The restoration of all the districts held in the reign of Shah Jahan. "4. Freedom of faith and religious worship, as during the government of him whose nest is Paradise (Akbar).
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Therefore did they judge, as we do, that the world was near its period, and looked upon the desolation we brought amongst them as a certain sign of it.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

His valet looked at the visitors through a sort of wicket; and if their faces were unknown to him or displeased him, he replied that the abbé was not in Paris, an answer which satisfied most persons, because the abbé was known to be a great traveller.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

Nagtisuk kug nangkà sa nátad, I planted a jackfruit seed in the yard.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

106 Twenty-two satraps (they styled themselves patriots) were tempted by the wealth and honors of a new reign: to the soldiers, the heir of Chosroes promised an increase of pay; to the Christians, the free exercise of their religion; to the captives, liberty and rewards; and to the nation, instant peace and the reduction of taxes.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

When he crossed the threshold, he was struck with such a damp of presaging fear, that he durst not in person approach her apartment, nor even, by questioning the servant, inform himself of the particulars he wanted to know.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

The note was worded as follows: Professor Aronnax Aboard the Nautilus November 16, 1867 Captain Nemo invites Professor Aronnax on a hunting trip that will take place tomorrow morning in his Crespo Island forests.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Since the passages in the text above have been printed, I have been pleased to find that Mr. Henderson ('The American Naturalist,' May, 1872, p. 260) also takes a similar view of the use of the rattle, namely "in preventing an attack from being made.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

The northerner is perforce a householder.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

During the evening the monarch came to the church for devotion, and "according to his religions feelings, to pass part of the night in prayer," an act which was called la veillée des armes .
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Now, in positing as distinct the judgment of definition and the individual judgment, [Pg 202] do we mean to do something analogous?
— from Logic as the Science of the Pure Concept by Benedetto Croce

New Jersey appeared to be completely subdued; and some of the best judges of the public sentiment were of opinion that immense numbers in Pennsylvania, also, were determined not to permit the sixty days allowed in the proclamation of Lord and Sir William Howe, to elapse, without availing themselves of the pardon it proffered.
— from The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall

The nest is placed among the thick grasses and plants that grow at the verge or down the sides of dry ditches, and is frequently overshadowed by nettles.
— from Field and Hedgerow: Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies

It was done that night in Paris, and for many more nights, with awful success.
— from Servants of Sin: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton

On a certain evening, some eight or ten days after that outburst on the part of the Finn in connection with his demand for weapons, Billy remarked to me, apropos of nothing in particular, as we sat together studying as usual: “That Dutchman is a queer chap and no mistake, Mr Blackburn.
— from The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn by Harry Collingwood