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— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

There were two sorts of Rogators; one was the officer here mentioned, and the other was the Rogator, or speaker of the whole assembly.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The horse first, regardless of whether it was right or wrong to show fear, snorted, reared almost throwing the major, and galloped aside.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Pleasure of this kind, because it comes into the mind through the senses, in respect of which therefore we are passive, we may call the pleasure of enjoyment .
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

And so far from justice remaining over when the other virtues are eliminated, the justice and temperance of the Republic can with difficulty be distinguished.
— from The Republic by Plato

They also repented of what they had said to him in the wilderness when they were angry, and were in grief on those accounts, insomuch that the whole body of the people fell into tears with such bitterness, that it was past the power of words to comfort them in their affliction.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

And it is even more wonderful, that if a very little fluid only be added to a cup when it is full, the superfluous quantity runs over, whereas the contrary happens if we add a solid body, even as much as would weigh 20 denarii.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

8.] Note 8311 ( return ) [ The Taifalae, who at this period inhabited the country which now forms the principality of Wallachia, were, in my opinion, the last remains of the great and powerful nation of the Dacians, (Daci or Dahae.) which has given its name to these regions, over which they had ruled so long.
— 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

The son of Raghu onward went: They reached the river, and the three Bathed them in fair Godávarí.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

" "Horses run out when Trouble open gate," was the only reply Baby William made.
— from The Curlytops at Uncle Frank's Ranch; Or, Little Folks on Ponyback by Howard Roger Garis

To approach Shanghai we were compelled to proceed carefully in our little ship, because the Woosung River, on which the settlement is so well situated, is narrow and shallow in comparison with the Kiang.
— from In the Yellow Sea by Henry Frith

In the month of July all the names of the poor of this class would appear in the Diary; and the reports of the relieving officer would then be called for, in the order in which the names are entered.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various

One very pretty diminutive species of Fucus ( F. canaliculatus ) grows on the very edge of the tide, and often where the waves wet the rocks only with their spray.
— from Art-Studies from Nature, as Applied to Design For the use of architects, designers, and manufacturers by James Glaisher

Here, however, as elsewhere, their numbers are being yearly reduced by the deadly poison laid by hill-farmers for wolves, and, in some cases, expressly for the Lammergeyer itself; for, rightly or wrongly, the great bird bears an ill-repute, and being, moreover, during the breeding-season, of confiding disposition—more so than eagle or vulture—is easily killed at the nest.
— from Wild Spain (España agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Abel Chapman

In quitting Cilicia, however, he left open a new question in Ottoman politics—the Asiatic continental question—and indicated to his successor a line of least resistance on which to advance.
— from The Balkans: A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey by Arnold Toynbee

No right or wrong tere, py Cot!—Poo, poo!”
— from The Brownie of Bodsbeck, and Other Tales (Vol. 2 of 2) by James Hogg