Doubt reigned in the celestial councils.
— from Symposium by Plato

However,’ said Miss La Creevy, relapsing into the cheerful, chattering tone, which was habitual to her, ‘I have said my say, and a very long say it is, and a very wrong say too, I shouldn’t wonder at all.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

As he uttered these words, Lin Tai-yü burst out laughing with a sound of "pu ch'ih," and rubbing her eyes, she sneeringly remarked: "I too can come out with this same tune; but will you now still go on talking nonsense?
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

But Alexander was well stocked with Peripatetic subterfuges, and retorted, “Inanimate things cannot conquer; nor do we contend with such, but only with the whole race of men and beasts.”
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

I then found to my great astonishment, though it was foolish of me to be surprised, that the whole of the orchestra turned upon me as one man, and when the occasion arose for a discussion between Lipinsky and myself as to his own numerous grievances, he actually accused me of having threatened, by my remarks in the contrabassist case, to undermine the well-established rights of the members of the orchestra, whose welfare it was my duty to protect.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

[the fifteen represented in the convention] complete order and perfect tranquillity reign, administered by the authorities elected” 12 according to his previous decrees as Dictator, which decrees have already been placed before the reader.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

I am strongly tempted to give the names of two or three of those little boys, as a testimonial of the gratitude and affection I bear them; but prudence forbids;—not that it would injure me, but it might embarrass them; for it is almost an unpardonable offence to teach slaves to read in this Christian country.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass

The first three months of 1867 were spent by Miss Anthony and a corps of speakers in a series of conventions throughout the State of New York in order to secure for women a representation in the Constitutional Convention.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

That anonymous quality we have remarked in the club conversation would be common impertinence in a case of ladies.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

This is described by his son in a few words: "Through the instrumentality of the Scotch missionaries my father saw the truth as it is in Jesus, and was received into the Christian Church in 1843 at the age of sixty-three years."
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

It represents in the centre Christ surrounded by the apostles, whom He is sending forth to preach the gospel; one hand is extended to bless, the other holds a book with the words 'Pax vobis.'
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

The great source of knowledge is the rapidly increasing store of records in the cuneiform character.
— from Outlines of Universal History, Designed as a Text-book and for Private Reading by George Park Fisher

Rennes is the chief city of the Isle-et-Vilaine, and in former times was the capital of Bretagne.
— from A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1817 With Notes Taken During a Tour Through Le Perche, Normandy, Bretagne, Poitou, Anjou, Le Bocage, Touraine, Orleanois, and the Environs of Paris. Illustrated with Numerous Coloured Engravings, from Drawings Made on the Spot by W. D. (William Dorset) Fellowes

The temple had evidently eight columns in front, and eleven side columns, reckoning in the corner column.
— from Old Rome: A Handbook to the Ruins of the City and the Campagna by Robert Burn

Mr. Fergusson lays special stress on the Dâgoba and its enshrined relics, represented in the Christian Church by the high altar, the bones of a saint, the baldechino.
— from The Influence of Buddhism on Primitive Christianity by Arthur Lillie

I was dressed in much the same way as the soldiers, and it was too dark for me to be recognised; I therefore came close to the well, and watched the women drawing water.
— from Fire and Sword in the Sudan A Personal Narrative of Fighting and Serving the Dervishes 1879-1895 by Slatin, Rudolf Carl, Freiherr von

[232] Etta, remaining in the car, called, “Good morning” to the girls.
— from The Phantom Town Mystery by Carol Norton

[Pg 113] Descartes residing in the commercial city of Amsterdam, writing to Balzac, illustrates these descriptions with great force and vivacity.
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli