I. The ambassadors of the Alemanni had been offended by the harsh and haughty behavior of Ursacius, master of the offices; 88 who by an act of unseasonable parsimony, had diminished the value, as well as the quantity, of the presents to which they were entitled, either from custom or treaty, on the accession of a new emperor.
— 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

Of unfortunate propensities he had quite sufficient, besides this, to bring him to poverty.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

Themistocles on his, 273 , 6; the dark background of, 323 , 23; the faculty of, 426 , 45; wise, the condition of, 176 , 16; with little judgment, 26 , 11 Men , a little breed, 523 , 6; a thousand kinds of, 275 , 25; after modern or ancient model, 124 , 13; all conditioned by circumstance, 138 , 29; all, play-actors, 286 , 31; ambitious, like tallest trees, 456 , 40; and the law, 438 , 24; and their vices, how to treat, 340 , 32; and women of right sort, 35 , 2; angels or slugs, practically no matter, 339 , 42; anvil as well as hammer, 92 , 32; argumentative, 398 , 19; {pg 621} as individuals, and their belongings, 521 , 3; as measured of God, 125 , 29; as the generation of leaves, 326 , 37; as they are born, 398 , 16; at birth and death, 9 , 60; at their best, 289 , 49; blindness of, 65 , 33; born for others, 310 , 13; born too soon, 116 , 32; bubbles on stream of time, 111 , 40; but three classes of, 466 , 29; by what standard to weigh, 333 , 19; childless, progeny of, 445 , 10; collective beings, 521 , 3; collectively, respect for, despised individually, 16 , 1; common, apologies for men, 45 , 15; compared with plants, 349 , 16; dangerous, 149 , 13; differences among, 110 , 20; dream of a shadow, 393 , 16; driven as turkeys, 521 , 14; effect of, ignorance of, 65 , 32; evil, characteristic of, 95 , 32; evil of shunning, 65 , 31; false estimate of, 162 , 22; far-observant, often unknown to themselves, 529 , 23; for certain brothers, 556 , 41; glorious, Bacon on, 124 , 23; god-devils, 357 , 35; God's versus devil's, 128 , 10; good, value of, 129 , 53; good, mercy in, 187 , 18; graded from birth, 21 , 15; great (see Great men ); greatest, sayings about, 432 , 16-23; greatest, simplest, 432 , 41; happy, full of present, 140 , 23; how misknown, 65 , 31; how ruined, 9 , 69; how to be weighed, 507 , 13; how to govern, 492 , 47; how to make true or great, 501 , 14; how to treat, 510 , 14, 15; how treated by the gods, 68 , 36; hypocrites when talking of themselves, 535 , 28; in love, philosophy of, 542 , 15; in one respect all alike, 188 , 39; in the eye of God, 127 , 23; inconstancy of, 391 , 24; inequality among, 239 , 10; known when in misfortune, 544 , 2; knowledge of, advantage of, 60 , 34; lenses, 336 , 41; like chameleons, 520 , 42; like fishes in sea, 107 , 3; like nails and like rivets, 398 , 17; like spaniels, 398 , 23; Marmontel's feelings towards, 164 , 46; may come and go, 165 , 29; members of one body, 521 , 33; most, insolvent, 284 , 26; never present with themselves, 521 , 41; no class of, dispensable, 86 , 19; no greater now than have been, 302 , 19; not common, 115 , 6; not helpers, but hinderers, 494 , 28; not helpful or to be helped, 169 , 23; of ability, now often unbelievers, 293 , 27; of genius, under misfortune, 238 , 3; of low and of high degree, vanity, 407 , 35; of one pattern, 190 , 3; of retiring timidity, 561 , 13; of unbridled passions, helping, 536 , 5; old, lives of, 327 , 24; old, what should be the care of, 327 , 23; old, without judgment of their peers, 337 , 22; on earth as soldiers fighting in a foreign land, 155 , 16; only distinction among, 446 , 42; only performers, not composers, 127 , 2; only players, not authors, 127 , 1; ordinary, aspiring to be geniuses, 239 , 6; put off with stories, 298 , 3; races of, compared to leaves, 249 , 49; seat of logic of, 64 , 15; seducing, 477 , 15; self-made, respect for, 90 , 11; shadows, and shadow-hunted, 538 , 29; soldiers, 10 , 60; some, demi-gods, 357 , 35; some, women, 88 , 20; symmetrical, 276 , 2; that are ill to manage, 472 , 15; to act as men, 28 , 37; to act as men now, 526 , 13; to be afraid of, 442 , 3; to be both men and children, 243 , 25; to be mystified, not satisfied, 405 , 56; to be shunned, 169 , 23; to be weighed with merchant's scales, 265 , 12; truly great, characteristic of, 500 , 45, 46; two, alone worthy of honour, 503 , 45; two levers to move, 468 , 36; unmarried, in social relations, 508 , 9; virtue and vice of, 541 , 21; want of concord among, 163 , 18; what is required of, 243 , 29; when angels, 521 , 36; when children, philosophy of, 542 , 15; when just, 238 , 34; when likest gods, 158 , 42; when maidens sue, 544 , 18; when more divine, 52 , 29; when most godlike, 521 , 40; when properly themselves, 521 , 42; who hope for no better life, 478 , 46; wise, full of present, 140 , 23; with some, personifications, 191 , 28; See Les hommes , 238 , 31 Men's , judgments of one another, 299 , 13; lives, a prophecy in, 470 , 1 Men-children , children only, 32 , 44 Mendacious being, the one, 476 , 17 Mental , disease the fatalist, 423 , 42; diseases not to be spoken of, 260 , 27 Mephistopheles' account of himself, 79 , 35 Mephistopheles , character of, 128 , 24; like cat with mouse, 117 , 41; spirit of, 60 , 1 Merchandise , a, curs'd, 52 , 3 Merchant , making and counting his money, 442 , 4; profession of, 107 , 11; the, temptation of, 13 , 21; true-bred, as a gentleman, 22 , 3 Mercury , a, not made out of any log, 97 , 53 Mercy , a, to be condemned, 470 , 11; as dealt by God, 125 , 25; attractive power of, 28 , 6; divine sovereignty of, 33 , 18; effect of, on sin, 314 , 17; God's, near, 280 , 27; God's, universal, 128 , 5; in a king, 301 , 17; in every place, 478 , 8; nobility's badge, 408 , 26; power of, on sinner, 496 , 28; quality of, 450 , 21; the, required, 495 , 41; too much, 497 , 40; true, 500 , 23; whereto serves, 549 , 36; who will not show, 553 , 1; woman's virtue, 65 , 35 Merit , and good fortune united, 208 , 5; better than descent, 173 , 9; from use of gifts, 330 , 12; independent of time and mode, 235 , 29; man's highest, 266 , 36; modest, 278 , 20; not prior to existence, 306 , 13; often a drawback, 234 , 5; power of, 26 , 15; power of, in contrast with charms, 40 , 32; proof of superior, 226 , 11; sufficiency of one's, 456 , 15; the test of, 473 , 26; unprotected, to be cherished by wealth, 244 , 2; without fame, 101 , 28; without modesty, 278 , 20 Merriest , when men are, 488 , 9 Messiah , the perpetual, 193 , 43 Messias of Nature, 459 , 41 Metal , native, test of a man's, 200 , 47 Metamorphoses , universal, 314 , 28 Metaphor , a glowing, power of, 46 , 11 Metaphysic , contrasted with logic, 252 , 30; the only intelligible, 372 , 20 Metaphysics , defined, 544 , 34; in modern literature, 175 , 36; obscurative of truth, 201 , 3; the utmost of, 144 , 9 Method , an individual matter, 75 , 17; economy from, 260 , 38 Microcosm , each, a macrocosm, 75 , 20 Microscopes , and eyes, 98 , 21 Middle course, safest, 188 , 4; 271 , 56; 272, 1 , 10 Midas versus Apollo, 412 , 43 Midnight , morrow in, 469 , 23 Might , and right, the same, 184 , 30; measure of right, 278 , 1; stronger than right, 78 , 47; the, the right, 480 , 26; without right, 112 , 15 Mights , of men, the main question, 451 , 44 Mighty , dependent on wise, 61 , 35; 462 , 37 Migrate , why men, 276 , 23 Mildness , power of, 261 , 39 Military life, fascination of, 286 , 18 Milk of human kindness, 166 , 7 Mills , God's, grind slow, 128 , 11, 12 Millstone , a, collects no moss, 79 , 29 Milton , characteristic of, 419 , 44; music of, 445 , 29; on his blindness, 485 , 50; some mute inglorious, 399 , 10 Mind , a degraded, lowest state of, 368 , 29; a diseased, tender, 277 , 56; a kingdom, 288 , 10; a moodiness of, how to treat, 543 , 3; a small, sign of, 202 , 2; a vacant, 2 , 13; a well-cultivated, 24 , 53; a willing, 24 , 58; alone old, 315 , 31; an incomplete, 468 , 20; and body, intimate connection of, 266 , 28; and heart, methods of, different, 222 , 45; {pg 622} as related to body, 122 , 42; base, mark of, 488 , 1; change of, mark of wisdom, 180 , 41; character of, to what due, 461 , 20; celestial and divine, 541 , 17; collision of, with mind, good, 202 , 9; conceiving and bringing forth, 442 , 14; creative power of, 442 , 13; dark depths in, 1 , 26; diseased, not to be ministered to, 35 , 21; dormant without inspiration, 326 , 24; dupe of heart, 223 , 5; effect of, on the body, 488 , 3; elation of, to be restrained, 80 , 15; elevation of mind, without justice, 413 , 7; fastened to a clog, 551 , 43; fields of, to be cultivated, 51 , 7; good, wealth of, 277 , 44; grandeur of, condition of, 490 , 9; greatness of, proofs of, 259 , 23; guilty, effect of, 432 , 51; human, march of, 441 , 30; human, sayings about, 435 , 46; 436, 1 , 2; in suspense, easily swayed, 74 , 9; little, always, 25 , 26; little, conversing with great, 439 , 25; dislocated movements of, 69 , 45; lofty, good, 79 , 9; made-up, not to be advised, 47 , 55; makes the body rich, 111 , 28; maturity of, and bodily decay, 507 , 21; must be stimulated, 44 , 19; noble, contrasted with vulgar, 79 , 30; noblest, character of, 445 , 8; our better, 337 , 17; power of, on body, 202 , 46; presence of, test of a man, 200 , 47; sayings about the, 442 , 15-28; strong, unconscious, 455 , 33; the form of forms, 264 , 15; the gentle, mark of, 429 , 50; the great, 144 , 51; the, in the face, 478 , 12; the, its power of persuading itself to see what it chooses, 333 , 27; the man, 277 , 46; 533 , 5; the true and sound, 459 , 11; the truly strong, unconscious, 459 , 17; to be kept bent, 243 , 18; to be kept in hand, 217 , 35; under too large obligations, 442 , 12; without education, 510 , 11; without, of one's own, 150 , 39; who knows the, 552 , 7; young and advanced, 465 , 45 Minds , different pursuits of different, 67 , 23; excellent, levity in, 471 , 4 fearless, success of, 103 , 58; great, characteristic of, 419 , 42; great contrasted with little, 251 , 24-26 great, (see Great minds ); greatest, when they generally appear, 487 , 28; ill at ease, 397 , 32; little, how caught, 342 , 13; magic of action and reaction of, 477 , 1; occupied with small matters, 39 , 24; old, to be kept in exercise, 327 , 25; our, how we furnish, 524 , 7; our, when unoccupied, 338 , 34; strongest, unknown, 404 , 11; the finest, 427 , 43; thoughtful, love colour, 9 , 32; weak, weakness of, 530 , 13, 14 Minister , defined in the Hitopadesa, 143 , 8; to live by ministering, 148 , 19 Ministers , how judged, 465 , 3 Ministry , a, advantage of opponents of, 480 , 11; test of a, 490 , 3 Minnow , an emblem of man, 496 , 10 Minor , the desire of, 452 , 28 Minorities , rights of, to protection, 131 , 26 Minute , every, how to fill, 240 , 41 Minuteness , reverence for, in estimate of greatness, 135 , 38 Mirabeau , last words of, 241 , 29; the greatness of, 413 , 49; to the Marquis de Brézé, 317 , 15 Miracle , a, in quest of, 547 , 32; man the, of miracles, 522 , 23; pet child of faith, 55 , 10; the great indestructible, 53 , 44; the true, 533 , 7 Miracles , age of, 415 , 41; all, how achieved, 157 , 43; cause of, 201 , 11; faith required for, 353 , 51; futility of, without spiritual sense, 175 , 2; how wrought still, 32 , 3; no longer, 3 , 2; of Christ, 442 , 29; the source of, 340 , 7 Mirror , objects in a, 86 , 37; the best, 417 , 47 Mirth , and melancholy, correlated, 482 , 27; hard to feign, in sorrow, 67 , 30; most, only apparent, 284 , 28; power of, 114 , 9; string attuned to, 478 , 23; unfelt, hard to feign, 154 , 32; unreasonable, 508 , 23; violent, 514 , 34 Misanthropist at forty, 554 , 17 Mischief , joy in, 294 , 35; not to be spoken, 271 , 52; origin of all, 10 , 4; past and prosper'd, 243 , 6; past, mourning, 494 , 36 Misconception , purposed, evil of, 488 , 28 Miser , and his losses, 13 , 44; Dryden to the, 124 , 48; his only right act, 24 , 36; mind of, 538 , 34; passion of, joyless, 222 , 34; sayings about the, 442 , 30, 31; the, his wants, 410 , 14; who dies rich, 13 , 23 Miserable , apology for being, 487 , 15; only