In former times, at Ochsenbach, in Wurtemberg, during the carnival, women held a feast at which they were waited upon by men, and, after it was over, they formed themselves into a sort of court of plenary indulgence, from which the men were uniformly excluded, and sat in judgment on one another.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Last night ’twas on my arm; I kissed it; I hope it be not gone to tell my lord That I kiss aught but he, says Imogen, jesting on the loss of the bracelet which was already on its way to Rome to rob her of her husband’s faith; the little Prince passing to the Tower plays with the dagger in his uncle’s girdle; Duncan sends a ring to Lady Macbeth on the night of his own murder, and the ring of Portia turns the tragedy of the merchant into a wife’s comedy.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

He was baptized in the Parian church of San Gabriel on a Sunday in June of 1697.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

INNOCENT, simpleton. INQUEST, jury, or other official body of inquiry.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

In the Preface to a recent volume of Select Readings on the Origin and Development of Legal Institutions , the editors venture [Pg 853] the statement, in justification of the materials from sociology that these volumes include, that "contrary, perhaps, to legal tradition, the law itself is only a social phenomenon and not to be understood in detachment from human uses, necessities and forces from which it arises."
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

A thick layer of fat on the captive bear gives the signal for the festival, which is always held in winter, generally in December but sometimes in January or February.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The most beautiful one was set in jewels of gold.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Tell me whether, respecting my father’s memory, I ought to have such a good opinion of myself as to sit in judgement over him, with the intention of giving my sentence against him?”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

And there the Earl of Worcester, Constable of England, sat in judgment on him.
— from Warwick, the Kingmaker by Charles Oman

I don't sit in judgment on you.
— from The Foolish Virgin by Dixon, Thomas, Jr.

Young birds are indeed often quite a light gray, and in Magdalen cloisters and garden, where the young broods love to run and seek food on the beautifully-kept turf, almost every variety of youthful plumage may be seen in June or July, from the sombrest black to the brightest pearl-gray.
— from A Year with the Birds Third Edition, Enlarged by W. Warde (William Warde) Fowler

Scarce one in fifty among the members of the two clubs was qualified to sit in judgment on a Siward!
— from The Fighting Chance by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

"We live in days of license, and have no right to sit in judgment on our forefathers."
— from The Testing of Diana Mallory by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

" or, "O, my luve's like a red, red rose That's newly sprung in June; O, my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly play'd in tune.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

Their hope is grandly fulfilled, but the Berkshire men have left us with some doubt as to their skill in judging of current events.
— from Colonel John Brown, of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, the Brave Accuser of Benedict Arnold by Archibald Murray Howe

Don Valmont need not swear; and the trio will not sit in judgment on my deeds.—I have had my day of rage; and my day of sullens; and now, in the calmness of grief, I sit down to tell thee that, instead of being circled in my fair one's arms lord of her wealth, I am yet a poor broken-down gamester, and the guest of Sir Gilbert Monckton.
— from Secresy; or, Ruin on the Rock by E. (Eliza) Fenwick

I was chairman of the committee from the time I was selected in June of 1948 until the committee dissolved after the passage of the legislation over the President’s veto in September of 1950.
— from Investigation of Communist activities in Seattle, Wash., area. Hearings, Part 3 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities

I do not indeed sit in judgment on the present state of the priestly order, but I observe that Paul charges a bishop to be the husband of one wife [1 Tim.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther