According to the Ayodhyákáṇḍa , on the day preceding the intended inauguration Ráma and his wife Sítá held a fast, and in the night they performed this preliminary rite: Ráma having made his ablutions, approached the idol of Náráyaṇa , took a cup of clarified butter, as the religious law prescribes, made a libation of it into the kindled fire, and drank the remainder while wishing what was agreeable to his heart.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Every value is the estimation of one thing compared with another; it is thus a conception of comparison, and consequently relative; and this relativity is precisely that which forms the essence of the idea.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

In this place (saith Sulcardus) long before was a temple of Apollo, which being overthrown, King Lucius built therein a church of Christianity.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Would it not, for instance, be right for him to take a course of chymistry?' JOHNSON.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

After he had taken a cup of coffee, Don Francisco bade us a good night.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

For two years then Croesus remained quiet in his mourning, because he was deprived of his son: but after this period of time the overthrowing of the rule of Astyages the son of Kyaxares by Cyrus the son of Cambyses, and the growing greatness of the Persians caused Croesus to cease from his mourning, and led him to a care of cutting short the power of the Persians, if by any means he might, while yet it was in growth and before they should have become great.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

PART II Then a cloud of constant misery began for her.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

The monarch awoke, interpreted the auspicious omen, and obeyed, without hesitation, the will of Heaven The day which gave birth to a city or colony was celebrated by the Romans with such ceremonies as had been ordained by a generous superstition; and though Constantine might omit some rites which savored too strongly of their Pagan origin, yet he was anxious to leave a deep impression of hope and respect on the minds of the spectators.
— 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

Thomas , Col. W. H. on smallpox among East Cherokee 172 Thomas , Col. W. H. on Swimmer’s knowledge of Cherokee myths 236 Thomas , Col. W. H., purchase of lands for East Cherokee by 159 Thomas , Col. W. H., retirement of 172 Thomas , Col. ——, killing of Indian woman by men under 52 Thomas Legion , organization of 161 – 162 , 169 – 170 Thompson, A. C. , on Cherokee missions 84 Thompson , Capt. ——, defeat of Cherokee by Americans under 48 Thompson , ——, arrest of 119 Thompson River Indians , myths of 433 , 436 , 437 , 440 , 441 , 451 , 467 , 470 Thought reading , Cherokee belief in 244 , 433 , 473
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

This deprives them of none of their theoretical and practical importance, and so it is with this anthropological classification of criminals.
— from Criminal Sociology by Enrico Ferri

Wonckhaus had lost his temper, or he would have reflected that a change of contractors at this critical moment was out of the question.
— from Frank Forester: A Story of the Dardanelles by Herbert Strang

And with a humble condescension, such as his mate had never known before, he would talk and talk, enjoying the attention of his simple-hearted listener, just as though he were telling marvelous stories to a circle of children.
— from Mare Nostrum (Our Sea): A Novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

More frequently he was in Boston, where he belonged to a large and comfortable club, not too exacting in regard to membership, and here he met his cronies and sometimes planned excursions with them, automobile trips in summer to the White Mountains or choice little resorts to spend Sundays and holidays, generally taking with them a case of champagne and several bags of golf sticks.
— from The Dwelling Place of Light — Complete by Winston Churchill

That Injun devil wouldn't make any more of drownding us than a couple of cats, if we was to squeak 'bout this
— from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Part 3. by Mark Twain

Batteries sold direct from Philadelphia to all classes of customers after April 1, 1920, carry the single letter branding code, indicating month of manufacture.
— from The Automobile Storage Battery: Its Care And Repair by Otto A. Witte

Production of coffee in the Brazils .—Forty-two years ago the annual crop of coffee in Brazil did not exceed 30,000 bags, and even in 1820 it only reached 100,000 bags.
— from The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

It must be admitted, however, that the revenge, however sure, was slow, for it seldom occurred in less than a couple of centuries!—Napoleon's fate being the only instance of promptitude on this point.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various

To a close observer, certain traces of the French were distinctly discernible in Miss Frances, notably in the large, lustrous eyes, the swarthy complexion, and early maturity of womanhood.
— from A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams

"Try a cup of coffee, it'll soothe you."
— from Commander Lawless V.C. Being the Further Adventures of Frank H. Lawless, Until Recently a Lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy by Rolf Bennett