The wisest princes need not think it any diminution to their greatness, or derogation to their sufficiency to rely upon counsel.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

To maintain the authority of the counsels of kings, it needs not that profane persons should participate of them, or see further into them than the outmost barrier; he who will husband its reputation must be reverenced upon credit and taken altogether.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

CHAPTER IX NED LAND'S TEMPERS How long we slept I do not know; but our sleep must have lasted long, for it rested us completely from our fatigues.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

And every time that a thought of it assailed him—a tender memory, a trace of a tear—he rose up, cursing with rage, and pounded it down.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Arise, redeem us, &c., Ps. xliv.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Rose, Unique Call me not beautiful.
— from Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

Which side of his life did he resolve upon closing and condemning?
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

He received us cordially, and made friends with Mr. Dick in a moment.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

== atol ātellan to reckon up, count , Bo ; AO.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

The charity of the outside world did the rest, upon condition that the lepers never strayed beyond their precincts to infect the outer world of health.
— from Brian Fitz-Count: A Story of Wallingford Castle and Dorchester Abbey by A. D. (Augustine David) Crake

As regards long-distance journeys, whilst armies marching by road have often been materially reduced in proportions by the number of men falling out owing to lameness, exhaustion, or other causes, those who reached the theatre of war, representing "the survival of the fittest," were better able to endure the trials and fatigues of the subsequent campaign than if they could have made the journey by rail under conditions involving no strain, but affording them no such exercise and strengthening of their physical powers.
— from The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 by Edwin A. Pratt

The same kind of watercraft sailed from James river up College creek to Queen Anne's port with its College Landing near the city.
— from Some Notes on Shipbuilding and Shipping in Colonial Virginia by Cerinda W. Evans

We are not ready yet for a restoration upon rebel votes; we are not ready yet for a restoration upon colored votes; but, thank God!
— from History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes

The States’ Council convened for the purpose of appointing a ruler, unanimously chose Boris Godunov.
— from The Story of Moscow by Wirt Gerrare

For though I was truly begotten again, and rested upon Christ alone for salvation, still I should not have been able to give a clear explanation of even the most elementary truths of the Gospel.
— from A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller. Part 1 by George Müller

The name Conferva has been almost discontinued as a generic title, the majority of British species being now ranged under Clado- and Chæto-phora.
— from Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils by B. B. (Bernard Bolingbroke) Woodward

India, therefore gains rapidly upon China, and prophets are not wanting who assert that as India was the original home of the plant (as some authorities claim), so India is going to furnish the world in future most of its tea.
— from Round the World by Andrew Carnegie

He accordingly made a requisition upon Cornwallis for a portion of his troops to be sent immediately to New York.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

The Rifles, under Colonel Jones, were ordered to charge the enemy’s guns; they rushed forward, disregarding grape and canister shot, and advanced towards the guns.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd