It is impossible to delineate his character; since, in a period very copiously furnished with historical materials, it has not been possible to remark one action that properly belongs to the son of the great Theodosius.
— 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

RENDERED BY PAUL V. COHN — FRANCIS BICKLEY HERMAN SCHEFFAUER — DR.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“If you prefer any other place,” said Athos, in his persuasive voice, “choose for yourselves.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

They provide vital centers for the reception and assimilation of information.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

The friend of popes and kings and noblemen, and of all the male and female ruffians and vagabonds of Europe, abbe, soldier, charlatan, gamester, financier, diplomatist, viveur, philosopher, virtuoso, “chemist, fiddler, and buffoon,” each of these, and all of these was Giacomo Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt, Knight of the Golden Spur.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

All this made me proceed very cautiously, for I felt keenly the great responsibility.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

In order to defray his expenses, he levied on the prisoners various charges for attendance and for bedding, and he was authorised to detain in prison any person who failed to pay him.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

pa- v [c6] for a young woman to engage in sex occasionally.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

In external appearance, in the characteristics of the GENUS or SPECIES, they would differ more or less, perhaps very considerably, from all living representatives of those orders.
— from The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Ernst Haeckel

Although Sir James was a sportsman, he had some other feelings towards women than towards grouse and foxes, and did not regard his future wife in the light of prey, valuable chiefly for the excitements of the chase.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Besides, in the North the ablest and best educated men do not devote their time to the thankless and stormy calling of politics; Virginia cares for nothing but Negroes and Politics, her loins and her brains gender but this twofold product: Massachusetts and New 14 York care for much beside.
— from The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker

Edited by John H. Ingram 1 v. Pope: Select Poetical Works (w. portrait) 1 v. E. Frances Poynter: My little Lady 2 v. Ersilia 2 v. Among the Hills 1 v. Madame de Presnel 1 v. Mrs. Campbell Praed: Zéro 1 v. Affinities 1 v. Mrs. E. Prentiss: Stepping Heavenward 1 v. The Prince Consort's Speeches and Addresses 1 v. Horace N. Pym: vide C. Fox.
— from A Selection from the Poems of William Morris by William Morris

Patna rice, the small slender, well-rounded grain, is in great demand in the East, with the Japan, Siam, Java, Rangoon, and Passein varieties closely following.
— from Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book Numerous New Recipes Based on Present Economic Conditions by Mary A. Wilson

Turner was daily strengthening his position at left halfback, and was already looked upon as of possible 'Varsity caliber for the next year.
— from Frank Armstrong at College by Matthew M. Colton

Thomas Rempston, and othere capitayns of oure syde, the whiche hadde nought passyng v c fytynge men with them at all withoughte chartres; but Charles of Burbon and the bastard of Orlions, with alle the Frensshmen sittynge on horsbak seynge the governaunce, trussed them and wente away.
— from A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Anonymous

If the Baron knew or suspected the motive of her visit, here is at once a motive sufficient, if not perhaps very creditable, for the concealment of a fact, the knowledge of which might very probably lead to difficulty with respect to payment of the policy in case of death.
— from The Notting Hill Mystery by Charles Felix

Before final action was taken by the Assembly, the Orléans princes voluntarily came forward and announced that they would accept no 'restitution' at the expense of the taxpayers of France of their property sold and alienated under the spoliation of 1852; and the text of the law as finally passed in 1872 expressly ordains that 'conformably to the renunciation offered before the presentation of the bill by the heirs of King Louis Philippe, and since renewed,' their unsold property, 'real and personal, seized by the State and not alienated before this date, be immediately restored to its owners.'
— from France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert

The most singular effect of this castigation is recorded by Meibomius, in his work De flagrorum usu , &c., dedicated to a councillor of the Bishop of Lubeck, with the following epigraph: Delicias pariunt Veneri crudelia flagra.
— from Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen