They are represented as holding a pagoda, sword, two swords, and spiked club respectively.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

He is further guarded by the fact that the Ghost proves, so to speak, his identity by showing the same traits as were visible on his first appearance—the same insistence on the duty of remembering, and the same concern for the Queen.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

The princess said that she disdained Frode because he lacked honour and glory.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

When Abraham Newland was Cashier of the Bank of England, and signed their notes, it was sung:— “I have heard people say That SHAM ABRAHAM you may,
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

When we say these things, it may perchance seem to some one who is very ignorant of these matters that only those things concerning the gods which are sung in the songs of the poets and acted on the stage are unworthy of the divine majesty, and ridiculous, and too detestable to be celebrated, whilst those sacred things which not stage-players but priests perform are pure and free from all unseemliness.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Or could it be that there was a prearranged significance to such phrases as 'fly-paper' and 'hen-pheasant'?
— from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Al principio, se trataba simplemente de una dirección de comunicación sobre nuestra empresa y nuestras actividades.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

And these mats are truly the little gems of Turkish weaving, and in accordance with the Oriental fondness for jewels and precious stones the suggestion that they represent inlaid jewelled work has been well imagined.
— from The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors. by William De Lancey Ellwanger

With that little waif between them, victim of the industrial Moloch which must roll on even if its wheels crushed the innocent here and there, he permitted sentiment to sway him.
— from The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot by Holman Day

Price, $1.00 AN INTRODUCTORY COURSE IN ARGUMENTATION is intended for those who have not previously studied the subject, but while it makes a firm foundation for students who may wish to continue it, the volume is complete in itself.
— from The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers by Steele, Richard, Sir

The sun, remembering his many unfinished tasks of the previous day, and suspicious ever of the work of the night, came bolting upward and hurled his myriad pointed spear to strike down the morning mists that sulkily obscured his vision.
— from Overshadowed: A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs

Odescalchi, Bishop of Penna, came with a great following of Capuchins, Dominicans, Jesuits and Franciscans, whom the Pope sent to serve the galleys; he also brought letters for D. John and Marco Antonio Colonna, exhorting them without hesitation to give battle to the Turk, as in God's name he assured them of victory.
— from The Story of Don John of Austria by Luis Coloma

It is profoundly sad to see how the revolution of July has ended, mulier formosa supernè.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas

The President stated that shortly afterward Holland rejected her own proposals, presumably through fear of German submarines, every suggestion thereafter was postponed, and answers were delayed, until finally, on March 7, it became [304] clear that Holland was prevented by German coercion from fulfilling any agreement to put her ships into service; it was then concluded to exercise the sovereign rights of a belligerent under the international law of "angary," and to place the Dutch ships under American jurisdiction.
— from Current History: A Monthly Magazine of the New York Times, May 1918 Vol. VIII, Part I, No. 2 by Various

At length the Athenians, eager above all things to arrest his progress, sent to Sparta to propose a truce for one year, desiring the Spartans to send to Athens envoys with full powers to settle the terms: the truce would allow time and tranquillity for settling the conditions of a definitive treaty.
— from History of Greece, Volume 06 (of 12) by George Grote

Every one in the party showed them sympathy, pretty presents were made them, and they were taken to see all the sights of the city likely to interest them.
— from Elsie's New Relations What They Did and How They Fared at Ion; A Sequel to Grandmother Elsie by Martha Finley

These ceremonies over, Winslow, already a little uneasy lest Standish and his musketeers should come to seek him and disturb the harmony he was endeavoring to establish between this dusky potentate and his own people, suggested to Squanto that the governor would be growing impatient to receive his guest, and that the day was getting on.
— from Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin