They are entirely given up to willing.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

It obtained its name, according to tradition, in this wise: A young man, called Tudur ap Einion Gloff, used in old times to pasture his master’s sheep in that hollow.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

asked Lebedeff, tipsy and exasperated, going up to Muishkin.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There, on a hot July 4, 1898, to an expectant group under the shady trees, came the telegram announcing the destruction of the Spanish Armada, as it might have come to Queen Elizabeth in 1588; and there, later in the season, came the order summoning Hay to the State Department.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Apparently Mohammed regarded the Jewish and Christian tribes in Arabia as exceptions to the rule that an ethnical group ( ummah ) was at the same time a religious unity.
— from Mohammedanism Lectures on Its Origin, Its Religious and Political Growth, and Its Present State by C. (Christiaan) Snouck Hurgronje

All who heard the play said it was the best we had had of the short ones and remarkably well suited to any entertainment given under the auspices of the church."—
— from Dr. Hardhack's Prescription: A Play for Children in Four Acts by Harriet Beecher Stowe

After having filled his term of office with distinguished honor, he retired to private life; and soon after sunk to an early grave, "unregretting—regretted by all."
— from The Southern Literary Messenger, Vol. I., No. 8, April, 1835 by Various

" "When the brother and sister," replied she, "do not find each other till they are equally grown up and with all perfections, they can easily become lovers of each other, while other sisters have first for many years to conquer the faults of the brother growing up."
— from Titan: A Romance. v. 2 (of 2) by Jean Paul

Daniel and Jim I found at this time very busily engaged in a corner of the room, with a candle on the floor; whilst Daniel was entering in a little book the astonishing estimates given us at the brewery, of the quantity of ale on hand, the size and number of the vats, and the almost incredible quantity consumed in the kingdom each year.
— from Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 2 (of 2) being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection by George Catlin

Eventually, after about five weeks of fierce thrusts, the Battle of Arras came to an end, giving us, it is true, a much improved position in front of Arras, but leaving the main object of the attack unaccomplished.
— from Q.6.a and Other places: Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 by Francis Buckley