Let their attention but be released for a moment from necessary business and it flies at once to God again.
— from The Pursuit of God by A. W. (Aiden Wilson) Tozer

Se faceua piu fochi ouero tiraua alguna bõ barda fose segniale de tera o de bassi.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

And the quiet little Dokhtúrov rode thither, and Borodinó became the greatest glory of the Russian army.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

This Alfred Boucher believed he was exploiting Savarus, whereas the contrary was the case.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Now Joram was in fear lest somebody should betray the city to the enemy, by reason of the famine, and went every day round the walls and the guards to see whether any such were concealed among them; and by being thus seen, and taking such care, he deprived them of the opportunity of contriving any such thing; and if they had a mind to do it, he, by this means, prevented them: but upon a certain woman's crying out, "Have pity on me, my lord," while he thought that she was about to ask for somewhat to eat, he imprecated God's curse upon her, and said he had neither thrashing-floor nor wine-press, whence he might give her any thing at her petition.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

By'r lady, I think 'a be, but goodman Puff of Barson.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

For generally wherever the ruler and the ruled have nothing in common there is no Friendship because there is no Justice; but the case is as between an artisan and his tool, or between soul and body, and master and slave; all these are benefited by those who use them, but towards things inanimate there is neither Friendship nor Justice: nor even towards a horse or an ox, or a slave quâ slave, because there is nothing in common: a slave as such is an animate tool, a tool an inanimate slave.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

At the end of four years, some youths, climbing by a ladder in search of pigeons' nests, detected the fatal secret; and, as Andronicus felt himself touched and bound by the excommunication, he trembled on the brink of the abyss which had been so treacherously dug under his feet.
— 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

I gave the contents of the second barrel to another bull; but he went away gallantly after receiving the ball in his ribs.
— from Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa by Alfred W. (Alfred Wilks) Drayson

He had spread out his loose papers, and among them a book by one Snagge, which he had borrowed from the dead Lord Burleigh's library.
— from Sir Walter Ralegh: A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing

In the year [72] 605, a bull of Pope Sabinianus decreed that all bells be rung seven times in the twenty-four hours, at fixed moments and regularly, and these fixed times became known as the seven canonical hours.
— from Time Telling through the Ages by Harry Chase Brearley

I had traveled for several days with nothing to eat but hard corn, and as another day began to dawn I came to a barn back in the field from the house that seemed to be near Iron mountain.
— from In Defense of the Flag: A true war story A pen picture of scenes and incidents during the great rebellion.--Thrilling experiences during escape from southern prisons, etc. by David W. Stafford

I didn't want to talk to a banker nor to a bank, but to Jim Stacy, my old partner.”
— from The Three Partners by Bret Harte

[p 137 ] to their arms, the young and unwary, and of obtaining from them, while heated by love or wine, every thing that flattery and false smiles can obtain in those unguarded moments: and so little infamous is the trade of prostitution, and so venal the women, that hardly any rank or condition set them above being bribed to it, nay, they are frequently assisted by their male friends and acquaintances to drive a good bargain; nor does their career of debauchery finish with their unmarried state; the vows of fidelity which they make at the altar , are like the vows and oaths made upon too many other occasions, only considered as nugatory forms, which law has obliged them to take, but custom absolved them from performing.
— from Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World by Anonymous

In setting dividers we employ the dotted spaces on the arc b b .
— from Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

She ever seeketh others’ good, regardless of her own; She thinks no evil, speaks no ill, by act, or look, or tone; Not in iniquity, but truth, doth she her comfort take, And bears, believes, endures, and hopes, all things, for Jesus’ sake.
— from Poems: With a Sketch of the Life and Experience of Annie R. Smith by Rebekah Smith

"The chief criminal would impress you as having been trained for a gentleman, and his accomplice is not much more than a boy; both are well dressed.
— from Harper's Young People, November 29, 1881 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

"Why do you have to fight them?" asked Bunyip Bluegum.
— from The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and His Friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff by Norman Lindsay