The Kurnai believe that this is a fire lighted in the heavens by the great god Mungan-ngaua; therefore, whenever they see it, they are afraid that it may spread to the earth and devour them, so a great effervescence results in the camp.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

Under the pretext of a Voyage from Petersburg to Moscow , he attacked serfdom, absolute government, even religion, for which he was condemned to death and exiled to Siberia.
— from Initiation into Literature by Émile Faguet

"Behold yonder the woman who was my wife, with her orange skirt and gold embroidered red stockings—behold her on the arm of that bandit with the black hair.
— from The Poniard's Hilt; Or, Karadeucq and Ronan. A Tale of Bagauders and Vagres by Eugène Sue

There, in deep converse, stood a group equally regardless of their surroundings, whose grave faces and earnest questions showed the importance of the subject under discussion.
— from Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War by Fannie A. Beers

His great capacity in the military art would have compensated the inferiority of his forces, had not the Spanish armies been commanded by Spinola, a general equally renowned for conduct, and more celebrated for enterprise and activity.
— from The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume

His long service and great experience rendered him well known throughout the navy, and his wit and good-humour made him a favourite wherever he went; in fact, he was a privileged person throughout the fleet, and enabled to assume a character which few officers of far higher rank thought of attempting.
— from Autobiography of Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., Past President of the Institute of Civil Engineers Comprising the history of his professional life, together with reminiscences dating from the commencement of the century to the present time. by Rennie, John, Sir

Such conquests are commonly undertaken by those reckless and daring adventurers who shape and guide each race's territorial growth.
— from The Winning of the West, Volume 3 The Founding of the Trans-Alleghany Commonwealths, 1784-1790 by Theodore Roosevelt