medicine of, 442 , 32 Miseries , cure for all, 562 , 42; happiness at others', 181 , 27; our greatest, 340 , 1; past, recollection of, 213 , 58 Misers , compared with moles, 282 , 12; greedy, rail at sordid, 136 , 8; that gloat over their money, 483 , 4 Misery , a cause of, 200 , 42; a man's, from within, 485 , 34; a widespread cause of, 284 , 30; always exaggerated, 330 , 5; another's, no matter of sport, 474 , 23; cause of all, 494 , 5; enduring, 370 , 16; fatal prevailing source of, 333 , 26; in, God's help seen, 205 , 17; inconsistent with occupation, 307 , 27; not to be laughed at, 180 , 8; of man, the source of, 442 , 33; our own making, 314 , 36; plaint of, to be listened to, 116 , 28; sacred even to gods, 111 , 4; to-morrow's, not to be forestalled, 529 , 5 Misfortune , a second master, 259 , 1; and wisdom, 54 , 33; as a school, 68 , 45; badge of innocence, 87 , 38; blessed, 27 , 54; Burns under blows of, 167 , 23; but one, for man, 110 , 18 effect of, on understanding, 192 , 6; greatest, 432 , 25; how to face, 293 , 2; indispensable to man, 136 , 33; never alone, 298 , 27; not to be thy maid, 296 , 40; one, vigil of another, 333 , 7; one's own, and others', 171 , 40; others', admonitory, 31 , 57; scene of a, avoided, 88 , 26; self-caused, 41 , 16; suggestion of, in joy, 22 , 24; sure to come some day, 36 , 47; talked of not disagreeable, 59 , 32; temptation of, 186 , 48; the greatest, 318 , 25; the one, for a man, 471 , 16; the parent of, 368 , 16; a misnomer, 476 , 25 Misfortunes , another's, easily borne, 168 , 10; as a source of talk, 7 , 33; best to forget, 181 , 8; how lightened, 17 , 20; in spite of, enough, 477 , 2; not always evil, 386 , 38; not believed in, till they come, 317 , 10; not to be repined over, 112 , 41; of others, easy to bear, 317 , 6; our greatest, source of, 338 , 9; our own and other's, 433 , 18; our own, not the heaviest, 176 , 6; our worst, 340 , 1; to be boldly faced, 502 , 52; variable, 281 , 13; when to bewail, 569 , 20; women's, self-made, 165 , 33 Misgovernment , evil of, 261 , 10; sophistical, dilemma on which it rests, 139 , 18 Misled , the, what is due to, 496 , 8 Mismanagement , doomed, 374 , 24; not for ever, 480 , 41, 46 Mist , how to escape a, 193 , 52 Mistake , a general, 417 , 38; throttling of one, inconsiderable, 550 , 18; Wellington's protestation against, 473 , 27 Mistakes , and discovery, 525 , 15; every one makes, 180 , 19; hard to correct and sift, 553 , 34; root of all great, 187 , 12; to be eschewed, 296 , 11 Mistrust , treason, 414 , 18 Misunderstanding , inevitable, 395 , 11 Misunderstood , to be, a bitterness, 490 , 29 Mob , described, 27 , 40; Emerson's definition of, 13 , 50; in a civilised nation, 420 , 32; sentiments of, 300 , 9; suffrages of, Horace on, 309 , 25; the, a scare to poet, 322 , 8; the fickle, 67 , 7; the, sayings about, 442 , 36-39 {pg 623} Mob-tumults , Goethe's uneasiness at, 164 , 33 Mode , set, tendency to, 205 , 45; the origin and character of, 65 , 36 Moderation , an impregnable fortress, 112 , 54; exceeding, 492 , 45; in living, 334 , 44; the good in, 23 , 48; with a clear sky, 270 , 50 Modern society versus Christianity, 43 , 5 Moderns , and ancients, teachings compared, 416 , 7; the, contrasted with Greeks, 432 , 45 Modes , ridiculous, 376 , 42 Modesty , a virtue of the low-born, 319 , 17; as a virtue, 48 , 55; as an ornament, 432 , 33; as covering self-conceit, 168 , 24; commended, 27 , 48; contrast with loquacity, 253 , 17; dead, 7 , 34; divorced from truth, 536 , 31; false, 100 , 44, 45; in youth, 4 , 41; misconstrued, 350 , 1; more majestic than strength, 249 , 14; necessity of, 300 , 41; not promoted, 114 , 50; of nature not to be overstepped, 406 , 25; ornament, but drawback, 28 , 21; the prohibitions of, 367 , 14; true and false, 500 , 24; Virgil's, 293 , 39; want of, 313 , 42 Mole , as oracle, 72 , 14 Molière , Boileau of, 180 , 37; inscription on his bust, 397 , 2 Moment , a, capacity of, 523 , 15; birth of a, 160 , 27; both a cradle and a grave, 443 , 1; claim of, 523 , 12; divine, in