For this insurrection of the peasantry, however, Luther expressed great detestation; although he availed himself of it to lecture the princes of Germany on their duties as civil rulers.
— from A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

Pauli Historia Langobardorum: edidit Georg Waitz. Hannoverae, impensis Bibliopolii Hahniani, 1878. NOTES:
— from A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene A. (Eugene Arthur) Hecker

Haec studia, adolescentiam agunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium ac solatium praebent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur; and again, Nullam enim virtus aliam mercedem laborum periculorumque desiderat, praeter hanc laudis et gloriae; qua quidem detracta, iudices, quid est quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo, et tam brevi, tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus? Certe, si nihil animus praesentiret in posterum, et si quibus regionibus vitae spatium circumscriptum est, eisdem omnes cogitationes terminaret suas, nec tantis se laboribus frangeret, neque tot curis vigiliisque angeretur, neque teties de vita ipsa dimicaret .
— from Latin Literature by J. W. (John William) Mackail

Philadelphia has long enjoyed great and widely distributed prosperity; it is the city of homes; there is a dwelling house for every five persons,—men, women, and children,—of the population; and the people give one a sense of more leisure and repose than any community I ever dwelt in.
— from The Shame of the Cities by Lincoln Steffens

"Clean up this—this Bonez Areez, too?" "Absolutely." "Did, huh?" Meyers stood a moment panting, his little eyes glaring into her calm ones.
— from Emma McChesney and Co. by Edna Ferber

I suffer in property, health, life, external good, but am sustained by that approving voice within, which more than compensates for all such losses.
— from Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will by Joseph Haven

And as she heard, her face became very pale, her large eyes grew dim and very soft, her mirthful mouth trembled with the pain of a too intense joy.
— from Under Two Flags by Ouida