He would rather not discuss the ‘two Suns’ of which all Rome was talking, when he can converse about ‘the two nations in one’ which had divided Rome ever since the days of the Gracchi.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

So that at first you did not set out with a right principle, when you laid it down that we ought to regard the opinion of the multitude with respect to things just and honorable and good, and their contraries.
— from Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato

[150] De Barras had been unwilling to go to the Chesapeake, fearing to be intercepted by a superior force, and had only yielded to the solicitation of Washington and Rochambeau.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Murphy, as being the younger and handsomer of the two, was designed to fill the place of the deceased, not only as the son of the sachem, but as the spouse of a beautiful squaw, to whom his predecessor had been betrothed; but in passing through the different whigwhams or villages of the Miamis, poor Murphy was so mangled by the women and children, who have the privilege of torturing all prisoners in their passage, that, by the time they arrived at the place of the sachem’s residence, he was rendered altogether unfit for the purposes of marriage: it was determined therefore, in the assembly of the warriors, that ensign Murphy should be brought to the stake, and that the lady should be given to lieutenant Lismahago, who had likewise received his share of torments, though they had not produced emasculation.—A joint of one finger had been cut, or rather sawed off with a rusty knife; one of his great toes was crushed into a mash betwixt two stones; some of his teeth were drawn, or dug out with a crooked nail; splintered reeds had been thrust up his nostrils and other tender parts; and the calves of his legs had been blown up with mines of gunpowder dug in the flesh with the sharp point of the tomahawk.
— from The Expedition of Humphry Clinker by T. (Tobias) Smollett

It was only when he intended a surprise, or when a rapid retreat was imperative, that he sacrificed everything for speed.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

Visible image of invisible perfection, he saw, at an immeasurable distance beneath his feet, the thrones of the brightest archangels; yet he shone only with a reflected light, and, like the sons of the Romans emperors, who were invested with the titles of Caesar or Augustus, 50 he governed the universe in obedience to the will of his Father and Monarch.
— 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

Our Coffee-house is near one of the Inns of Court, and Beaver has the Audience and Admiration of his Neighbours from Six 'till within a Quarter of Eight, at which time he is interrupted by the Students of the House; some of whom are ready dress'd for Westminster , at Eight in a Morning, with Faces as busie as if they were retained in every Cause there; and others come in their Night-Gowns to saunter away their Time, as if they never designed to go thither.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Stand; Or we are Romans and will give you that, Like beasts, which you shun beastly, and may save But to look back in frown.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It has given the commencement of a season of wind and rain, and perhaps for the next six weeks we shall not have two dry days together.
— from The Letters of Jane Austen Selected from the compilation of her great nephew, Edward, Lord Bradbourne by Jane Austen

The night before the day on which Jones had intended leaving the harbor, the wind came on to blow, and a violent storm of wind and rain set in.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

Redbud uttered a sigh of weariness and relief, and then gazed around her.
— from The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier by John Esten Cooke

He could not bear the rejection; he could not bear the sanction of it by his liege lord; he resolved to quit the scene of warfare and return to Africa; and, in the course of his journey thither, he had come into the south of France, where, observing a sequestered spot that suited his humour, be changed his mind as to going home, and persuaded himself he could live in it for the rest of his life.
— from Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Leigh Hunt

The broad and turbid river moved sluggishly on without a ripple, and on the beach a scow, half filled with water, told only of desolation.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Lord Howard seems to have been a mark at which the courtiers aimed their shafts of wit and ridicule; it was during the journey into Scotland that he came into collision with a nobleman of a very different character, James, second Marquis of Hamilton.
— from The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 1 (of 3) From original and authentic sources by Thomson, A. T., Mrs.

At first the crowd consisted entirely of the peasantry, who listened with great attention, and never interrupted the sailors; but in about half an hour, a person of some rank, with a number of attendants, came up, and begged them to sing several of their songs over again: we could not find out who this person was, but it was probably one of the chiefs, some of whom are remarkably fond of our music.
— from Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island by Basil Hall

General Pope's chief quartermaster, of the rank of colonel, was captured by Stuart's cavalry in this very campaign; and since the war I have read with amazement General Lee's letters to President Davis, to the Secretary of War at Richmond, and to General Loring in West Virginia, dated August 23d, in which he says: [Footnote: Official Records, vol.
— from Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1: April 1861-November 1863 by Jacob D. (Jacob Dolson) Cox

I will give his story in substance, only where advisable recording his exact words.
— from A Book of Ghosts by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Senegal 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 2 years (2004) Serbia 19-35 years of age for compulsory military service; under a state of war or impending war, conscription can begin at age 16; conscription is to be abolished in 2010; 9-month service obligation, with a reserve obligation to age 60 for men and 50 for women (2007)
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency