So Gabinius left part of his army there, in order to take the place, and he himself went into other parts of Judea, and gave order to rebuild all the cities that he met with that had been demolished; at which time were rebuilt Samaria, Ashdod, Scythopolis, Anthedon, Raphia, and Dora; Marissa also, and Gaza, and not a few others besides.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

How born or bred, and or nourished upon blows and threats on one side, and retorts and defiances on the other, is not to the purpose.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

As armies at the present day seldom camp in tents when on a march, prearranged surprises are rare and difficult, because in order to plan one it becomes necessary to have an accurate knowledge of the enemy's camp.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

'But when the next day brake from under ground— O brother, had you known our Camelot, Built by old kings, age after age, so old The King himself had fears that it would fall, So strange, and rich, and dim; for where the roofs Tottered toward each other in the sky, Met foreheads all along the street of those Who watched us pass; and lower, and where the long Rich galleries, lady-laden, weighed the necks Of dragons clinging to the crazy walls, Thicker than drops from thunder, showers of flowers Fell as we past; and men and boys astride On wyvern, lion, dragon, griffin, swan,
— from Idylls of the King by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

Whenever a mind is simple, and receives a divine wisdom, old things pass away,—means, teachers, texts, temples, fall; it lives now, and absorbs past and future into the present hour.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Their mutual relations will thus have been in some degree disturbed; consequently they will have been liable to modification; and this we find has been the case; for if we compare the present Alpine plants and animals of the several great European mountain-ranges, though very many of the species are identically the same, some present varieties, some are ranked as doubtful forms, and some few are distinct yet closely allied or representative species.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

But with regard to Robert Schumann, who took things seriously, and has been taken seriously from the first—he was the last that founded a school,—do we not now regard it as a satisfaction, a relief, a deliverance, that this very Romanticism of Schumann's has been surmounted?
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“Creation being granted,” I replied, in spite of the mercury, “such a question is childish, for the seasons are relative, and differ in the different quarters of the globe.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

SYN: Avoidance, repulsion, aversion, dislike, interrepugnance, antipathy.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

As they had met with so much doubt and opposition from scholars,—had learned that the world's youngest marine lacked the courage to recognize its own contributions to science, and, furthermore, as the Admiralty thought it had given strong reasons for doubting Bering's results, [48] he proposed to make his future explorations on a larger scale and remove all doubt, by charting the whole of this disputed part of the globe.
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

He, when he had suggested moving on, had met with such a whole-souled negative, as to set at rest any doubts that might have been lingering in his mind as to outstaying his welcome.
— from Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford

Now go to sleep again, Rahula, and dream of your father.
— from The Buddha: A Drama in Five Acts and Four Interludes by Paul Carus

The boss of the Anvil freed himself from his rider by pitching him over his shoulder, and rose and dusted his knees.
— from The Sheriff of Badger: A Tale of the Southwest Borderland by George Pattullo

About the third week of that month it was alleged that Alexander Sullivan had received advices from abroad, to be re-directed to Patrick Egan, at Lincoln, Nebraska, setting at rest all doubt as to the fact that there was at least one spy in the United States.
— from The Crime of the Century; Or, The Assassination of Dr. Patrick Henry Cronin by Henry M. Hunt

Oceanus was not well; he did not grow strong and rosy as did the other Mayflower baby, Peregrine White, though Oceanus was by this time walking and talking—a tall, thin, reed-like little baby, fashioned not unlike the long grasses that grew on Plymouth harbour shore.
— from A Pilgrim Maid: A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Marion Ames Taggart

"For the present your services are required at Dupley Walls, in the capacity of 'companion' to Lady Pollexfen--in brief, to occupy the position held by me for so many years, but from which I am now obliged to secede on account of ill health."
— from Under Lock and Key: A Story. Volume 1 (of 3) by T. W. (Thomas Wilkinson) Speight

When heated in the air it will burn and give out heat, but it does not do so as readily as does fat or oil.
— from The Story of a Loaf of Bread by T. B. (Thomas Barlow) Wood

Step by step the Dutch followed the discoveries and explorations of the Spaniards, and recorded and described them minutely.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 1 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

"You are right, for a single indiscreet act of this gentleman might cause a horrible scandal, and ruin a daughter of France.
— from Marguerite de Valois by Alexandre Dumas

Suleiman's army, routed and demoralised, succeeded in making its escape to the Ægean coast.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe