Incensed at this, the Romans elected Marcus Furius Camillus a seventh time military tribune.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Juba, the father of Ptolemy, who was the first king 3286 who reigned over both the Mauritanias, and who has been rendered even more famous by the brilliancy of his learning than by his kingly rank, has given us similar information relative to Mount Atlas, and states that a certain herb grows there, which has received the name of ‘euphorbia’ 3287 from that of his physician, who was the first to discover it.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

e sun and heavenly bodies, in which the solar orb was adored, on its resurrection, each morning, from the apparent death of its evening setting, caused this rising sun to be adopted in the more ancient Mysteries as a symbol of the regeneration of the soul.
— from The Symbolism of Freemasonry Illustrating and Explaining Its Science and Philosophy, Its Legends, Myths and Symbols by Albert Gallatin Mackey

The two piastres that Luigi received every month from the Count of San-Felice’s steward, and the price of all the little carvings in wood he sold at Rome, were expended in ear-rings, necklaces, and gold hairpins.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

55. (1) All the human race, except my footmen, have a certain amount of common-sense; (2) No one, who lives on barley-sugar, can be anything but a mere baby; (3)
— from Symbolic Logic by Lewis Carroll

Good discourse, Sir W. Rider especially much fearing the issue of a Dutch warr, wherein I very highly commend him.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

[Pg 283] At Crystal Springs our friend suddenly became aware that she had thrown aside her veil, and a deep blush covered her features when she saw a wonderfully white hand reaching up with a cluster of roses, evidently meant for her acceptance.
— from Overland Tales by Josephine Clifford

He strolled closer to the waterfall to see if there was an easy way up the rock, but was recalled by a ready, embarrassed murmur from her.
— from The Judge by Rebecca West

They had blasted and carried away after the manner of man who, if resolute enough, must find the way.
— from The Cassowary; What Chanced in the Cleft Mountains by Stanley Waterloo

The "runner" exaggerates manfully for the sake of his half-crown.
— from Mightier than the Sword by Alphonse Courlander

‘I must really emancipate myself from your instructions if you require a similar simplicity in me.
— from Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face by Charles Kingsley

Both still require exploration; my friend M. Braouezzec, Lieutenant de Vaisseau, who made charts of the lower bed, utterly failed to make the sources; and the Rev. Mr. Preston, who lived seven months in the interior, could not ascend far.
— from Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo, Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

The senior partner resorts to his counting room every morning from the force of habit; but he takes no active part in the business.
— from Now or Never; Or, The Adventures of Bobby Bright: A Story for Young Folks by Oliver Optic

[172] Lancaster found ("The Psychology and Pedagogy of Adolescence," Pedagogical Seminary , July, 1897) that among 598 individuals of both sexes in the United States, as many as 518 experienced new religious emotions between the ages of 12 and 20, only 80 having no such emotions at this period, so that more than 5 out of 6 have this experience; it is really even more frequent, for it has no necessary tendency to fall into conventional religious moulds.
— from The Task of Social Hygiene by Havelock Ellis

on Page 147 me.' "All the bonds snapped at his call; I rose, extricated myself from the bier as from the grave clothes, and passed by the slumbering nun.
— from Balsamo, the Magician; or, The Memoirs of a Physician by Alexandre Dumas