Thereupon they sat to devise some prudent counsel for their voyage, and the maiden came upon them as they pondered, but Peleus spake his word first: (ll. 495-502)
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

If the patron be precise, so must his chaplain be; if he be papistical, his clerk must be so too, or else be turned out.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The subject-matter will be drawn on the one hand, from that already presented by psychological science, but will be treated throughout from the point of view of the criminal judge, and prepared for his purposes.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Then did he retire to that gate which was called the Gate of the Pomp, because pompous shows do always go through that gate; there it was that they tasted some food, and when they had put on their triumphal garments, and had offered sacrifices to the gods that were placed at the gate, they sent the triumph forward, and marched through the theatres, that they might be the more easily seen by the multitudes. 5.
— from The Wars of the Jews; Or, The History of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus

And there was I with my spirit girded By the flesh half dead, the senses numb Yet thinking of youth and the earth in youth,— Such phantom blossoms palely shining Over the lifeless boughs of Time.
— from Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters

If he had been conscious of a single lie, it would have lowered his pride, but pain served only to raise it, when he was conscious that he had not deserved it by any unrighteous action by which he had rendered himself worthy of punishment.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

In the first, the picture is divided into two parts by pillars supporting the section of a house similar to those of which Giotto generally formed his interiors.
— from Giotto by Harry Quilter

The two who had given certificates diagnosticating paralysis of the marrow spoke discreetly, slowly, like esteemed, well-known, perfectly honourable practitioners; but Pierre still heard the warm, vivacious voice of his cousin Beauclair, the third doctor, a young man of vast and daring intelligence, who was treated coldly by his colleagues as being of an adventurous turn of mind.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Lourdes, Complete by Émile Zola

The Bulgarians indeed think themselves superior to the Slavs by reason of the warlike and glorious traditions of the Tartar tribe that gave them their name and infused the Asiatic element into their race, thus endowing them with greater stability, energy, and consistency than is possessed by purely Slav peoples.
— from The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Arnold Toynbee

He also describes a method of communicating [Pg 494] the disease, which was called sowing the smallpox ; this was generally performed by planting some of the crusts upon the nose,—an operation which was approved of by some but disapproved by others.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

It is astonishing to think how soon the national rejoicing at the re-establishment of the monarchy was to change to national dejection and disgust, caused not only by the policy, but, perhaps, still more by the personal life of the King.
— from A Short History of English Music by Ernest Ford

Bireusunge , sb. contrition, S. Bi-reuen , v. to bereave, C3, P; birafte , pt. s. C2; bireued , pp. , S; byreued , G; byraft , C.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Adsis superne Spiritus, Pater benigne pauperum: Sinuque fundas uberi Promissa terris munera.
— from Hymni ecclesiae by John Henry Newman