As its members have received the ritual from their predecessors, so are they bound to transmit it, unchanged, in the slightest degree, to their successors.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

Let the reader, therefore, with such ground-scheme, help himself, where needful, out of New-style into Old-style, called also 'slave-style, stile-esclave;'—whereof we, in these pages, shall as much as possible use the latter only.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

But the sign of the cross made the airy phantom strong, and then the three rode away from the marsh to firm ground.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

If the parallel seems a trifle fantastic, it was yet one that Turgenev would let pass, since he affirmed that Don Quixote himself was, in his inimitable extravagance, a type of the eternal spirit of revolution.
— from Fathers and Sons by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

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— from The Bet, and other stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Who then were the Phrygians, “who were then encamped on the banks of the Sangarius,” when Priam says, “And I joined them with these troops as an auxiliary”?
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

Give all the vowels and diphthongs their proper sounds and do not slur over them in unaccented syllables, as is done in English.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

end of flute held by seated female figure exactly Phi proportion with sides of picture, and lower side of hand holding it (a point slightly above the end of flute) exactly Phi proportion with top and bottom of canvas.
— from The Practice and Science of Drawing by Harold Speed

The latter continued his speech: “A fifth of the money collected may be used to distribute a few prizes, such as to the best school child, the best herdsman, farmer, fisherman, and so on.
— from The Social Cancer: A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal

He had now begun to play devilishly upon a pathetic stop, and sought every occasion to descant upon the social ruin that was overtaking Julian, and his deep concern in the matter.
— from Flames by Robert Hichens

A peculiarly subtle expression haunts the lower part, sensual and incredulous, like that of a man tasting good Bordeaux with half a fancy it has been somewhat too long uncorked.
— from Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson

And from the first, his sisters gave him every advantage they could buy for him, sending him to the best private schools, and then to college, and then to the Harvard Law School; and every one knows that Danny Leitzel is no fool, but a brilliant lawyer.
— from Her Husband's Purse by Helen Reimensnyder Martin

They have shed blood in Abzu-ega; they have set fire to the temple of Gatumdug; they have carried away the silver and the precious stones, and have destroyed the statue!
— from A History of Sumer and Akkad An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy by L. W. (Leonard William) King

The grass gives the one who avails himself of it immunity for a time from attack or pursuit, so as to allow him to begin the game again just where it was left off.
— from Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx (Volume 2 of 2) by Rhys, John, Sir

The prairie stretched ahead of them in solitary sweeps of tender green, dappled with flowers.
— from Chicken Little Jane on the Big John by Lily Munsell Ritchie

In 1807 he came to terms with the Czar of Russia, forcing him to agree, together with Portugal, Sweden, and Denmark, to a coalition against England.
— from The Story of the Highland Regiments by Frederick Watson