He cherishes her fallen to the ground, and by late resources endeavors to conquer her destiny; and in vain he practices his physical arts.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

He does not now take himself seriously and devote time to himself he is serene, NOT from lack of trouble, but from lack of capacity for grasping and dealing with HIS trouble The habitual complaisance with respect to all objects and experiences, the radiant and impartial hospitality with which he receives everything that comes his way, his habit of inconsiderate good-nature, of dangerous indifference as to Yea and Nay: alas!
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

At nightfall, however, he was sent for, and admitted into the palace by a secret door, 12 when the regent endeavoured to console him, and made all manner of excuses for the severity with which in public he had been compelled to treat him.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

Seton obstinately refused either to communicate his secret, or to make any gold for the tyrant; on which he was stretched upon the rack, to see if the argument of torture would render him more tractable.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

Fleury, I may add, quotes from Mabillon a remarkable evidence that Charlemagne "had a mark to himself like an honest, plain-dealing man."
— 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

She retreated from the window, fearful of being seen; and as she walked up and down the room, endeavouring to compose herself, saw such looks of inquiring surprise in her uncle and aunt as made everything worse.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

She retreated from the window, fearful of being seen; and as she walked up and down the room, endeavouring to compose herself, saw such looks of enquiring surprise in her uncle and aunt, as made every thing worse.
— from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Before leaving Pittsburg at this time, Ben repeated the Mexican dollar dodge, of which mention has already been made, among a number of the leading shoe merchants of the place; and, by this and other means, he raised enough to carry him to the West in good style.
— from The Life and Adventures of Ben Hogan, the Wickedest Man in the World by Ben (Benedict) Hogan

First Australian General Hospital 76,350 462 39 No. 1 Auxiliary Convalescent Depot 3,377 22 No. 2 Auxiliary Convalescent Depot 11,340 78 7 No. 3 Auxiliary Convalescent Depot 6,393 74 13 Infectious Diseases Hospital, Choubra 6,303 7 Ras el Tin Convalescent Home
— from The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915 by P. E. (Percival Edgar) Deane

But Mr Coleman, by his own confession, adviseth the Parliament to lay no burden of government upon ministers and ruling elders; therefore, &c. How he will reconcile himself with himself let him look to it.
— from The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie

But he answers as being Lord himself and plainly manifests that he felt indignant at being called to account even by him who had the high right even to call him to that account.
— from Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1: Luther on the Creation by Martin Luther

Repeated efforts to continue his journey to other points of the compass only led Sturt amongst the terrible sandhills, their parallel rows separated by barren plains encrusted with salt.
— from The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work by Ernest Favenc

Here he received a visit from Ammon, or Amun, abbot of Raithe, who, observing his affliction for being absent from his retreat, endeavored to comfort him by representing that his present ill state of health wanted the remedies which could not be applied in the desert.
— from The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Vol. 7. July by Alban Butler