They strictly confine it to slaves; and Ulpian himself is ready to acknowledge that Res est fragilis, et periculosa, et quae veritatem fallat.
— 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

The end of our meeting together is, to invoke the blessing of God, not only on ourselves, but also on the government, its magistrates, and even on those who evil entreat us without cause; for we do not hate them, nor render evil for evil.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

In such cases, we have great difficulty in discovering any deduction for these terms, inasmuch as we cannot produce any manifest ground of right, either from experience or from reason, on which the claim to employ them can be founded.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

In his interpretation however he was anticipated by the commentator Hilary, who read ‘exuens’ for ‘exuens se’ in his text.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Instead of falling a sacrifice to an irresistible passion, as once she had fondly flattered herself with expecting,—instead of remaining even for ever with her mother, and finding her only pleasures in retirement and study, as afterwards in her more calm and sober judgment she had determined on,—she found herself at nineteen, submitting to new attachments, entering on new duties, placed in a new home, a wife, the mistress of a family, and the patroness of a village.
— from Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

The hauling was not over till mid-day, and as the lumber was to be delivered to Andrew Hale, the Starkfield builder, it was really easier for Ethan to send Jotham Powell, the hired man, back to the farm on foot, and drive the load down to the village himself.
— from Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

But ought we to render evil for evil at all, when to do so will only make men more evil?
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Suppose this to be Rhodes, and leap for us.” H2 anchor The Cat and the Cock A CAT caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eating him.
— from Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend by Aesop

They say that the witches roam about in March, and the ceremony is repeated every Friday evening during the month.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

Venía con el rostro encendido, fatigado el aliento.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

SYSTEM OF IMMIGRATION RECOMMENDED; ENCOURAGEMENT FOR EMIGRATION.
— from Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia — Volume I by Charles Sturt

He himself was wounded by some stones which were driven up by a shot striking the ground close to him, and lost the sight of his right eye for ever.
— from By Conduct and Courage: A Story of the Days of Nelson by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

It was as frequent among some of the smaller divisions as it is among modern Plymouth Brethren; but the occasion was, as a rule, difference of opinion about the way to express and exercise the duty of not returning evil for evil—was it permitted to pay taxes or not?
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

All I can hope to do here, is to show, generally and tentatively, that such a mode of treatment is possible; and that it is not necessary, as it is certainly not convenient or instructive, to have a distinct set of "Regions" established for each class or order in the Animal and Vegetable Kingdoms.
— from The Geographical Distribution of Animals, Volume 2 With a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface by Alfred Russel Wallace

He prepared therefore, as soon as the recruits expected from England should arrive, to march to that place, and compel the raising of the siege.
— from Rulers of India: Lord Clive by G. B. (George Bruce) Malleson

Mr Phillips’s story may be realism, but it is certainly not reality.” E. F. E. — Boston Transcript p6
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

If we are commanded to return good for good, we are, on the other hand, forbidden to return evil for evil.
— from Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Paul Janet

If we were kings and benefactors we should cause any number of real evils for every apparent good we supposed we were doing.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

If it were not a cause for congratulation, a real escape from evil, she was simply worshipping a fetich as Gordon had declared.
— from The Undercurrent by Robert Grant