Another happy accident there was, which was a further great advantage to Herod at this time; for Zenodorus's belly burst, and a great quantity of blood issued from him in his sickness, and he thereby departed this life at Antioch in Syria; so Cæsar bestowed his country, which was no small one, upon Herod; it lay between Trachon and Galilee, and contained Ulatha, and Paneas, and the country round about.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The country people all the castle round Are frightened easily, for legends grow And mix with phantoms of the mind; we know
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Let them now therefore be punished as their crime requires, and do not, while you condemn the aristocracy, absolve the people.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

For it may be remarked in the course of this little conversation (which took place as the coach rolled along lazily by the river side) that though Miss Rebecca Sharp has twice had occasion to thank Heaven, it has been, in the first place, for ridding her of some person whom she hated, and secondly, for enabling her to bring her enemies to some sort of perplexity or confusion; neither of which are very amiable motives for religious gratitude, or such as would be put forward by persons of a kind and placable disposition.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

To a professional reformer who should annihilate so frightful and so devastating a power as this Church, reverence and praise would be due; but to a king who should do it, could properly be due nothing but reproach; reproach softened by sorrow; sorrow for his unfitness for his position.
— from Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World by Mark Twain

They still retained posts along the Columbia River and one at Fort Vancouver, when I was there.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

[June 5, 1947] European Pioneers and Temple Contract Rejoice at evidences of continued vigorous activity.
— from Citadel of Faith by Effendi Shoghi

And the war was rendered still more popular by the permission, which Dionysius granted forthwith, to plunder all the Carthaginian residents and mercantile property either in Syracuse or in any of his dependent cities.
— from History of Greece, Volume 10 (of 12) by George Grote

As in a correct architectural structure it is necessary that all its parts should be in unison, and such as the eye can take in easily and agreeably, so in every philosophical communication, the solid simple basis being laid, the arrangement of all the parts, and the careful rejection and exclusion of all foreign matter, is the most essential point, both for internal correctness and external perspicuity.
— from The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures by Friedrich von Schlegel

The boys could see the passengers and the crew rushing about in seeming confusion, but in the case of the latter, as they knew, the apparent chaos represented order.
— from The Boy Inventors' Electric Hydroaeroplane by Richard Bonner

Tempting, however, they are—too apt to slip from the tongue and from the pen, and to cause regret afterwards.
— from The Wild Man of the West: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

The strong endurance had been a strain that the additional grief was rendering beyond his power; and the crushed resignation, and air of extinguished hope, together with the indications of failing health, filled the Doctor with misgivings.
— from The Trial; Or, More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

The gallery was of panelled oak, with windows of stained glass in the upper panes, and the ceiling, richly and heavily carved, was entirely gilt, but with deadened gold.
— from Lothair by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

At this moment her desk and the little sitting-room where the men lounged seemed a haven of peace and plenty, and the car, rocking and plunging through the night, was like a ship rising and falling on wild seas under unknown stars.
— from Money Magic: A Novel by Hamlin Garland

When Protestantism sets up such a pretension, it falls into a radical contradiction with its own principle, and that contradiction ruins all attempts of this kind.
— from Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History by Auguste Sabatier

During the last year there was also a great deal of play at Nice, where the game in question was as popular as the classic roulette and trente-et-quarante of Monaco.
— from Light Come, Light Go: Gambling—Gamesters—Wagers—The Turf by Ralph Nevill