--The Court of the Nobles.--Fac-simile of a Miniature in an old Poetical Romance of Chivalry, Manuscript of the Thirteenth Century, in the Library of the Arsenal of Paris.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

The red tiles of the floor are full of depressions brought about by scouring and periodical renewings of color.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

I'll say yon grey is not the morning's eye, 'Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow;
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Even these chosen freedmen obtained no more than the private rights of citizens, and were rigorously excluded from civil or military honors.
— 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

Ole Kaasa moved from Chicago to Boone County, in 1845, but one of his sons, Jens, became a permanent resident of Chicago and a leading member of the Norwegian colony of Chicago during his life.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

Ἐκτίσθη describes the definite historical act of creation; ἔκτισται the continuous and present relations of creation to the Creator: comp.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

A sounding blow upon the Prince’s shoulder from Canty’s broad palm sent him staggering into goodwife Canty’s arms, who clasped him to her breast, and sheltered him from a pelting rain of cuffs and slaps by interposing her own person.
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Business now began, the day’s Collect was repeated, then certain texts of Scripture were said, and to these succeeded a protracted reading of chapters in the Bible, which lasted an hour.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

As I have already pointed out, [302] though the ‘dictates of Reason’ are always to be obeyed, it does not follow that ‘the dictation of Reason’—the predominance of consciously moral over non-moral motives—is to be promoted without limits; and indeed Common Sense appears to hold that some things are likely to be better done, if they are done from other motives than conscious obedience to practical Reason or Conscience.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick

[753] P. R. O., CO5-1371-55, 60.
— from Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker

The pope assumed a despotic power over all the churches: their particular customs, privileges, and immunities, were treated with disdain: even the canons of general councils were set aside by his dispensing power: the whole administration of the church was centered in the court of Rome: all preferments ran of course in the same channel: and the provincial clergy saw, at least felt, that there was a necessity for limiting these pretensions.
— from The History of England, Volume I From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution in 1688 by David Hume

Western newspapers, "booming" the cattle business, insisted that every blizzard was followed by a warm wind known as a "chinook" which brought a prompt return of comfort and sleekness to the most unhappy steer; but wise men knew better.
— from Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hermann Hagedorn

Closely related in chemical composition to these substances are theobromine and caffeine , the characteristic principles respectively of cocoa (the fruit of theobroma cacao ); and of coffee, tea, maté (the leaves of ilex paraguayensis ); “guarana,” obtained from the seeds of the South American 158 plant paullinia sorbilis , and the kola-nut of Central Africa.
— from History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2) From 1850 to 1910 by T. E. (Thomas Edward) Thorpe

They could be heard talking together in low and husky tones, some urging a precipitate rush, others counciling caution and diplomacy, in order to accomplish their ends.
— from Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay; Or, The Disappearing Fleet by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

The Church does not exercise, in virtue of her authority, "a direct and absolute" interference in the principles and constitutions, in the forms of civil power, in the political rights of citizens, in the duties of the State, and in the other matters enumerated in the despatch of the minister.
— from The Pope, the Kings and the People A History of the Movement to Make the Pope Governor of the World by a Universal Reconstruction of Society from the Issue of the Syllabus to the Close of the Vatican Council by William Arthur

This was in some respects true, since they had bought them of the government at the close of the war for a consideration; and though they obviously derived from this circumstance no valid proprietary right or claim as against the men personally, it certainly would seem that it gave them a just claim against the government of whom they bought, in case of subsequent manumission.
— from Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott

Josephine insisted even that the lights in the front hall and in the basement should be extinguished, and she drew the drawing-room curtains over the window-shades so that we need not seem to furnish our foes with one pale ray of comfort.
— from The Opinions of a Philosopher by Robert Grant