[18] Even so sagacious a man as Roger Bacon quotes the fabulous letter of Alexander to Aristotle as authentic.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

And jagged scarps; and many a river, hid Beneath her chine, rolls rapidly along
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

"Lie still a moment, and rest yourself, and then I will carry you back to my tent."
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

The six chief characteristics of the age are: the prevalence of romantic poetry; the creation of the historical novel by Scott; the first appearance of women novelists, such as Mrs. Anne Radcliffe, Jane Porter, Maria Edgeworth, and Jane Austen; the development of literary criticism, in the work of Lamb, De Quincey, Coleridge, and Hazlitt; the practical and economic bent of philosophy, as shown in the work of Malthus, James Mill, and Adam Smith; and the establishment of great literary magazines, like the Edinburgh Review , the Quarterly , Blackwood's , and the Athenaeum .
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Captain William G. Marcy, son of the Secretary of War, had also come out in one of Stevenson's ships as an assistant commissary of subsistence, and was stationed at Monterey and relieved me as commissary, so that I reverted to the condition of a company-officer.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

And each thing took what share it could; lifeless bodies only a state of existence; plants received life besides, and animals soul, and man a reasoning soul.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

In general Falk appears to have displayed extreme caution in his relations with Christian seekers after occult knowledge, for the Jewish Encyclopædia goes on to say: "Archenholz mentions a royal prince who applied to Falk in his quest for the philosopher's stone, but was denied admittance."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

For drinking indeed may appear to be a slight matter, and yet is one which cannot be rightly ordered according to nature, without correct principles of music; these are necessary to any clear or satisfactory treatment of the subject, and music again runs up into education generally, and there is much to be said about all this.
— from Laws by Plato

Let me return to my home, and weep unrestrained my shame and my affliction!' 'Return to your home?' repeated the Monk, with bitter and contemptuous mockery; Then suddenly his eyes flaming with passion, 'What?
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

She burns and yet she freeze; she shows herself and then withdraws; she attracts me and repulses me; she brings me life, she gives me death; I love her and yet I hate her!
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Motu stopped a moment and raised his head in a dignified kind of way.
— from Mark Tidd's Citadel by Clarence Budington Kelland

The sovereignst and most assured remedy would be the one so often demanded, often projected, and sometimes almost prepared for execution, namely that our neighbour kings, princes, and republics should earnestly take the matter in hand and drive the Spaniards and their adherents out of the Netherlands and over the mountains.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

Why not say she as much as remembered me; that it was there we first met!
— from That Boy Of Norcott's by Charles James Lever

" Below, saints and martyrs are represented in suffering and abasement; on every face is depicted sadness, nay almost impatience; one figure in rich episcopal robes looks upwards, with the most eager and agonized longing, as if weeping, but he cannot see all that is floating above his head, but which we see, standing in front of the picture.
— from Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

Perhaps that was one of the risks which went with the bargain—the assumption that Ramsey might very well be killed in a violent fashion, and that anyone who stepped into Ramsey's shoes and masqueraded as Ramsey might expect a similar fate.
— from Space Station 1 by Frank Belknap Long

With this idea in her head, she waited impatiently for evening to arrive, and then, directly dinner was over, she summoned Aunt Medea, and requested her company as she was going out for a walk.
— from Monsieur Lecoq, v. 2 by Emile Gaboriau

As they did so, a mighty and resounding clash of weapons struck the tesselated pavement,—every soldier flung his drawn sword on the ground and doffed his helmet, and the cry of "HAIL, SAH-LUMA!"
— from Ardath: The Story of a Dead Self by Marie Corelli