After the Latin war, the territory previously won from the Volsci and Aurunci was largely occupied by settlements of Roman citizens or by Latin colonies, for even after the dissolution of the Latin league the Romans made use of this type of colony to secure their conquests, as well as to relieve the surplus population of Rome and Latium.
— from A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Arthur E. R. (Arthur Edward Romilly) Boak

Some prank of Raoul and La Valliere, I suppose?" "Alas!" said Baisemeaux.
— from The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" by Alexandre Dumas

But whatever advantage travel may afford for broad and intense study, whatever be its superior processes of refinement and learning, yet it is well to remember this, that at any place and at any time one may open his eyes and his ears, his heart and his reason, and find more than he is able to understand and a heart to feel!
— from Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes by J. M. Judy

Caenis, the concubine of Vespasian, amassed great wealth and sold public offices right and left—Dio, 65, 14.
— from A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene A. (Eugene Arthur) Hecker

The animal spirits of youth and health in him, The joy of new adventure, the fine pulse Of life felt in the buoyant, bounding step With which his steed advanced him on the road, The secret pleasure of release at last, Release and long secure removal, won, Through growing leagues of distance interposed, From the abhorred access of Shimei— These, with the season and the hour so bright, Brightened the darkling heart of Saul to cheer.
— from The Epic of Saul by William Cleaver Wilkinson

Some prank of Raoul and La Valliere, I suppose?” “Alas!” said Baisemeaux.
— from Louise de la Valliere by Alexandre Dumas

The strong plea of right, and law, and scripture was used, and the important fact kept in view, that if they had the means of grace at all, they must be brought to them, as they could not go where they were.
— from Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline, with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by Reynolds, John, of Vermont

He was standing on a smooth piece of rock about level with the still water.
— from The Duke's Sweetheart: A Romance by Richard Dowling