He raves about "Hellenism," the cult of joy and light, repudiating the one-sided spirituality and rigorism of old Judaism.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow

So that we see the busineß of a Poet is to refine upon History; and Reformation of Manners is so much his busineß, that he is not to represent things on the Stage, as he finds them recorded in History, but as they ought to have been: and therefore we are not to make History so much the Standard and Rule of our Judgment, as Decency and Probability .
— from Momus Triumphans: or, the Plagiaries of the English Stage (1688[1687]) by Gerard Langbaine

We had a telephone system and semaphores, and ran on orders just like a real train.
— from The Ne'er-Do-Well by Rex Beach

When sitting thus in the water its tail was usually half spread, and resting on or just under the water surface.
— from Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) by Arthur Cleveland Bent