He braved the judges on the judgment-seat, calling them simoniacs and persons of impure life, and said he would rather be hanged by the neck like a dog without trial, than plead either guilty or not guilty before such contemptible miscreants.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

"There are many fine details in which the court gets lost, but in the end it reaches into some place where originally there was nothing and pulls enormous guilt out of it."
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

Tillage, indeed, in that part of ancient Italy which lay in the neighbour hood of Rome, must have been very much discouraged by the distributions of corn which were frequently made to the people, either gratuitously, or at a very low price.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

[almost audibly, past endurance] God of Heaven!
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw

Looked at by the light of facts it cannot, it will be found, be rationally considered a state of peace, where neither party either gave or got back all that they had agreed, apart from the violations of it which occurred on both sides in the Mantinean and Epidaurian wars and other instances, and the fact that the allies in the direction of Thrace were in as open hostility as ever, while the Boeotians had only a truce renewed every ten days.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

Tabúli n a pagan ethnic group of Cotabato. tábun 1 v
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Justice demands, even when the suffrage does not depend on it, that the means of attaining these elementary acquirements should be within the reach of every person, either gratuitously, or at an expense not exceeding what the poorest, who can earn their own living, can afford.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Dada la naturaleza de este deporte, los que lo practican son más numerosos entre los militares que entre los civiles; aunque en realidad los aviadores que actualmente poseen el grado o cédula de pilotos en el ejército son aficionados que aprendieron el deporte en las escuelas militares de aviación en esos países, y luego fueron asimilados como clases u oficiales.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Dibdin, with his usual prophetic inaccuracy, described the amount (£121 6s.) at which Mr. Grenville obtained his copy as 'the highest price ever given, or likely to be given, for the volume.'
— from The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting by W. (William) Roberts

Some take dey pile en go on off en some choose to stay on dere wid dey Missus.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

c. 34), had heard that the Pagans pretended to be possessed of an epistle of Christ to Peter and Paul; but he had never seen it, and appears to doubt of the existence of any such piece either genuine or spurious.
— from Evidences of Christianity by William Paley

In a country like England, where there is such free and unbounded scope for the exertion of intellect, and where opinion and example have such weight with the people, every gentleman of fortune and leisure should feel himself bound to employ himself in some way towards promoting the prosperity or glory of the nation.
— from Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving

"I never saw a more beautiful country," says Raleigh, "nor more lively prospects, hills raised here and there over the valleys, the river winding into different branches, plains without bush or stubble, all fair green grass, deer crossing our path, the birds towards evening singing on every tree with a thousand several tunes, herons of white, crimson, and carnation perching on the riverside, the air fresh with a gentle wind, and every stone we stooped to pick up promised either gold or silver."
— from A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge

Who would read the memoirs of a former age if they represented Samuel Johnson as a model of polite elegance, Goldsmith of practical common sense, and Wilkes of untarnished public spirit.
— from Isle of Wight by A. R. Hope (Ascott Robert Hope) Moncrieff

To the left, however, a good road, after passing a large convent, and still inclining to the left, is the Castle or Palace Verdali, of imposing appearance, but tenantless, and going to decay; below, in the valley, is the Boschetta, covered with pretty extensive groves of orange trees, the only truly agreeable retreat in the island, and almost daily resorted to by pleasure parties.
— from The Overland Guide-book A complete vade-mecum for the overland traveller, to India viâ Egypt. by Barber, James, active 1837-1839