This extravagant and ruinous pomp fell into disuse during the reigns of Louis XI., Charles VIII., and Louis XII., but reappeared in that of Francis I. This prince, after his first wars in Italy, imported the cookery and the gastronomic luxury of that country, where the art of good living, especially in Venice, Florence, and Rome, had reached the highest degree of refinement and magnificence.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

After the business had been fully opened by the chairman, who pointed out the advantages of purchasing by subscription a piece of ground large enough to be ultimately used as a general cemetery, Mr. Bulstrode, whose rather high-pitched but subdued and fluent voice the town was used to at meetings of this sort, rose and asked leave to deliver his opinion.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

From the need of getting law enough by which to try the heathen Dante is led into some inconsistency.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

"Our greatest local event in recent weeks was the route march the county battalion made through the county before it left for overseas.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Without Cripplegate, Fore street runneth thwart before the gate, from against the north side of St. Giles church, along to More lane end, and to a Postern lane end, that runneth betwixt the town ditch on the south, and certain gardens on the north, almost to Moregate; at the east of which lane is a pot-maker’s house, which house, with all other the gardens, houses, and alleys, on that side the Morefields, till ye come to a bridge and cow-house near unto Fensburie court, is all of Cripplegate ward; then to turn back again through the said Postern lane to More lane, which More lane, with all the alleys and buildings there, is of this ward; after that is Grub street, more than half thereof to the straitening of the street; next is Whitecrosse street, up to the end of Bech lane, and then Redcrosse street wholly, with a part of Golding lane, even to the posts there placed, as a bounder.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The Story of our Great Lakes E. Channing & M. F. Lansing Macmillan Co.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Judges ought to remember that their office is “jus dicere,” 557 and not “jus dare;” 558 to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law; else will it be like the authority claimed by the Church of Rome, which, under pretext of exposition of Scripture, doth not stick to add and alter, and to pronounce that which they do not find, and, by show of antiquity, to introduce novelty.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

The cheapness and plenty of good land encourage improvement, and enable the proprietor to pay those high wages.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Our government, like everything else, must follow the law of its being, or die.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

The old gentleman looked earnestly in my face a moment.
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXV, No. 3, September 1849 by Various

The drapery is thrown open also, or closed, by means of a thick rope of gold loosely enveloping it, and resolving itself readily into a knot; no pins or other such devices are apparent.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

The duty of the Christian priesthood was ministerial; it was to declare the love and mercy of God to their fellow-men, and to strive for the purification, illumination, and salvation of mankind by constant preaching of the truth and diffusion of gospel light, even as Christ strove.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 1 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

Before one can get fellows to come to a house where there is play, there must be a sort of easy style of good living established that all men like: excellent dinners and good wine are the tame elephants, and without them you 'll not get the wild ones into your 'compounds.'” “And to tell me that this could pay!” “Ay, and pay splendidly.
— from Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever

That lank, black figure with its ravel of grey locks escaping from under a black "wide-awake" was the Nikè that led on to Freedom.
— from Shadows of Flames: A Novel by Amélie Rives

I am quite sure that if we keep on going long enough we'll arrive somewhere at last."
— from Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

[112] “As the host of Snorri passed below by the mountain-side, Steinthor threw a spear over the host of Snorri, according to ancient custom, for the sake of good luck” (Eyrbyggja, c. 44).
— from The Viking Age. Volume 2 (of 2) The early history, manners, and customs of the ancestors of the English-speaking nations by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

But all his debating and writing, all his studying, did not fill my father's pockets; they, like their owner, grew leaner every day.
— from Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume 1 (of 2) With an Account of his Parliamentary Struggle, Politics and Teachings. Seventh Edition by Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner

The boy too, aroused by the noise of talking, awoke; stared wildly around him, and though a boy of genteel lineage, evinced a great distaste to mingling in society; and fought manfully to retain his position in the corner, when Harson attempted to lead him out.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Various

And yet he knew naught of Greek, little enough of {8} Latin from the point of view of scholarly attainment in the language.
— from The Pleasures of Collecting by Gardner C. Teall