Haste, launch thy vessels, fly with speed away; Rule thy own realms with arbitrary sway; I heed thee not, but prize at equal rate Thy short-lived friendship, and thy groundless hate.
— from The Iliad by Homer

The men were whispering speculations and recounting the old rumors.
— from The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane

Deprived of all power in Hindustan, and of the choicest territory north and south of the Nerbudda, with numerous discontented armies now let loose on these devoted countries, their passions inflamed by defeat, and blind to every sentiment of humanity, they had no alternative to pacify the soldiery and replenish their own ruined resources but indiscriminate pillage.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

The room was so close and warm, and the dozen persons in it so alternately snoring and restless, that our rest was continually disturbed.
— from Northern Travel: Summer and Winter Pictures of Sweden, Denmark and Lapland by Bayard Taylor

Sruti , the name given to sacred and revealed tradition, or revelation generally, among the Hindus.
— from The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by P. Austin Nuttall

One of the miners covered his table stakes and rose to obey Rufford's nod.
— from The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde

All roses that the morning rears are nought, All stars not worth a thought, Set this one star against them, or suppose As rival this one rose.
— from Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc. From Swinburne's Poems Volume V. by Algernon Charles Swinburne

All persons, of whatever rank in the service, are required to observe respect toward sentinels and members of the guard when such are in the performance of their duties.
— from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by United States. War Department

According to Islam there are two sources of knowledge, Science and Revelation : the one represents man's effort to learn God's ways, and the 48 other represents God's grace to discover His ways to man.
— from Notes on Islam by Hussain, Ahmed, Sir

It is true that even in the present advanced state of ethnology there is comparatively little knowledge of the conditions which have obtained, and even of those which do obtain, among the red people of our continent; we can indeed see and record the outer results, but the inner causes are still in great measure hidden from us.
— from Women of America Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 10 (of 10) by John Ruse Larus