In the special part, which is divided into three principal sections, I shall describe its execution.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

in her purse, which I did for the respect I bear Mr. Falconbridge, otherwise she had not deserved half of it, but I am the more willing to do it to be rid of one that made work and trouble in the house, and had not qualities of any honour or pleasure to me or my family, but what is a strange thing did always declare to her mistress and others that she had rather be put to drudgery and to wash the house than to live as she did like a gentlewoman), and there I and Gibson all the morning making an end of my report against Carcasse, which I think will do our business, but it is a horrid shame such a rogue should give me and all of us this trouble.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

He accordingly pronounced a very learned discourse upon the nature of ideas, the power and independence of the mind, the properties of stimulating medicines, the difference between a proneness to venery, which many simples would create, and a passion limited to one object, which can only be the result of sense and reflection; and concluded with a pathetic remonstrance, setting forth his unhappiness in being persecuted with the resentment of a lady whom he had never injured, nor even seen before that occasion, and whose faculties were, in all likelihood, so much impaired by her misfortunes that an innocent person was in danger of being ruined by her disorder.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

A Tree of Life stood in the midst of that Paradise which is described in the book of Genesis; and when the first human couple disobeyed their Maker's command, they were punished by being cut off from the perennial fount of vitality, lest they should eat its fruit and thus live for ever; and in a second Paradise, which is promised to the blessed by the author of the book of Revelation, a tree of life shall stand once more "for the healing of the nations."
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

The priestess of Delphi foretold that he would become the father of a great nation, called after him the Ionians, and also that Xuthus and Crëusa would have a son called Dorus, who would be the progenitor of the Dorian people, both of which predictions were in due time verified.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

It often happens, too, that I promise whatever is desired of me, that all may be joyful about me.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

But an emphatic word needs emphatic expression, and this is precisely what it does not get when concentration flags by leaping too soon to that which is next to be uttered.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

The King and commonweal Are deeply indebted for this piece of pains; My Lord Protector will, I doubt it not, See you well guerdon'd for these good deserts.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Under this unhappy tree—which in after-times was believed to drop poison with its dew—sat the one solitary mourner for innocent blood.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

When at the solemn eventide we stray, ’Mid the still gathering of the twilight shades, To muse upon the dear and hallowed past With its deep, mournful memories, a voice Comes from the still recesses of our hearts “ She is not here! ”
— from Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXXVII, No. 1, July 1850 by Various

The references to Dowden in the notes are to his recent and valuable edition of the play, which I did not see until this of mine was on the point of going to the printer.
— from Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

CHORUS (Ant. 2) King, I say it once again, Witless were I proved, insane, If I lightly put away Thee my country's prop and stay, Pilot who, in danger sought, To a quiet haven brought Our distracted State; and now Who can guide us right but thou? JOCASTA Let me too, I adjure thee, know, O king, What cause has stirred this unrelenting wrath.
— from Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone by Sophocles

And when Johannes was there again, and, though knowing better, was expecting to re-see his beloved dunes, then, for the first time, he felt convinced that Pan was indeed dead, and Windekind's kingdom at an end.
— from The Quest The authorized translation from the Dutch of De kleine Johannes by Frederik van Eeden

[228] of the platform, while it discharged its passengers and any luggage pertaining to them.
— from Mildred Arkell: A Novel. Vol. 2 (of 3) by Wood, Henry, Mrs.

Soon the electric light was turned out and the place was in darkness.
— from Peter Ruff and the Double Four by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Also at the place where it divides into two branches there is a stoppage ( sar-band ) and a knot ( girih ) is felt by the hand.
— from The Tuzuk-i-Jahangiri: or, Memoirs of Jahangir (Volume 2 of 2) by Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

The precipitating reservoirs (square iron vessels or horizontal cylinders--old boilers) of no more than 4 or 4½ feet, having a faucet 6 inches above the bottom, through which the purified water is drawn off, and another one at the bottom of the vessel, to let the precipitate off and allow of a perfect cleaning.
— from Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 by Various

It would be reasonable to suppose that every privateersman was in danger so long as he remained afloat searching for the enemy; but to peril which had so good a foundation, these superstitious sailors gave no heed.
— from The Armed Ship America; Or, When We Sailed from Salem by James Otis

I am loth to sully with a semblance of unseasonable levity a page which is devoted to the vindication of the true form of the Angelic Hymn, and must ask the student to refer for himself to the 470th number of the Spectator , where what we will venture to call a precisely parallel case exercises the delicate humour of Addison.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener