The writers, the best disposed to exaggerate their clemency, have freely confessed, that a cruel slaughter was made of the Romans; and that the streets of the city were filled with dead bodies, which remained without burial during the general consternation.
— 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

She was much altered.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Through the night, through the hot night, run swiftly with me, my brothers.
— from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Lotty, on being questioned, had been vague about her circumstances, and had described her house as a mausoleum with gold-fish swimming about in it; but now he was sure she was more than very well off.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

All down this avenue, you know, between the red chapped stems, were marble seats of honour and statuary, and very tame and friendly white doves… "Along this cool avenue my girl-friend led me, looking down—I recall the pleasant lines, the finely-modelled chin of her sweet kind face—asking me questions in a soft, agreeable voice, and telling me things, pleasant things I know, though what they were I was never able to recall… Presently a little Capuchin monkey, very clean, with a fur of ruddy brown and kindly hazel eyes, came down a tree to us and ran beside me, looking up at me and grinning, and presently leapt to my shoulder.
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Let him raise himself socially with my money or raise somebody else so long as there is a social profit somewhere, I'll regard my expenditure as justified.
— from Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy by Bernard Shaw

As this remark appears to contradict what was said in the last sentence respecting the sun, we may suspect some error in the text; see Poinsinet, Alexandre, and Marcus, in loco .
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Hence in some states we may see public buildings and private houses, as well as those of kings, built of brick: in Athens, for example, the part of the wall which faces Mt. Hymettus and Pentelicus; at Patras, the cellae of the temple of Jupiter and Hercules, which are brick, although on the outside the entablature and columns of the temple are of stone; in Italy, at Arezzo, an ancient wall excellently built; at Tralles, the house built for the kings of the dynasty of Attalus, which is now always granted to the man who holds the state priesthood.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

As compared with the end it is but a necessary evil; something which must be gone through before one can reach the object which is alone worth while.
— from Democracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Education by John Dewey

Sir William Meredith calls it a republic; but in its present state it is unworthy of the name, because the corrupt influence of the crown, by having all the places in its disposal, hath so effectually swallowed up the power, and eaten out the virtue of the house of commons (the republican part in the constitution) that the government of England is nearly as monarchical as that of France or Spain.
— from Common Sense by Thomas Paine

The bed of clay does not at all imply an arid climate, as is said sometimes, but corresponds to the region of the steppes, with moderate rainfall.
— from The Argentine Republic: Its Development and Progress by Pierre Denis

As for me, standing stock-still at the far end of the jetty, my long sword, which might well have served as a lance, balanced on my shoulder, I felt that I was doing outpost duty.
— from Anecdotal Recollections of the Congress of Vienna by La Garde-Chambonas, Auguste Louis Charles, Comte de

Should the invoice-cost of the entire cargo of coffee shipped at Java, on board of the ship ——, together with the disbursements of that ship (which must be conducted with the greatest economy), not amount to the specie funds and net proceeds of her Liverpool cargo, in that event you are to deliver the surplus to your consignee, who will give you a receipt for the same, with a duplicate, expressing that it is on my account, for the purpose of being invested on the most advantageous terms, in good dry coffee, to be kept at my order and disposal.
— from Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made by James Dabney McCabe

“I am glad to see you looking so well, Mrs. Kendall,” said the principal.
— from Up The Baltic; Or, Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Oliver Optic

He that knows no mysteries can say, Why, man must repent of his sin, and God of his threatening.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan

241 –2: if they are regarded as sufficient, we must take “1479” in the Aegidius as what we should call 1480, which is in agreement with the ordinary usage of the time and which gains a slight probability, in that the printing would have been finished on a Sunday, if the year were taken as 147 8 9 .
— from The Early Oxford Press A Bibliography of Printing and Publishing at Oxford, '1468'-1640; With Notes, Appendixes and Illustrations by Falconer Madan

In this way she can travel through even waist-deep mud, the screw working more strongly than on the surface, because it has such a weight of water to help it, and she moves more easily uphill.
— from The Romance of Modern Invention Containing Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wireless Telegraphy, Liquid Air, Modern Artillery, Submarines, Dirigible Torpedoes, Solar Motors, Airships, &c. &c. by Archibald Williams

If anything occurs to hinder my work, anything goes contrary to my [pg 142] plans and projects, He has ordained it so on purpose, because He knows that too much success would make me proud, too much ease would make me sensual; and He would teach me that the road to heaven is not success , but labor and devotion .
— from Gold Dust A Collection of Golden Counsels for the Sanctification of Daily Life by Adrien Sylvain

Don’t hurry yourself——It is a history-book, Sir (which may possibly recommend it to the world) of what passes in a man’s own mind; and if you will say so much of the book, and no more, believe me, you will cut no contemptible figure in a metaphysick circle.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

The subject, I believe, has not been specially treated of in this country before, and as the remains of antiquity are now studied with more enlarged views than in a former age, it may have an interest for a wider circle than that to which the original papers were addressed.
— from Roman Sepulchral Inscriptions Their Relation to Archæology, Language, and Religion by John Kenrick