And so, too, they do not believe that the size of men's bodies was larger then than now, though the most esteemed of their own poets, Virgil, asserts the same, when he speaks of that huge stone which had been fixed as a landmark, and which a strong man of those ancient times snatched up as he fought, and ran, and hurled, and cast it,— "Scarce twelve strong men of later mould That weight could on their necks uphold;"
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

On everything around her gaze, Of priceless value all things seem
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

Other is indicative mood, present tense, third person plural, verb active to say.' 'Why verb active, Mary Anne?' 'Because it takes a pronoun after it in the objective case, Miss Peecher.'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Hence, as compared with love, veneration gives more real satisfaction; for it is connected with personal value, and the same is not directly true of love, which is subjective in its nature, whilst veneration is objective.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

But as their social uses have increased and enlarged, their liberalizing or "intellectual" value and their practical value approach the same limit.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

A squadron on the Pont Neuf with cannon shall turn back these Marseillese coming across the River: a squadron at the Townhall shall cut Saint-Antoine in two, 'as it issues from the Arcade Saint-Jean;' drive one half back to the obscure East, drive the other half forward through 'the Wickets of the Louvre.' Squadrons not a few, and mounted squadrons; squadrons in the Palais Royal, in the Place Vendome: all these shall charge, at the right moment; sweep this street, and then sweep that.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The fields smiled in the warm sunlight—the birds chirped merrily amidst the foliage of the trees—peace and happiness seemed to reign everywhere, save in the bosoms of Epps and his panting victim and the silent witnesses around him.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

The pretty picture vanished all too soon; the man returned with a hurried "No" for answer, and Christie went out into the deepening twilight with a strange sense of desperation at her heart.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

I was struck with a profound veneration at the sight of Brutus, and could easily discover the most consummate virtue, the greatest intrepidity and firmness of mind, the truest love of his country, and general benevolence for mankind, in every lineament of his countenance.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

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— 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

But, instead of this, the experiment had succeeded admirably and Ugo found himself possessed of an instrument, as it were, precisely adapted to his end, which was to make worthless property valuable at the smallest possible expense, in fact, at the lowest cost price.
— from Don Orsino by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Philip van Artevelde, the son of Jacob, warned by the fate of his father, had, during his youth, kept aloof from popular ambition, and adhered to a strictly private life.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses by Anonymous

It was a very profitable vacation; and that superb and frozen city of granite indifferent to the howling North sent him back more ready to combat the perilous dreams which like the swathes of mist destroying with their transmutations the visible fabric of Oxford menaced his action.
— from Sinister Street, vol. 2 by Compton MacKenzie

The boasting warriors were gloating over the poor victim, and the squaws were discussing the greatest possible indignities and tortures for her, when an aged, white-haired chief got the attention of the crowd.
— from The Columbia River: Its History, Its Myths, Its Scenery, Its Commerce by William Denison Lyman

His tone was full of thankfulness, and all my pettiness vanished at the sudden, swift vision of what he must have endured.
— from Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon by Adele Garrison

The sentiment was given in Persian verse, and Timūr soon found a poet who could write a suitable response, when the following answer was returned: “Place thy neck on the block of adversity, and move not thy head.
— from Persian Literature, Ancient and Modern by Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Armstrong) Reed

“Le Beau Dieu” of Amiens, on the trumeau of the central west door is almost in the class of the Paris Virgin and the sculpture of Reims, and is perhaps more nearly a satisfactory showing forth of Christ in human form than any other work of art in the world.
— from Heart of Europe by Ralph Adams Cram

Connie's pertness vanished, and the steadfast gray eyes brightened with quick upwellings of sympathy.
— from The Helpers by Francis Lynde