His action on this occasion convinced the gods that nothing but evil remained within him, and they pronounced unanimously upon him the sentence of perpetual banishment from Asgard. Ægir’s Banquet To divert the gods’ sadness and make them, for a short time, forget the treachery of Loki and the loss of Balder, Ægir, god of the sea, invited them to partake of a banquet in his coral caves at the bottom of the sea.
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

But meanwhile they were calling up and collecting at Alexandria the mercenaries whom they had on service in towns outside Egypt; were despatching men to recruit foreign soldiers; and were collecting provisions both for the troops they already possessed, and for those that were coming in.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Having corrected many broken words, I re-sorted them back into original order, added ‘KEY:’ to the principal, and pasted the lot to the Word Processor (below) for study, uploading and further corrections.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

When we are conscious of the presence of an irritating particle in our nostrils or windpipe—that is, when the same sensory nerve-cells are excited, as in the case of sneezing and coughing—we can voluntarily expel the particle by forcibly driving air through these passages; but we cannot do this with nearly the same force, rapidity, and precision, as by a reflex action.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Peasants bring forth in safety.—Can it be, O thou that wert so happy, so adored!
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

And now my own casual self-suggestion that I might possibly be fool enough to confess the murder of which I had been guilty, confronted me, as if the very ghost of him whom I had murdered—and beckoned me on to death.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

“You know I should be very glad to do all in my power both for you and for this dear young man.”
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Cuba was formerly one of the important centers of production; but for various reasons the industry declined, and for many years the country has imported most of its coffee supply.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

I have the experience of owners, who have found this out to their cost, to back me up in the assertion, even if it were not the statement of a plain business fact that proves itself.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

These mountains, consisting of various sorts of gneiss, intrusive granite and gabbro, have been formed partly by faulting but mainly by erosion, the lines of which have been determined by the presence of faults or the presence of relatively soft rocks.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The Pharisees on horseback passed by first, followed by the boy who carried the inscription.
— from The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anna Katharina Emmerich

From a Copley Print THE SONG OF AGES Ethel Wright Mrs. Wright made many portraits of distinguished people; but few, if any, of these can now be seen, although it is said that some of them have been carefully preserved by the families who possess them.
— from Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

No more peerless beauties for this child, thank you.
— from Five Children and It by E. (Edith) Nesbit

[4] Poor Barefooted Friar was Marco de Niza (Mark of Nice), a friar of the Franciscan order.
— from The Making of the Great West, 1512-1883 by Samuel Adams Drake

As if pursued by furies she pelted up two foul staircases, and at a top back room, rapped pressingly, fiercely, with the clenched knuckles of both hands upon the panels.
— from The de Bercy Affair by Louis Tracy

This maid is just after this poaching business found insensible in the wood, and tells rather an improbable story as to how it came about.
— from The Curse of Carne's Hold: A Tale of Adventure by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Toussaint found, not only that all hearts were ready for the assertion of freedom, but that all eyes were so fixed upon him, all ears so open to his lightest word, that there was every probability of his purposes being fully understood and completely executed.
— from The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance by Harriet Martineau

We were only troubled by gentlemen of the Press, both French and English, for since Esterhazy had fled from France and the case for revision had been formally referred to the Cour de Cassation, several newspapers had become desirous of ascertaining M. Zola's views on the course of events.
— from With Zola in England: A Story of Exile by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly