And on this account, he says, some suppose that there is a race of beings whose property it is to listen to men,—a race deceitful, full of contrivances, capable of assuming all forms, simulating gods, demons, and dead men,—and that it is this race which brings about all these things which have the appearance of good or evil, but that what is really good they never help us in, and are indeed unacquainted with, for they make wickedness easy, but throw obstacles in the path of those who eagerly follow virtue; and that they are filled with pride and rashness, delight in sacrificial odours, are taken with flattery.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[93] C.I.L., XIV, 2911, was found near this reservoir, and Nibby from this, and a likeness to the construction of the Castra Prætoria at Rome, dates it so (Analisi, p. 503).
— from A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin

Prisons are rapidly developing into schools for reform, and with remarkable success where systems of this kind have been fully developed.
— from Famous Men and Great Events of the Nineteenth Century by Charles Morris

352 But in this matter of sowing and planting a refined distinction is sometimes drawn by French, German, and Esthonian peasants; plants which bear fruit above ground are sown by them when the moon is waxing, but plants which are cultivated for the sake of their roots, such as potatoes and turnips, are sown when the moon is waning.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12) by James George Frazer

Before “Sordello” Browning had tried three other forms; the subjective narrative in “Pauline,” the dramatic poem in “Paracelsus,” a regular drama in “Strafford,” which however runs partly parallel with “Sordello” in composition.
— from Browning and His Century by Helen Archibald Clarke

On Thursday, May 10, they adopted as their platform a resolution declaring in substance that they would "recognize no other political principle than the Constitution of the country, the Union of the States, and the enforcement of the laws."
— from Abraham Lincoln, a History — Volume 02 by John G. (John George) Nicolay