Such are my aspirations, and however I am abused for them in private, the question is whether any one manages public affairs better than I do.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

The battle commenced with equal hopes and equal strength on both sides, as much as any battle ever did, with confidence in themselves, and without contempt of their enemies.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

In Colombia the harvesting seasons are March and April, and November and December.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Of Egypt however I shall make my report at length, because it has wonders more in number than any other land, and works too it has to show as much as any land, which are beyond expression great: for this reason then more shall be said concerning it.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Ipalagpag (palagpági) ang sinínà arun makúhà ang abug, Beat or shake the dresses to remove the dust.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Because, even if the governing party in a State should be disposed to resist such temptations, yet as such temptations may, and commonly do, result from circumstances peculiar to the State, and may affect a great number of the inhabitants, the governing party may not always be able, if willing, to prevent the injustice meditated, or to punish the aggressors.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

“Don’t let me see as much as a shadow of you about the place!
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Had I even passed any remark that I shouldn't, you should anyhow have still sat in there, and chatted and laughed with the others for a while; instead of that, you come again to sit and mope all alone!"
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

She frequently walks down to Long Island sound, a mile and a half away, and says at one time:
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

“And dear old Estcourt, Cousin Clare,” said Bertie, “stands exactly as it was, I suppose; and Miss Austin as steadfast as the lime trees—and the children to keep the old park cheerful—all as it was?”
— from Heart and Cross by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

I stopped a moment at a street corner to read a playbill, and then I went back to the inn and refreshed my weary body with a delicious dinner, washed down with choice Syracusan wine.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 16: Depart Switzerland by Giacomo Casanova

“Ada—Ada,” cried Albert, pausing on the staircase, with the hope of hearing some answering sound, and more alarmed at the dead silence which prevailed in the house, than had he encountered noise, tumult, and evident danger.
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

Yet, strange to say, this final disappearance of Jahweh himself, as a visible and tangible god, from the page of history, instead of proving the signal for the utter downfall of his cult and his sanctity, was the very making of Jahweh-worship as a spiritual, a monotheistic, and a cosmopolitan religion.
— from The Evolution of the Idea of God: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Religions by Grant Allen

Portrait-painting continued to be, however, the most lucrative pursuit, and having been introduced to some patrons at Norwich, Opie saw and married Amelia Alderson, who afterwards wrote Memoirs of her husband, and described the hard struggles which he had at times to encounter.
— from English Painters, with a Chapter on American Painters by H. J. (Harry John) Wilmot-Buxton

This is the Indian’s drastic remedy for such a mishap, and a good one it is.
— from Winter Adventures of Three Boys in the Great Lone Land by Egerton Ryerson Young

The approach of the French forces, coupled with the uncertain attitude of Prussia, placed the division of the Duke of York, then stationed at Malines, at a disadvantage.
— from The Story of the Highland Regiments by Frederick Watson

The custody of the prisoners I shall take upon myself for the present, as the civil power is evidently not capable of guarding them." "Well, sir, you have made a glorious day's work of it," answered Mowle, "that I must say; and I'm sure if you like to establish your quarters, for the morning, at Mr. Croyland's there, on just before, he will make you heartily welcome; for he hates smugglers as much as any one."
— from The Smuggler: A Tale. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Rosie , indeed, says a good deal when she turns up at a rehearsal and finds the vampire clad in the third of a gown hazardously suspended on her gracious shoulders by bead straps, and Mawruss and Abe demonstrating how in their opinion the kissing scenes should be conducted so as to make a really notable production.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 30, 1919 by Various

Her sweet little mouth was never still a moment, and all that she said sounded in Rudy's ears as matters of the greatest importance, and at last he told her what he was longing to tell.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen