At that time, too, the public treasury was too low to pay the soldiers, and private resources were used for public purposes; and so generously did individuals contribute of their property, that, saving the gold ring and bulla which each wore, the pitiful mark of his rank, no senator, and much less any of the other orders and tribes, reserved any gold for his own use.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

For the rest, Akela goes free to live as he pleases.
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

The conveyance of property by Lucius Sulla and Gaius Caesar from its rightful owners to [49] the hands of strangers should, for that reason, not be regarded as generosity; for nothing is generous, if it is not at the same time just.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Madame Loubianzev reddened and got frightened.
— from The Bet, and other stories by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

And women especially, and men too, when they are sick or in danger, or in any sort of difficulty, or again on their receiving any good fortune, have a way of consecrating the occasion, vowing sacrifices, and promising shrines to Gods, demigods, and sons of Gods; and when they are awakened by terrible apparitions and dreams or remember visions, they find in altars and temples the remedies of them, and will fill every house and village with them, placing them in the open air, or wherever they may have had such visions; and with a view to all these cases we should obey the law.
— from Laws by Plato

And days and weeks passed, the bright scythes of the reapers glittered in the corn-fields, the branches of the apple-trees bent low, heavy with the red and golden fruit.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The next case is of the same reign, and goes further.
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Now he was plying to and fro over the dark river and grieving for his dead friend and brother.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

"If this is paid, I remain a guest for another week?"
— from The Light That Lures by Percy James Brebner

But, entering by a different route and gate from that taken by the latter going out, he missed him.
— from No Quarter! by Mayne Reid

Most men use the rod and gun for sport, but there are a number of persons who follow the business “professionally.”
— from One Thousand Ways to Make Money by Page Fox

Therefore, such a religion as thine was not, so to say, a mere innocence of evil in the things of our Belief, but a reasonable and grounded faith, strong in despite of oppositions.
— from Letters to Dead Authors by Andrew Lang

During the months of July and August , a great deal of rain also generally falls; but perhaps less in both these months than in the preceding month.
— from Liberia: Description, History, Problems by Frederick Starr

2. Social Reports and Gossip, Fashion Articles, and Discussions of Home Topics.
— from A Parody on Iolanthe by D. (Davison) Dalziel

They flew a long distance, until they reached a great forest.
— from The Book of Stories for the Story-teller by Fanny E. Coe

The fugitives looked back, and, seeing only two adversarios after them, once more wheeled round and gave fight.
— from The White Chief: A Legend of Northern Mexico by Mayne Reid