After this when Cyrus and the best part of the army 218 of the Persians had marched back to the Araxes, and those who were unfit for fighting had been left behind, then a third part of the army of the Massagetai came to the attack and proceeded to slay, not without resistance, 219 those who were left behind of the army of Cyrus; and seeing the feast that was set forth, when they had overcome their enemies they lay down and feasted, and being satiated with food and wine they went to sleep.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

The gods have, they fancy, the aspect and passions, the history and influence which their myth unfolds; nature in its turn contains hypostatically just those laws and forces which are described by theory.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

"Besides," (she pondered), "in that household, there are at present several young ladies, capable of composing odes, and able to write poetry, and why should not permission be extended to them to go and take their quarters in it; in order too that those winsome persons might not be deprived of good cheer, and that the flowers and willows may not lack any one to admire them!"
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

For Noah did not catch the animals and put them into the ark, but gave them entrance as they came seeking it.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

3 then (at a point not far the past).
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

[34] The Rana desired to avoid a personal 492 interview, and sent as his ambassadors
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Here the wind failing is equivalent to an adverbial phrase ( on the failure of the wind ) or an adverbial clause ( when the wind failed ).
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

When, as in the case I am speaking of, ‘tis against a poor old man and for the children, then they make use of this title to serve their passion with glory; and, as for a common service, easily cabal, and combine against his government and dominion.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

As his childhood was passed in the freedom they assume in youth, in his youth he begins to bear the yoke they bore as children; this yoke becomes hateful to them, they are sick of it, and they see in it nothing but their masters’ tyranny; when they escape from childhood, they think they must shake off all control, they make up for the prolonged restraint imposed upon them, as a prisoner, freed from his fetters, moves and stretches and shakes his limbs.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

For this they are all prepared, by wearing a large knife in their girdle, and the point of honour requires them never to rest, until they have shed the blood of the man who has been suspected of a criminal intercourse with their wives.
— from An Account of The Kingdom of Nepal And of the Territories Annexed to this Dominion by the House of Gorkha by Francis Hamilton

keley , one of the judges of the king’s-bench, affirmed—“That the law knows no such king-yoking policy:”—Sir Thomas Trevor , one of the barons of the exchequer, “That our king hath as much power and prerogative belonging to him as any prince in Christendom:”—The attorney-general, Sir John Banks , “That the king of England hath an entire empire; he is an absolute monarch: nothing can be given to an absolute prince!
— from The Works of Richard Hurd, Volume 4 (of 8) by Richard Hurd

Suddenly there came to him the disturbing figure of a stalwart young man on a broncho, with leather overalls, jingling spurs, a silk handkerchief knotted about his throat, and a pair of keen, humorous eyes lighting up a sun-bronzed face.
— from The Honorable Percival by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

nd by our perseverance gained a considerable distance, the wind increased so much against us yesterday morning, that I was compelled, from the disabled state of several of the ships, to abandon my intention of going to the northward of Candia; and, not without great risk, we ran through a passage imperfectly explored, and never known to ships of war till we found it practicable: at the same time, I almost shudder at the danger we escaped; nothing but a case of extreme necessity could have [Pg 250] justified the attempt, and Providence was our guide; [17] at the same time warning us of the danger we ran, having actually seen the breakers, and escaped them by a trifling distance; and this was performed late at night, all the ships following and guided by our lights.
— from Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I by Ross, John, Sir

5 In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress [624] may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
— from History of the Origin, Formation, and Adoption of the Constitution of the United States, Vol. 2 With Notices of Its Principle Framers by George Ticknor Curtis

The street in front of the place was reeking with slops and garbage; the alleys and passage ways were foul with excrements; the court was imperfectly paved, wet, and covered with domestic refuse; the privies, located in a close court between the rear and front houses, were dilapidated, and gave out volumes of noisome odors, which filled the whole area, and were diffused through all the rooms opening upon it; and the halls and apartments of the wretched occupants were close, unventilated, and unclean.
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

This sacristy, containing the wafer, which the priests blasphemously adore, was used by them as a place to hear confessions, and here they committed habitually those acts of immorality and crime of which I have spoken.
— from Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by William Hogan

The Prosecution’s submission is that, accepting and propagating the jungle philosophy of Mein Kampf , the Nazi confederates who are indicted here deliberately pushed our civilization over the precipice of war.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 4 by Various

From a condition of slavery like this, women are found rising to the highest condition in which they are at present seen, in France, England, and the United States,—where they are less than half-educated, precluded from earning a subsistence, except in a very few ill-paid employments, and prohibited from giving or withholding their assent to laws which they are yet bound by penalties to obey.
— from How to Observe: Morals and Manners by Harriet Martineau

But how far these adventurers actually penetrated has been recorded only in those documents that are in the hands of my people—descendants of the boldest of these mariners who pushed their galleys out into the Atlantic.
— from Romance Island by Zona Gale