And, indeed, when even those murderers who everywhere else showed themselves pitiless came to these spots where that was forbidden which the licence of war permitted in every other place, their furious rage for slaughter was bridled, and their eagerness to take prisoners was quenched.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Turning from text to art, we behold the golden lakes of joy, the mountain of gems, the floating female angels {305} with their marvellous drapery and lovely faces, the gentle benignity of the goddesses of mercy, the rays of light and the glory streaming from face and head of the holy ones, the splendors of costume, the varied beauties of the lotus, the hosts of ministering intelligences, the luxuriant symbolism, the purple clouds, the wheel of the law, the swastika 29 or double cross, and the vagra, 30 or diamond trefoil.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

In every town, he left the formerly affluent youth, torn from the circle he adorned, cursing, in the solitude of a dungeon, the fate that had drawn him within the reach of this fiend; whilst many a father sat frantic, amidst the speaking looks of mute hungry children, without a single farthing of his late immense wealth, wherewith to buy even sufficient to satisfy their present craving.
— from The Vampyre; a Tale by John William Polidori

The Senate was greatly perplexed, but Marcius, now a person of great importance and very highly thought of in the State, began to place himself in direct opposition to the popular leaders, and to support the patrician cause.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Rilla, I saw the Piper coming down the Valley with a shadowy host behind him.
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Though more than sixty years had elapsed since the Pilgrims came, this crowd of their descendants still showed the strong and sombre features of their character perhaps more strikingly in such a stern emergency than on happier occasions.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

One division comprises the myrrh region; another the frankincense region, although the same tracts produce cassia, cinnamon, and nard.
— from The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) Literally Translated, with Notes by Strabo

That night, then, the sala presented a curious aspect, being filled with friars and clerks seated on Vienna chairs, stools of black wood, and marble benches of Cantonese origin, before little square tables, playing cards or conversing among themselves, under the brilliant glare of the gilt chandeliers or the subdued light of the Chinese lanterns, which were brilliantly decorated with long silken tassels.
— from The Reign of Greed by José Rizal

Next morning, when Rose brought my chocolate, she told me with a laugh that my man had sent for a carriage, and after dressing himself in the height of fashion he had gone off with his sword at his side, to pay calls, as he said.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Every man with money to buy a cotton umbrella is his own meteorologist; and a pocket telescope, price eight-and-fourpence, is long enough, in all conscience, for any man in a climate like ours; or, if such a course seem too peremptory, call on these people for their bill, and let there be a stated sum for each item.
— from Nuts and Nutcrackers by Charles James Lever

Molly was helping her brothers and sisters to porridge, cups of milk, and bread and jam, in her usual deft fashion.
— from Red Rose and Tiger Lily; Or, In a Wider World by L. T. Meade

In short, to present Christ as the sinner's substitute any where else save on the cross, is to rob His life of all its divine beauty and excellency, and to displace the cross altogether.
— from Notes on the Book of Leviticus by Charles Henry Mackintosh

They were Bock and Sedley, their particular chum, Carey, and Plunkett, the senior who had invited the wagon drivers into the roadhouse.
— from The Putnam Hall Encampment; or, The Secret of the Old Mill by Edward Stratemeyer

But the intrepid warrior scorned this prudent counsel.
— from Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson

It was a magnificent morning in early spring when I watched among the trees to see the procession come down the hillside.
— from The White Peacock by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

It was only by means of such that possession could be retained of a country like Palestine, subject to the constant inroads of the Turks and Saracens.
— from Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley

We are all in a great deal of trouble," said the Perpetual Curate, with a little unconscious solemnity.
— from The Perpetual Curate by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant