With the medal so well earned, he was one of the officers receiving rewards for distinguished service; moreover, as having originated the measure by which was accorded to meritorious quartermasters of long service the nominal rank of captain, several of whom, many years since, presented him with a handsome testimonial, expressive of their obligation, and of his efficient aid.”
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

I should claim respect for doing so.
— from White Nights and Other Stories The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Volume X by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

IX, 3.—While these events took place the messengers returned from Delphi saying that the Pythia admonished them to shake off sloth and devote them
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Now Maiandrios the son of Maiandrios was holding the rule over Samos, having received the government as a trust from Polycrates; and he, though desiring to show himself the most righteous of men, did not succeed in so doing: for when the death of Polycrates was reported to him, he did as follows:—first he founded an altar to Zeus the Liberator and marked out a sacred enclosure round it, namely that which exists still in the suburb of the city: then after he had done this he gathered together an assembly of all the citizens and spoke these words: "To me, as ye know as well as I, has been entrusted the sceptre of Polycrates and all his power; and now it is open to me to be your ruler; but that for the doing of which I find fault with my neighbour, I will myself refrain from doing, so far as I may: for as I did not approve of Polycrates acting as master of men who were not inferior to himself, so neither do I approve of any other who does such things.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Note 83 ( return ) [ Fleury Discours sur l'Hist.
— 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

But we cannot refrain from discussing some at present to make intelligible the most essential part of the ancient text.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

In this I shall set forth the rules for dialling, showing how they are found through the shadows cast by the gnomon from the sun's rays in the firmament, and on what principles these shadows lengthen and shorten.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Instead of which, he’s gone off with the dog, to see if they can’t pick up a rabbit for dinner somewhere.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

He, fearing to have a contest on the matter, kept putting off the people and inventing reasons for delay, so as to prevent the law being brought forward to be voted upon.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

{258} Such is the fortune which has accompanied my life, and though I might say much more about it, I refrain from doing so, in my anxiety not to annoy any one by the expression of my pride.
— from The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 by Demosthenes

This position I never alter, though of course, if there were any special reason for doing so, for instance, if the convict had attempted
— from My Experiences as an Executioner by James Berry

The two women did not as usual go to the gate to see him mount his horse, not refraining from doing so in any anger, or as wishing to exhibit displeasure at Harry’s violence, but because they were afraid of him.
— from Harry Heathcote of Gangoil: A Tale of Australian Bush-Life by Anthony Trollope

But they kept clever fellows for law, special commissioners, the stage, the "Times," the "Chronicle," and such like able papers, and commerce; and men of middlin' talents were resarved for doctors, solicitors, Gretna Green, and so on.
— from Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton

At these headquarters are the quartermaster sergeants of each company, and they, with their staff, during the daytime pack up and get ready for distribution supplies for each separate platoon.
— from Private Peat by Harold Reginald Peat

“That,” said Don after inspecting the dory fore and aft, and listening to her story, “is a right fine dory, staunch and seaworthy.
— from Witches Cove A Mystery Story for Girls by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

And, as soon as she was relieved from duty, she rushed back to the temporary shrine of the Muse.
— from Missy by Dana Gatlin