The young prince had only reigned eight months, and his great beauty is the only thing mentioned of him.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints. January, February, March by Alban Butler

Mommsen, in his learned and profound history of Rome, enumerates the various forms of civilization that existed on the expulsion of the Tarquins, a summary of which I present.
— from Ancient States and Empires For Colleges and Schools by John Lord

At this a perfect howl of rage escaped from Coryon’s lips.
— from The Devil-Tree of El Dorado: A Novel by Frank Aubrey

Here, all there is to see is a competition of boats, manned by England's best youth, upon a noble river, flowing, in Virgilian phrase, "under ancient walls"; a city of romance, given up for a few days to the pleasure of the young, and breathing into that pleasure her own refining, exalting note; a stately ceremony--the Encaenia--going back to the infancy of English learning; and the dancing of young men and maidens in Gothic or classical halls built long ago by the "fathers who begat us."
— from A Writer's Recollections — Volume 1 by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

The peon is in debt to the planter, the planter to the merchant, the merchant to the commission-house, and the latter conducts his business on borrowed money; and so it goes on, year after year, without cessation, each person involved spending as much or more than he makes, and conducting his business on paper, like speculators in the stock market, the country growing poorer each year, with no possible hope of redemption except by an influx of fresh blood and capital.
— from The Capitals of Spanish America by William Eleroy Curtis

Then with a final shrug of the shoulders he dismissed pity, horror or remorse, entirely from his thoughts.
— from The Nest of the Sparrowhawk: A Romance of the XVIIth Century by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

While Laura tends to fade into a personification of poetry, and Petrarch's strongest convictions find expression through the mouth of St. Peter, we feel that behind Boccaccio's humanistic exercise lies his own amorous passion, his own religious enthusiasm, his own fatherly tenderness and love.
— from Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by W. W. (Walter Wilson) Greg

We may arrange its score of points under five principal heads, or rather ends in view.
— from The Middle Period, 1817-1858 by John William Burgess