to gather turnips, potatoes, and other vegetables, and to drive in stock in sight of their camp.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

There remains of the different classes of the people whom we have enumerated, the priests, for these evidently compose a rank by themselves; for neither are they to be reckoned amongst the husbandmen nor the mechanics; for reverence to the gods is highly becoming every state: and since the citizens have been divided into orders, the military and the council, and it is proper to offer due worship to the gods, and since it is necessary that those who are employed in their service should have nothing else to do, let the business of the priesthood be allotted to those who are in years.
— from Politics: A Treatise on Government by Aristotle

They hurled fire down on to the shields, and many of the hoplites fell half-burned, while others who fled from the flames could not escape the danger from the missiles.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

The Jews of the Essenian order, as we have in part shown in a previous chapter, set forth in their creed all the leading doctrines now comprised in the Christian religion hundreds of years before the advent of Christ, not excepting the doctrine of the divine incarnation and its adjuncts, as these concomitants of the present popular faith, we will now prove, were not unknown to the Jewish theology, but constituted a part of the religion of some of the principal Jewish sects.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

If one wanted work done in Congress, one did wisely to avoid asking a New Englander to do it.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Rosamond, for her part, had never enjoyed the days so much in her life before: she was sure of being admired by some one worth captivating, and she did not distinguish flirtation from love, either in herself or in another.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

We had all seen babies, children big and little, everywhere that we had come near enough to distinguish the people.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

“At least I hope so,” said the novice, with an expression of joy which she made no effort to disguise.
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

'Oh, no,' exclaimed the daughters, 'for he skinned them, cut them in two, and fried them.'
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

There was nothing else to do.
— from The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Colonel Washington had drawn up his little band outside the trenches, and ordered his men to reserve their fire until the enemy were near enough to do execution.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

But, so considerate was he, that he always chose a time for his sprees when 'Dere really vos notting else to do, Uncle Ezra,' as he assured my grandfather by way of extenuation.
— from Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman

This of course is not entirely the doing of time; but art is not displayed obtrusively enough to offend.
— from The Wye and Its Associations: A Picturesque Ramble by Leitch Ritchie

She will not marry you now, even though death were to free her from the bonds she has assumed.
— from Mr. Claghorn's Daughter by Hilary Trent

"Much impressed by uncle's precautions, I strictly observed them during the whole voyage, never entered the dining-room, and rarely went on deck.
— from Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 by Levi Jackson Hamilton

She went to bed of course, there was nothing else to do, but she tossed restlessly all night and what sleep she got was checkered with horrid dreams and she woke up in the morning feeling as though she had not been to sleep at all.
— from The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge; or, the Hermit of Moonlight Falls by Laura Lee Hope

In this insect, the beginning and the end of life are so closely interwoven, that it is not easy to determine which has the prior claim to description, but we will begin with the egg.
— from Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature by J. G. (John George) Wood

Then nobody came; not even the doctor or the clergyman.
— from Superseded by May Sinclair

that the blood went out of the Wine-presse, even unto the horses bridles by the space of one thousand and sixe hundred furlongs, interprets them to bee meant of Hell, and that that number expresses the diameter of its concavity, which is 200 Italian miles; but Lessius thinkes that this opinion gives them too much roome in hell, De Morib.
— from The Discovery of a World in the Moone Or, A Discovrse Tending To Prove That 'Tis Probable There May Be Another Habitable World In That Planet by John Wilkins

But I cannot ask the boys, for we did not expect this dear fellow till to-morrow, you know, so I made no preparations.
— from Eight Cousins; Or, The Aunt-Hill by Louisa May Alcott