[38] It is said to have contained one hundred courts, and an idol of enormous dimensions, (the name of which I have forgotten,) which stood in great repute, and people came from various parts to sacrifice human beings to it and bring offerings for the dead.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

He never went abroad (405) so much as to take the air, without a carriage attending him, in which there was a million of sesterces in gold, ready at hand; until at last, at the time he was living in the town of Fundi, the province of Hispania Tarraconensis was offered him.
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

Flora, who typified the season of Spring, is generally represented as a lovely maiden, garlanded with flowers.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome by E. M. Berens

All went well until Slightly's turn came, when he was found to be like those irritating parcels that use up all the string in going round and leave no tags with which to tie a knot.
— from Peter and Wendy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

All went well until Slightly's turn came, when he was found to be like those irritating parcels that use up all the string in going round and leave no tags [ends] with which to tie a knot.
— from Peter Pan by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

Charles, both Bishop of Hereford and Chancellor of the Marches, about the year 1517, repaired it, since the which time the same is greatly ruinated, and is now divided into many small tenements; the hall and principal rooms, are a house to make sugar-loaves, etc.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

When she had heard his story, especially the details of the departure for Ustyevo in a cart in the company of some Sofya Matveyevna, she instantly got ready and set off post-haste for Ustyevo herself.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

And, if each system in gradation roll Alike essential to the amazing whole, The least confusion but in one, not all That system only, but the whole must fall.
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

Otherwise you have a second passion.—The soul of the Christian who has freed himself from sin is generally ruined afterwards by the hatred for sin.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

But where shall I go rin a ride, That I may splatter nane beside?
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

He believed in schools, in good roads, and in all other things that make for the welfare of a community.
— from The Deacon of Dobbinsville A Story Based on Actual Happenings by John Arch Morrison

When we parted I sunk into gloomy reflection— A state of the mind that I hate, by the way—
— from Carols of Cockayne The Third Edition, 1874 by Henry S. (Henry Sambrooke) Leigh

[389] The Good Shepherd is generally represented as a youthful beardless figure in a short Roman tunic and buskins, bearing tenderly the lost sheep which he has found and laid upon his shoulders with rejoicing.
— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow

"Wisdom," he said, "is generally reared among fields and woody places, and when she is nearly grown she wanders into the cities of men, to see if she can not rule there; and then the test really comes.
— from Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge Extracted from His Letters and Diaries, with Reminiscences of His Conversation by His Friend Christopher Carr of the Same College by Arthur Christopher Benson

The following day was spent in great rejoicing at Lowestoft.
— from Lowestoft in olden times by Francis Davy Longe

Suddenly it grew rigid and white, and her eyes stared beyond the doctor into the gloom of the room.
— from The Web of Life by Robert Herrick

Being of permanent character and made of stone, it generally represented a palace, with three entrances, and often with a colonnade.
— from Greece and the Ægean Islands by Philip Sanford Marden

"Then the teacher said that all the pupils from all the classes must bring some of their things to give to the poor children—" "Shall I too, Mama, shall I go right away and get together all they need?"
— from Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys by Johanna Spyri