Even cavalry of an inferior character may be so handled as to produce very great results, if set in action at proper moments.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

It is said however that Amasis, even when he was in a private station, was a lover of drinking and of jesting, and not at all seriously disposed; and whenever his means of livelihood failed him through his drinking and luxurious living, he would go about and steal; and they from whom he stole would charge him with having their property, and when he denied it would bring him before the judgment of an Oracle, whenever there was one in their place; and many times he was convicted by the Oracles and many times he was absolved: and then when finally he became king he did as follows:—as many of the gods as had absolved him and pronounced him not to be a thief, to their temples he paid no regard, nor gave anything for the further adornment of them, nor even visited them to offer sacrifice, considering them to be worth nothing and to possess lying Oracles; but as many as had convicted him of being a thief, to these he paid very great regard, considering them to be truly gods, and to present Oracles which did not lie.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

Now this doubloon was of purest, virgin gold, raked somewhere out of the heart of gorgeous hills, whence, east and west, over golden sands, the head-waters of many a Pactolus flows.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Tu regis alti janua, Et aula lucis fulgida: Vitam datam per Virginem, Gentes redemptae plaudite.
— from Hymni ecclesiae by John Henry Newman

Gatherer came in, and after watching for a minute gave an order to the Spook in his parade voice: “Go round and look at your letters.”
— from The Road to En-Dor Being an Account of How Two Prisoners of War at Yozgad in Turkey Won Their Way to Freedom by E. H. (Elias Henry) Jones

PART VI. GOOD RESOLUTIONS.
— from The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain, and Other Tales by Hannah More

After all, the Argentino who declines to be Spanish has, perhaps, very good reasons for his action.
— from South America To-day A Study of Conditions, Social, Political and Commercial in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil by Georges Clemenceau

It had not produced very great results in herself.
— from At His Gates: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

This road by which Xerxes the king marched his army, the Thracians do not disturb nor sow crops over, but pay very great reverence to it down to my own time.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 by Herodotus

asks the Professor, very gravely, rising from his chair.
— from The Dead Are Silent 1907 by Arthur Schnitzler

The posterior vesicles give rise to the lining of the body cavity, but are stated by Metschnikoff to be at first solid, and only subsequently to acquire a cavity—the permanent body cavity.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 2 (of 4) A Treatise on Comparative Embryology: Invertebrata by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

If this quantity exercise too great a cooling effect, smaller doses will produce very good results.
— from Papers on Health by John Kirk