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— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Keep thyself therefore, truly simple, good, sincere, grave, free from all ostentation, a lover of that which is just, religious, kind, tender-hearted, strong and vigorous to undergo anything that becomes thee.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

They think it’s some vulgar scandal, and I must explain, ‘Oh no, it’s only my sister screaming, and only two hangers-on of ours, whom she has brought here for no conceivable reason.’” “Kindly take back that word ‘hangers-on,’” said Helen, ominously calm.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

Was he not companion with the riotous knights That tend upon my father? GLOUCESTER.
— from The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare

Very few men were left alive, save the slaves; and these now seized their opportunity, rose in revolt, killed their remaining masters even to the youngest boy, killed the old women too, and the mothers, intending to take possession of the country with the remaining young women and girls.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

an be certain that he really knows them; nor ever guess what they have been from what he sees them to be now.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Átù ra kini, This is just between us.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

That the Athenians should allow the Lacedaemonians on the mainland to send to the men in the island a certain fixed quantity of corn ready kneaded, that is to say, two quarts of barley meal, one pint of wine, and a piece of meat for each man, and half the same quantity for a servant.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

For all that night and the next day the chase continued; but the Rainbow kept the Don in sight, and, ere evening closed in, ranged up on her quarter, firing a broadside and receiving hers in return.
— from The Settlers: A Tale of Virginia by William Henry Giles Kingston

120 The garden of Clifford's Inn forms part of the area of the Rolls , so called from the records kept there, in rolls of parchment.
— from The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events by Leigh Hunt

The number of both familiars and salaried officials was limited to four hundred and fifty in the whole kingdom and those who held office were deprived of the fuero for official malfeasance; in cases not of faith the use of torture was prohibited as well as confinement in the secret prison; all cases, whether civil or criminal, were to be concluded within two years; fraudulent alienation of property to officials, so as to place it under the fuero, was declared invalid; all persons or bodies, in case of violation of these provisions, had the right to avail themselves of all remedies known to the laws of the land, while to the tribunal was reserved the power to employ censures and other legal processes.
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

He had always had an idea as the reader knows, that there was something supernatural about the man; and this opinion was corroborated by the report of the settler.
— from The Phantom Ship by Frederick Marryat

“Ride down straight to the river road, keeping the first trail to the right, and when thou hast come there, turn again to thy right and ride north beside the river—thou canst not miss the way—it be plain as the nose before thy face,” and with that the old man turned to enter the castle.
— from The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs

I have felt "As spirits feel—yet not for man we mourn Scarce o'er the silly bird in state were he, That builds his nest, loves, sings the morn's return, And sleeps at evening; save by aid of thee, "Fame ne'er had roused, nor song her records kept The gem, the ore, the marble breathing life, The pencil's colours,—all in earth had slept, Now see them mark with death his victim's strife.
— from Zophiel A Poem by Maria Gowen Brooks

But the English King was no nearer to the battle which he desired; for Douglas and Randolph, knowing the force and numbers of the English army, had taken up their camp on a steep hill, at the bottom of which ran a deep river called the Wear, having a channel filled with large stones, so that there was no possibility for the English to attack the Scots without crossing the water, and [320] then climbing up the steep hill in the very face of their enemy; a risk which was too great to be attempted.
— from Junior High School Literature, Book 1 by William H. (William Harris) Elson

You shall come straight to us, making your requests known to us through no hired interpreter, and none shall leave our presence poorer than he entered it.
— from The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Senator Cassiodorus