About the same time there were brought to the king from the Aurea Chersonesus, a country so called, precious stones, and pine trees, and these trees he made use of for supporting the temple and the palace, as also for the materials of musical instruments, the harps and the psalteries, that the Levites might make use of them in their hymns to God.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

The kid, not void of all suspicion, Peer'd through a crack, and cried, 'Show me white paw before You ask me to undo the door.'
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

He experienced a lively opposition from the priests attached to the ancient creeds (as Christ subsequently did).
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

The Ancient Constitutions are completely silent on this and all its kindred points; and, therefore, where a Grand Lodge has made no local regulation on the subject, we must be guided by the principles of reason and analogy, both of which direct us to the conclusion that a lodge may express its will, in matters unregulated by the Constitutions, through the vote of a majority.
— from The Principles of Masonic Law A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey

If he should now apply himself to a careful and critical survey of the articles of Confederation, his astonishment would not only be increased, but would acquire a mixture of indignation, at the unexpected discovery, that these articles, instead of containing the prohibition he looked for, and though they had, with jealous circumspection, restricted the authority of the State legislatures in this particular, had not imposed a single restraint on that of the United States.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

The love of spectacles was the taste, or rather passion, of the Syrians; the most skilful artists were procured from the adjacent cities; a considerable share of the revenue was devoted to the public amusements; and the magnificence of the games of the theatre and circus was considered as the happiness and as the glory of Antioch.
— 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

The middle toe and claw are considerably shorter than the tarsus; the middle claw is shorter than in the northern bird.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 2 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

Although the very existence of a house is a matter of construction, its general interior effect is almost entirely the result of colour treatment and careful and cultivated selection of accessories.
— from Principles of Home Decoration, With Practical Examples by Candace Wheeler

Experience has shown that where a trained social worker is employed to look up the relatives of such children and to assist in finding homes for them and in visiting the homes and institutions to which they are committed, a considerable saving in the cost of their maintenance to the county is frequently effected.
— from The Farmer and His Community by Dwight Sanderson

Christ teaches (Mt 5, 44) that all Christians are commanded so to do.
— from Epistle Sermons, Vol. 2: Epiphany, Easter and Pentecost by Martin Luther

The officer opened the door of the adjoining cell, and Cauvignac, somewhat pale, but with a jaunty air and with head erect, entered the cell of Canolles, who walked forward several steps to meet him.
— from The War of Women, Volume 2 by Alexandre Dumas

Around it were betel-nut, cocoa-nut, and madar trees, and very near to the school building two large ancient nim trees grew close together, and cast a cool shade around.
— from Mashi, and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore

Pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies.
— from A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall

It should be borne in mind in this connection that, in the early stages of the war, the Turkish army contained a considerable sprinkling of Christians—Greeks, Armenians, Syrians, etc.
— from Armenia and the War by A. P. (Avetoon Pesak) Hacobian

The inspiration and uplift of the morning were gone; the sun was sinking to a colder and colder setting.
— from The Silent Places by Stewart Edward White

In the words rendered Hatred and Harvest , the two synonymes of س and ص or s hard and s soft, are indiscriminately used by Europeans in their Arabic conversations , a circumstance sufficient to do away the force and meaning of many a sentence.
— from An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa by Shabeeny, Abd Salam, active 1820