a man's life, 70 , 8; each, nearer death, 40 , 2; event of a, 2 , 40; every, instructive, 92 , 40; every, of infinite value, 92 , 45; last, exaggerated, 443 , 49; passing, to be noted well, 321 , 32; power of a, 19 , 35; present, to be seized, 136 , 12; 298 , 8; that may become eternal, 442 , 42; the, difficult to square with, 86 , 8; the greatest, in life, 481 , 38; the passing, value of, 537 , 24; the present, 449 , 11, 12; value of, 519 , 15; value of every, 212 , 15 Moments , decisive power of, 334 , 7 Monarch , great, a mark of, 88 , 37; of all I survey, 164 , 44; sacredness of, 21 , 8 Monarchies , how ruined, 239 , 24; the fate of, 374 , 4 Monarchs , fear of change perplexes, 103 , 50 Monarchy , a, the likely fate of, 13 , 53; absolute, one objection to, 167 , 24; expensiveness of its trappings, 458 , 17; Schopenhauer on, 65 , 37 Money , a blessing and bane, 104 , 33; a passport, 222 , 28; alienating effect of, 27 , 17; all it breeds, 52 , 49; as servant and master, 222 , 29; best use of, 418 , 7; blood and life, 88 , 42; by whom most needed, 304 , 30; chief value and virtue of, 420 , 8; collecting machine, in a civilised nation, 420 , 32; definition of, 530 , 19; despising, 344 , 23; does not feed men, 294 , 44; effect of being with or without, 46 , 12; either slave or tyrant, 183 , 30; enjoyed by few, 513 , 22; given in alms on good security, 344 , 53; indispensable, 2 , 22; lending, as a means of living, 274 , 40; lending, risk in, 364 , 30; loss of, bitter, 316 , 38; loss of, lament over, 260 , 12; loss of, misery from, 350 , 2; love of, 49 , 57; making, innocence of, 274 , 21; man with, or without, 46 , 12; master, if not servant, 173 , 21; more powerful than love, 14 , 3; 254 , 14; breeds only money, 44 , 13; no respect without, 127 , 40; not to be covetous of, 309 , 30; persuasiveness of, 332 , 33; persuasive power of, 28 , 6; power of, 14 , 47; 19 , 29; 23 , 31; 23 , 36; 88, 7 , 9; 119 , 30-32; 173 , 22; 246 , 8; 299 , 21; 314 , 8; 537 , 36; 555 , 13; public, like holy water, 165 , 36; ready, eloquence of, 376 , 45; ready, value of, 17 , 53; Ruskin's definition of, 10 , 5; sayings about, 119 , 30-32; splendour in use, 318 , 34; terror of not making, 434 , 26; the love of, 440 , 2; the question in regard to, 503 , 30; want of, brings care, 14 , 56; who want to borrow, 480 , 21 Money-bag with holes, 209 , 16 Moneyed man, attendant of, 28 , 6 Moneyless man, 19 , 28 Money-makers and money-spenders, 277 , 9 Monk , danger of offending a, 27 , 27 Monomania , often unperceived, 268 , 24 Monument , who deserve a, 482 , 36; who should have no, 305 , 8 Mood , the right, to be seized, 294 , 34 Moods belong to man alone, 291 , 14 Moon , and its light for all, 443 , 2; dispensable, 174 , 33; the, that shone in Paradise, 564 , 19; when the sun is there, 383 , 38 Moonlight sleeps upon this bank, 162 , 38 Moral , a, to be brief, 547 , 16; achievement of man, 533 , 38; conduct, second great rule of, 431 , 34; energy, contrasted with brilliant parts, 191 , 11; perfection, minimum state of, 334 , 31; qualities, not enough, 105 , 51; sentiment, only school of, 446 , 16; sentiment, the atmosphere of, 416 , 33 Morality , a too austere, 226 , 19; aim of all, 415 , 44; and civilisation, 43 , 39; and religion, 371 , 37; 372 , 32; as it now is, Shelley on, 371 , 35; contrasted with religions, 467 , 13; department of philosophy, 507 , 33; dependence of, on faith, 100 , 12; implies religion, 175 , 29; independent of the religion, 121 , 42; national, no, without religion, 369 , 22; not moral philosophy, our want, 203 , 34; of some, in remnants, 443 , 7; sum of, 493 , 15; the laws of, 438 , 26; true, 500 , 25; true, the condition of, 357 , 12; vital, first condition of, 481 , 44; without religion, 522 , 39 Morals , and art, rules in, compared, 188 , 15, 16; cultivated by love, 484 , 22; genesis of, 267 , 42; good-will everything in, 60 , 9; in youth, moulding, 97 , 1; our teacher in, 521 , 20; rooted in fear, 188 , 17; straight in,
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

"let us go on unto perfection" [ Hebrews vi, 1]; "the perfection of art is to conceal art"
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

He had, indeed, reduced several women to a state of utter profligacy, had broke the hearts of some, and had the honour of occasioning the violent death of one poor girl, who had either drowned herself, or, what was rather more probable, had been drowned by him.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

XI Dismayed with so desperate deadly wound, And eke impatient of unwonted paine, He lowdly brayd with beastly yelling sound, That all the fields rebellowed againe; 95 As great a noyse, as when in Cymbrian plaine ° An heard of Bulles, whom kindly rage ° doth sting, Do for the milkie mothers want complaine, And fill the fields with troublous bellowing, The neighbour woods around with hollow murmur ring.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

In my opinion your lover was afraid of losing us both, if we found out that neither the one nor the other of us possessed his whole heart.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He arose from the earth, and moving past the immovable form of Uncas, placed himself in a dignified attitude before the offender.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

More attentive to the interests of mankind than to those of the army, he expressed the vain hope, that, by the establishment of universal peace, he should soon abolish the necessity of a standing and mercenary force.
— 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

The great bulwark of human liberty which generations in bloody toil have built against the wicked exercise of unlawful power has been torn away by a parricidal hand.
— from The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

A squad of uniformed patrolmen had already been sent on ahead to surround the lodging house and prevent any departures.
— from My Life by Josiah Flynt

After Lorenzo got out of "limbo," he announced that, in spite of his (in his opinion) unjust punishment, he should preach, at a given time, a sermon about "another rich man."
— from The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; containing a collection of over one thousand of the most laughable sayings and jokes of celebrated wits and humorists. by Various

But if she had been less romantic and more practical, if she had remembered that the marriage contract would bind her for life to one who would be more closely connected with her than anyone else could be, and this union for life, by day and by night, constant, continuous, and not to be annulled by any such small matters as bad [253] breath or unpleasant personal habits, perhaps she would have considered it no small matter to discover the possible causes of disgust before they became fixtures in her life.
— from What a Young Woman Ought to Know by Mary Wood-Allen

Rom. 15:2 — “ Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying. ”
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

And they press half a score of us poor honest men.
— from Rewards and Fairies by Rudyard Kipling

I am not likely to forget it or to minimize it, for it is my own indictment against Mr. Jones' system, and since his practice strongly supports my contention I shall examine it and expose it (see p. 43 ); but the objection here raised is not really subversive of my argument here, as may be judged from the fact that the Oxford University Press has adopted or countenanced Mr. Jones' standard in their small popular edition of the large dictionary.
— from On English Homophones Society for Pure English, Tract 02 by Robert Bridges

The uncertainty of the sciences called positive, the sudden halt to his mind in the solution of these problems, threw him into fits of deepest despair; and I have found him many times in a state of utter prostration, his eyes set and shining, his hands burning with fever, his pulse agitated and intermittent.
— from Urania by Camille Flammarion