Phr. adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit[Latin]; magnum est vectigal parsimonia [Latin][Cicero].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Accordingly, the bones, being washed, were put into a shrine which they had made for that purpose, and placed [pg 158] in the church, with due honour; and that there might be a perpetual memorial of the royal character of this holy man, they hung up over the monument his banner of gold and purple.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

His doctrines were [33] orthodox and pure; his language easy and elegant; and his manners graceful and winning: in fine , he was both the pious and polite preacher.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

We shall now give some examples in which the Knights play a prominent part as an attacking force. 18.
— from Chess Fundamentals by José Raúl Capablanca

That divide France against Paris, and poison public opinion in the Departments?
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

This charm of drawing him closer to her, which her favourite plays and pictures and places possessed, struck him as being more mysterious than the intrinsic charm of more beautiful things and places, which appealed to him by their beauty, but without recalling her.
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

This council afterwards succeeded in overstepping the royal influence at difficult times, and was destined to play a prominent part in history.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

No Homeric poetry as "popular" poetry!
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

I am melancholy myself, diver times, sir, and then do I no more but take pen and paper, presently, and overflow you half a score, or a dozen of sonnets at a sitting.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

The eastern division was considered by the Romans as the more peculiar and proper province of Africa.
— 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

[67] The movements of articulate speech play a predominant part in his mental life.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2) by William James

[imp. & p. p. Assumed (?); p. pr. & vb.
— from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1st 100 Pages) by Noah Webster

He is a remarkable man, and will probably play a prominent part in the future political history of Canada.
— from The Englishwoman in America by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

But, still, the works which his great and untiring hand had already thoroughly finished will remain to attest his learning and genius, —a precious and perpetual possession for his country." …………………………… The President now called on Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, who said:— "The thoughts which suggest themselves upon this occasion are such as belong to the personal memories of the dear friends whom we have lost, rather than to their literary labors, the just tribute to which must wait for a calmer hour than the present, following so closely as it does on our bereavement." …………………………… "His first literary venture of any note was the story called 'Morton's Hope; or, The Memoirs of a Provincial.'
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

When the crust is ready take a pie plate (agate pie plates are the best) and dust it with flour; do not grease it with butter or lard.
— from Desserts and Salads by Gesine Lemcke

In Mr. Brown's poem the Bishop is welcomed into Heaven by the half-wilted harlot he had once condemned to painful and public punishment.
— from Adventures in Criticism by Arthur Quiller-Couch

The rouge, powder, patches, wigs, perukes, silken gowns and stockings, silver-buckled shoes, and ruffled cuffs and shirt-fronts from London, or patterned after Piccadilly prints, filled the Hall with brilliant colour.
— from Sir William Johnson and the Six Nations by William Elliot Griffis

Amnesty was granted all political prisoners, and pending prosecutions for political offenses were annulled.
— from And the Kaiser abdicates: The German Revolution November 1918-August 1919 by S. Miles (Stephen Miles) Bouton

Now I knew that if I did not carry the matter against him I should be killed out of hand, and Heaven knows I was not used to play a passive part.
— from Richard Carvel — Volume 03 by Winston Churchill

He was a pink and pleasant person, who rather gave the impression that he was curate to his wife—a very tall woman, stout, dignified and extremely English.
— from Dick Lester of Kurrajong by Mary Grant Bruce