Instead of a modest family of slaves and freedmen, such as had contented the simple greatness of Augustus and Trajan, three or four magnificent courts were established in the various parts of the empire, and as many Roman kings contended with each other and with the Persian monarch for the vain superiority of pomp and luxury.
— 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 Frode was wary and not rash in his pursuit of the foe who fled so treacherously, and he routed Kerwil (Cearbal), the leader of the nation, in battle.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

I discover the mistakes in those plans, from the real known consequences which have resulted from them.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

Many users routinely keep captured online information on their hard disks for later reference.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Hannibal, frequently meeting Marcellus, who was like a raging torrent, had his forces shaken and weakened; while Fabius, like a deep quiet river kept constantly undermining them and wasting them away unperceived.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Hence if the Roman kings claimed to be representatives or embodiments of Jupiter, the god of the sky, of the thunder, and of the oak, it is natural to suppose that the kings of Alba, from whom the founder of Rome traced his descent, may have set up the same claim before them.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

New Hampshire John Langdon Nicholas Gilman Massachusetts Nathaniel Gorham Rufus King Connecticut Wm.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Afterwards Sir Randal Routh, K.C.B., commissary-gen. Son of Richard Routh, Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
— from The Waterloo Roll Call With Biographical Notes and Anecdotes by Charles Dalton

It is no real kindred (consanguinity).
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

All her rulers, kings, cardinals, and ladies have had time to spare for collecting.
— from Books and Bookmen by Andrew Lang

It means that somebody muscled in on Carlson's little racket, killed Carlson, began playing the part of the Eye."
— from Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various

29 ― In consequence of a very powerful confederacy against the religious knight, called Templars, and upon charges of the most flagitious crimes, that order was suppressed by a general council, anno 1312; but their possessions were conferred upon another order of sacred knights.
— from Life of John Knox, Fifth Edition, Vol. 1 of 2 Containing Illustrations of the History of the Reformation in Scotland by Thomas M'Crie

Addington, Brockville (town), Cornwall (town), Dundas, Frontenac, Glengarry, Grenville, S. R., Hastings, N. R., Hastings, E. R., Hastings, W. R., Kingston (city), Lanark, N. R., Lanark, S. R., Leeds, S. R., Leeds & Grenville, N. R., Lennox, Northumberland, N. R., Northumberland, W. R., Peterboro’, E. R., Peterboro’, W. R., Prescott, Prince Edward, Stormont. TORONTO DIVISION.—( Province of Ontario. )
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1872 by Canada. Post Office Department

Some men who were working at a distance took off their large hats and remained motionless until the white vestment had disappeared behind some farm buildings; the women who were making up the sheaves stood up to make the sign of the cross; the frightened black hens ran away along the ditch until they reached a well-known hole, through which they suddenly disappeared, while a foal which was tied in a meadow took fright at the sight of the surplice and began to gallop round and round, kicking cut every now and then.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Dr. Remington Kellogg, Curator of Mammals in the United States National Museum, and the late Dr. Wilfred H. Osgood , formerly Curator Emeritus of the Department of Zoölogy in the Chicago Natural History Museum, generously permitted me to use their private lists of South American mammals.
— from Speciation in the Brazilian Spiny Rats by João Moojen

Although from the time of leaving Dunkerque, I had taken up my duties, which, as the reader knows, consisted more particularly in ensuring the personal safety of the Empress, I had as yet only caught a glimpse of that gracious lady.
— from Their Majesties as I Knew Them Personal Reminiscences of the Kings and Queens of Europe by Xavier Paoli

I tell you, boss, when you git in de desart ef nobody ses nuffin, de runaway ketchers can't kotch you.
— from The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond, Early recollections Vivid portrayal of Amusing Scenes by Robert Arnold

Lewis his patron's humour knows; Away upon his errand goes, And quickly did the matter sift; Found out that it was Doctor Swift, A clergyman of special note For shunning those of his own coat; Which made his brethren of the gown Take care betimes [3] to run him down: No libertine, nor over nice, Addicted to no sort of vice; Went where he pleas'd, said what he thought; Not rich, but owed no man a groat; In state opinions à la mode, He hated Wharton like a toad; Had given the faction many a wound, And libell'd all the junto round; Kept company with men of wit, Who often father'd what he writ:
— from The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Jonathan Swift