When a Common-wealth is once settled, then are they actually Lawes, and not before; as being then the commands of the Common-wealth; and therefore also Civill Lawes: for it is the Soveraign Power that obliges men to obey them.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Presently she heard the muffled tramp of horses, and soon the armed troop appeared, led by the Prince, who had prudently marked all the trees beforehand, in order to know the way.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Galba after crossing the Ionian Gulf was sick for some time; accordingly the aforementioned legatus and the sub-lieutenant Claudius Cento assumed charge of his entire force.
— 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

He eats one rusk, then a second, then a third, and, looking sideways, with embarrassment, at the man of learning, timidly stretches after a fourth. . . .
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

He who feels the need of help from others, he who is constantly experiencing their kindness, has nothing to gain by deceiving them; it is plainly to his advantage that they should see things as they are, lest they should mistake his interests.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hence it is common for many to imagine that the urn of the sling of ice first swallows them, and then a little after turns upside down and restores them.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

He said he had seen a similar thing at Tübingen, and laid considerable stress on the blowing-out of the candle.
— from The Time Machine by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Here a man may purchase land, with secure title, and of a good tenure, at five shillings the acre; this, at least, is the upset price, though in some privileged situations it is known to have reached seventeen shillings.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various

“To conclude: Although we have exhibited the several tenets which distinguish our religious society, as objects of our belief, yet we are sensible that a true and living faith is not produced in the mind of man by his own effort, but is the free gift of God in Christ Jesus, nourished and increased by the progressive operation of his Spirit in our hearts, and our proportionate obedience.
— from The Book of Religions Comprising the Views, Creeds, Sentiments, or Opinions, of All the Principal Religious Sects in the World, Particularly of All Christian Denominations in Europe and America, to Which are Added Church and Missionary Statistics, Together With Biographical Sketches by John Hayward

“Oh, just cutting out these things,” says he, and pointed to three or four pieces of sapling trunk about twice as long and thick as towel-rollers, over on the sand.
— from Mark Tidd: His Adventures and Strategies by Clarence Budington Kelland

Some time after this, a little incident happened at my friend Mr. ——'s place worth noting.
— from Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Frederick Edward Maning

Merchants and traders and clerks 466 Shopkeepers 193 Physicians, surgeons, chemists, and apothecaries 27 Schoolmasters 9 Hotel and tavern keepers 13 Master Mechanics 93 Carpenters 362 Bricklayers 123 Labourers 667 Farming men 125 Tailors 66 Shoemakers 63 Painters 7 Sailors 329 Registered without denomination 107 Women 595 Children 827 4,072 The individuals not registered were supposed to amount to at least a thousand more, exclusive of the sailors on board the British shipping trading with the port.
— from Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata Their Present State, Trade, and Debt by Parish, Woodbine, Sir

American Green-Turtle Soup. Take a turtle, and let it bleed for six hours, taking care that the head hangs downward.
— from French Dishes for American Tables by Caron, Pierre, active 1886-1899

Was it not simpler to adopt the agrarian law straightway?
— from System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

The Curral floor, smooth and bald, is cut by a silvery line of unsunned rivulet which at times must swell to a torrent; and little white cots like egg-shells are scattered around the normal parish-church, Nossa Senhora do Livramento.
— from To The Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative. Vol. I by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir