For when orders were given them to march, to meet their new emperor, the eagles could not be decorated, nor the standards pulled out of the ground, whether it was by accident, or a divine interposition.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

La región del norte es desierta y estéril, pero hay allí muchas minas de cobre, plata y oro; estas riquezas minerales no están todavía en completa explotación.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

19 Saepe enim tempore fit, ut, quod turpe plerumque haberi soleat, inveniatur non esse turpe; exempli causa ponatur aliquid, quod pateat latius: Quod potest maius esse
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

After the colonization of Virginia and Maine had [67] begun, Sir John Popham, who had done much to set on foot the schemes relative to these American settlements, recollecting the attempts that had been made to colonize Newfoundland, suggested to the merchant adventurers of Bristol that they should make new efforts to establish colonies on the island.
— from The Story of Newfoundland by Birkenhead, Frederick Edwin Smith, Earl of

The injustice of every social and political organization not establishing this equality completely, as is the case in Europe and in the whole universe; 3. Expediency and legitimacy of insurrection, to destroy governments, and change social organization; 4.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

He was furious [ 210 ] when he learned that the Russian army was not even to enter Constantinople, and he is said to have debated whether he would not on his own responsibility take the city without orders and break the meshes of diplomacy.
— from Bleeding Armenia: Its history and horrors under the curse of Islam by Augustus Warner Williams

But when the two were near enough that each could discern what arms the other wore, the Knight of the Wood lowered his spear and turned his horse aside, saying, “Gentle Scudamore, pardon me, I pray you, that I had unknowingly almost trespassed against you!”
— from The Faery Queen and Her Knights: Stories Retold from Edmund Spenser by Alfred John Church

The Eastern question became in the snow-choked hills of New England the engrossing concern of this speculative mind, and he was apt to spring it upon Mrs. Durgin and Cynthia at mealtimes and other defenceless moments.
— from The Landlord at Lion's Head — Complete by William Dean Howells

Finding no enemy, they easily crossed the wall and pressed on.
— from The adventures of Hernan Cortes, the conqueror of Mexico by Francis L. (Francis Lister) Hawks

In his veto message, he spoke the almost forgotten language of the old days when he said that the power to regulate commerce did not extend to enterprises conducted within the several States; that the efforts of the Union should be confined to foreign commerce; that any expenditure of the bonus proceeds under the plea of the common defence would be to give Congress a general power of legislation.
— from The United States of America, Part 1: 1783-1830 by Edwin Erle Sparks

I would like to know whether God will show Himself more merciful to those of our clergy who take so little interest in the religious instruction of our youth; who make little or no exertions to establish Catholic schools, where we could have our children properly educated; who, when they condescend to instruct them, do so in bombastic language, in scholastic terms which the poor children cannot understand, taking no pains to give [Pg 389] their instructions in plain words, and in a manner attractive for children.
— from Public School Education by Michael Müller