The guiding patriarch himself is, like every other member, subordinate to the family idea.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Whilst he passed his indolent life either within the walls of his palace, or in the neighboring gardens of Sallust, he was repeatedly heard to declare, that he alone was emperor, and that the other princes were no more than his lieutenants, on whom he had devolved the defence of the frontier provinces, that he might enjoy without interruption the elegant luxury of the capital.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

This Godfrey Boloine gave one thousand pounds to poor householders in London, etc. 1458.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

As each nation and time has its own mode of thought, which is constantly changing, so each period has its 'landscape eye.'
— from The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times by Alfred Biese

Por una parte esos países habían instituído la educación superior en sus universidades muchos años antes de que los primeros peregrinos arribasen a Plymouth; por otra, las clases inferiores de la sociedad unían a su falta de luces, la barbarie transmitida en las luchas con los elementos indígenas.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

The Pump is constructed of sheet-iron or copper, being a cylinder of nearly the size of the auger, and of the same length, having in its lower end a valve playing freely, and closing tight enough to retain borings, sand, and the like; the upper end terminating as the poles; The valve is usually made of steel, being a band riveted into its place having its lower edge sharp, and its upper edge square, seating the clapper, which is a disk of wrought iron.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.—September, 1851—Vol. III. by Various

Thus, finally, the people had its life even in Germany and England, where real liberty, though of later birth, afterward remained more deeply rooted in social life.
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud

The peers had indeed lost, except during the session of parliament, their ancient privilege in cases of misdemeanour, and were subject to the verdict of a jury; but the principle was exactly the same, and the right of judging commoners upon impeachment for corruption or embezzlement, which no one called in question, was as much an exception from the ordinary rules of law as in the more rare case of high treason.
— from Constitutional History of England, Henry VII to George II. Volume 2 of 3 by Henry Hallam

By the late Rev. H. J. Wilmot-Buxton , M.A. Twenty-two Plain Sermons on the best known and most popular Hymns, including Lent, Easter, Whitsuntide, etc.; also Children's Services.
— from Round about Bar-le-Duc by Susanne R. (Susanne Rouviere) Day

Both powers have inspired little else than, abject fear.
— from The Gods From 'The Gods and Other Lectures' by Robert Green Ingersoll

"Well, we've probably had it long enough," said his subordinate, with a smile.
— from White Ashes by Alden Charles Noble