The first, where Mervan was slain was to the west of the Nile, in the province of Fium, or Arsinoe; the second in the Delta, in the Sebennytic nome; the third near the pyramids; the fourth, which was destroyed by Dioclesian, (see above, vol.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

I must still write on, till I come to be settled in the duty of the station to which I am so generously exalted, and to let you participate with me the transporting pleasures that rise from my new condition, and the favours that are hourly heaped upon me by the best of husbands.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

Here in murky closet, inadequate from its square contents to the receipt of the two bodies of Editor, and humble paragraph-maker, together at one time, sat in the discharge of his new Editorial functions (the "Bigod" of Elia) the redoubted John Fenwick.
— from The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia by Charles Lamb

But those subjects which were copied from actual realities are scorned in these days of bad taste.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Thus we can as easily trace the origin of Christianity as we can trace the origin of a root running beneath the soil in the direction of a certain tree.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

" Morality for its own sake "—this is an important step in the denaturalisation of morals: in itself it appears as a final value.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book I and II by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The practical objection to unaccepted and over-simplified spellings is the disfavor with which they are received by the reader.
— from The Elements of Style by William Strunk

They would suspect nothing and agree in their assent, and so the efficacy of the portent would be transferred to the place where it had been shown in the diagram.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

But the poor traveller paused here barely for a minute, and then went on, stumbling through the mud, striking his ill-covered feet against the rough stones in the dark, sweating in his weakness, almost tottering at times, and calculating whether his remaining strength would serve to carry him home.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

That was the last night he should spend in that den.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Travelling down the creek, we got some fish from the natives; and some distance down, one of the camels (Landa) got bogged, and although we remained there that day and part of the next, trying to dig him out, we found our strength insufficient to do so.
— from Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia From Melbourne To The Gulf Of Carpentaria by William John Wills

Then they refreshed themselves after their ride with a stroll in the Doctor's garden; Cadurcis persisted in attaching himself to Venetia, as in old days, and nothing would prevent him from leading her to the grotto.
— from Venetia by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

There was Alcibiades, the “curled son of Clinias,” an accomplished young man, but what would be called a “swell” in these days.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Betto Griffiths laughed harshly as she pointed at Ty Mawr, and shrugged her shoulders in the direction of the shop.
— from Through Welsh Doorways by Jeannette Augustus Marks

Make as many turns as are shown in the drawing.
— from The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals by Charles Conrad Sleffel

I have questioned whether their delight was not like that of the Spartans in the drunken antics of their Helots.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Jake, his eyes murky, was standing in the door leading to the kitchen.
— from Doomsday Eve by Robert Moore Williams

For we deny not that the received system of philosophy, and others of a similar nature, encourage discussion, embellish harangues, are employed, and are of service in the duties of the professor, and the affairs of civil life.
— from Novum Organum; Or, True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature by Francis Bacon

It is scarcely open to doubt that at a very early stage in the development of primitive mechanical art, the exceptional aptitude of skilled workmen was recognised and brought into use for the general benefit.
— from The Lost Atlantis and Other Ethnographic Studies by Wilson, Daniel, Sir

"You are here, then," he sneered, "in the dark, kneeling and weeping.
— from Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Wilhelmine von Hillern