And to knit up this argument, King Edgar in his charter to the abbey of Malmesbury, dated the year of Christ 974, hath words to this effect: “All the monasteries in my realm, to the outward sight, are nothing but worm-eaten and rotten timber and boards, and that worse is, within they are almost empty, and void of Divine service.”
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

They forthwith quarrel among themselves, and kill each other, with the exception of five who assist Cadmus in building the city of Thebes.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

Since however these hold on to the name more than the other Ionians, let them be called, if they will, the Ionians of truly pure descent; but in fact all are Ionians who have their descent from Athens and who keep the feast of Apaturia; and this all keep except the men of Ephesos and Colophon: for these alone of all the Ionians do not keep the Apaturia, and that on the ground of some murder committed.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Again, the Aino keep eagles in cages, worship them as divinities, and ask them to defend the people from evil.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

So that if Madam How has been a rough and hasty workwoman in pumping her treasures up out of her mine with her great steam-pumps, she shows herself delicate and tender and kindly enough in giving them away afterwards.
— from Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children by Charles Kingsley

A certain sad smile, passing over his rough features, gave them a kindly expression which inspired confidence at first sight.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

There are lovelier parks than this in the neighborhood of London, richer scenes of greensward and cultivated trees; and Kensington, especially, in a summer afternoon, has seemed to me as delightful as any place can or ought to be, in a world which, some time or other, we must quit.
— from Our Old Home: A Series of English Sketches by Nathaniel Hawthorne

[Pg 39] or two, and kept Ewell busy, as he always feared lest some one would get under fire before him.
— from Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War by Richard Taylor

There 's no glory in capturing one of those calf elephants who walk into the snare out of pure stupidity; but to catch an old experienced creature who has been hunted scores of times, and knows every scheme and artifice, every bait and every pitfall, there is a real triumph in that.” “Do I represent one of the calf elephants, then?” “I cannot think so.
— from Barrington. Volume 1 (of 2) by Charles James Lever

These organs, which Gosse terms harpes (or grappling irons), are found in the Papilionidæ and are very beautiful and varied, taking the forms of projecting claws, hooks, pikes, swords, knobs, and strange combinations of these, commonly brought to a keen edge and then cut into sharp teeth.
— from Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women by Havelock Ellis

" "But I'll be more beautiful than the most beautiful," persisted poor little Elsie; "and I'll be big, too, and know everybody's secrets.
— from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge