From Athens we derive those astonishing performances, which will serve as models to every corrupt age.
— from The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The wrath of thy own wrongs, or reap the due Of hoarded vengeance till thine eagles flew O'er prostrate Asia;—thou, who with thy frown Annihilated senates—Roman, too, With all thy vices, for thou didst lay down With an atoning smile a more than earthly crown— LXXXIV.
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

To pass by my other afflictions, I have lost five children under the most pitiful conditions possible: for the five I lost one by one when each was my only child, suffering these blows of bereavement in such a manner that each child was born to one already bereaved.
— from Meditations by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

That some particular spot in or near the city should have gradually assumed importance and sanctity as marking the exact centre of the metropolis, i. e. , of the integral whole of the Mexican [pg 095] “empire” is but natural and it is not surprising to find that solemn rites were performed on this spot.
— from The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations A Comparative Research Based on a Study of the Ancient Mexican Religious, Sociological, and Calendrical Systems by Zelia Nuttall

And, now, I stopped a moment to exchange civilities with the officer whom I had descried from the guard-room window.
— from My Fire Opal, and Other Tales by Sarah Warner Brooks

SCALLOPED APPLE —Measure two even cups of fine breadcrumbs and pour over them one-quarter cup of melted butter.
— from Good Things to Eat, as Suggested by Rufus A Collection of Practical Recipes for Preparing Meats, Game, Fowl, Fish, Puddings, Pastries, Etc. by Rufus Estes

He was of too stubborn a mould to express contrition or affection, but he mused for five minutes, then called Humfrey, and at the last moment, as the heavy tread came up-stairs, he turned round and said, ‘You’re in the right on’t there, Berry.
— from The Chaplet of Pearls by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

"In the towns, small boroughs, and villages, where different sects are mingled together, each community inhabiting a distinct quarter shall, by conforming to the above-mentioned ordinances, have equal power to repair and improve its churches, its hospitals, its schools, and its cemeteries.
— from History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners For Foreign Missions To The Oriental Churches, Volume II. by Rufus Anderson

The heavy cassowaries dwell in the thinly inhabited, thickly wooded islands of Malaysia, where again there are no large carnivores and where the dense vegetation is some safeguard against man; the emu comes from the Australian plains, where also there are no four-footed enemies [11] and where his ancestors [155] dwelt in peace before the advent of man.
— from Animals of the Past by Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus) Lucas

No comments were made by any of the party, as each in succession struck and crossed this path, nearly at the same instant; but a low call from Reuben Ring which soon after met their ears, caused them to assemble in a body at the spot whence the summons had proceeded.
— from The Wept of Wish-Ton-Wish by James Fenimore Cooper

On the outside we separated and made the entire circuit of Aeria, rising as high as the fan-wheels would take
— from The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith

England is still a monarchy; the English church is still prelatical and has its hireling clergy; parliament keeps its two chambers, and the bishops sit and vote in the house of peers; ritualism and tractarianism gain apace upon low church and evangelical; the “Areopagitica” had no effect whatever in hastening the freedom of the press; and, ironically enough, Milton himself, under the protectorate, became an official book licenser.
— from The Connecticut Wits, and Other Essays by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers