On the 30th of July, Jacques Combe, the father of a family, was killed by some of the national guards of Rusau, and the crime was so public, that the commander of the party restored to the family the pocket-book and papers of the deceased.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

[A; c] sit with legs crossed at the knees. tambiray n game of rubber bands in which one band is flicked with the fingers over another band.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

No gleam of reason, no momentary return to first principles, no abstract asking of any obvious question, can interrupt this mad and monotonous gallop of mere progress by precedent.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Latinus the King, now growing old, ruled in a long peace over quiet tilth and town.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Thou didst address thyself to my simplicity, thou didst lay siege to my virtue, thou wert not ignorant of my station, well dost thou know how I yielded wholly to thy will; there is no ground or reason for thee to plead deception, and if it be so, as it is, and if thou art a Christian as thou art a gentleman, why dost thou by such subterfuges put off making me as happy at last as thou didst at first?
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

At first she gave him no glance of recognition: he was invisible to her abstracted gaze.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

And therefore I maintain that I am right, Simmias and Cebes, in not grieving or repining at parting from you and my masters in this world, for I believe that I shall equally find good masters and friends in another world.
— from Phaedo by Plato

Straightway spoke she thus to Turnus' sister, goddess to goddess, lady of pools and noisy rivers: such worship did Jupiter the high king of air consecrate to her for her stolen virginity: 'Nymph, grace of rivers, best beloved of our soul, thou knowest how out of all the Latin women that ever rose to high-hearted Jove's thankless bed, thee only have I preferred and gladly given part and place in heaven.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

Then, I said, in astronomy, as in geometry, we should employ problems, and let the heavens alone if we would approach the subject in the right way and so make the natural gift of reason to be of any real use.
— from The Republic by Plato

Next morning early she went through the French Pass—a narrow gateway of rock, between bold headlands—so narrow, in fact, that it seemed no wider than a street.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

Philander failed not to be sent for thither, who sometimes feigned excuses to keep away, and when he did come, he sat unconcerned, neither giving or receiving any advice.
— from Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn

I am no guesser of riddles.”
— from The Pirate Andrew Lang Edition by Walter Scott

There is nothing gloomy or revolting in the feelings it excites.
— from Constantinople and the Scenery of the Seven Churches of Asia Minor Series One and Series Two in one Volume by R. (Robert) Walsh

[Pg 99] (Beyond the latter, take the Rue Gruuthuuse as far as a new group of remarkable buildings: Notre-Dame Church , Hôtel Gruuthuuse and St. John's Hospital ).
— from The Yser and the Belgian Coast: An Illustrated History and Guide by Pneu Michelin (Firm)

" "Bless yer heart, Miss Voylet, you're not going out riding this evening?
— from Vixen, Volume II. by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

There are some old instruments which increase in value, such, for instance, as violins made years ago by masters of constructional art, for they have become mellow with age, and, like the bells of some old parish church, now give out rich and yet soft notes when handled by a master hand.
— from Chats on Household Curios by Fred. W. (Frederick William) Burgess

Through the fogged condensation Of the upper corners to a window He would glance up at the train-- Each car imagined as the girlfriend, Cindy, Or the seminary, which he never Grasped or rejected and so They slipped away; Or his mother, who with cancer Began to close herself off to him-- Grasping one of those trains appearing at the time With the familiarity of two strangers Who recognized each other's desire to remain such.
— from American Papyrus: 25 Poems by Steven David Justin Sills

King Edward Emperor of Germany Queen Alexandra King of Spain Queen of Spain Empress of Germany Queen of Portugal Queen of Norway A NOTABLE GROUP OF ROYAL RELATIONS PHOTOGRAPHED IN KING EDWARD'S HOME KING EDWARD VII In Highland Garb.
— from The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins

When the new government of Russia, then, announced that they did not desire to annex by force any territory, but only wished to free the peoples who were in bondage, it removed the fear of the Turks as far as their capital city was concerned; it showed the Poles, Ruthenians, and Czechs of Austria that they were in no danger of being swallowed up in the Russian empire, but that, on the other hand, the Russians wanted them to be free, like themselves; it showed the German people how easily a whole nation, when united, could get rid of its rulers, and encouraged the bold spirits who had never favored the military rule.
— from The World War and What was Behind It; Or, The Story of the Map of Europe by Louis Paul Bénézet