His body lies still upon the grave while his spirit goes to a land, exquisite beyond all words, where he comes suddenly upon a stream that he cannot cross.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

do not thou overlook me thy servant, nor do thou proudly reject the suit I make thee; for as I am reduced to a low estate, by the change of fortune, and of a king am become a private man, I stand in need of thy assistance.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

Church vestments and ecclesiastical emblems are symbolism run riot; in fact they are little else: but by no stretch of imagination can these be Page 6 {6} considered heraldic with the exception of the few (for example the crosier, the mitre, and the pallium) which heraldry has appropriated ready made.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Thus it happens that memory may, to a large extent, be made up of complexes.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

In the midst of that severe season they sustained, with inflexible constancy, a siege of fifty-four days; till at length, exhausted by hunger, and satisfied that the vigilance of the enemy, in breaking the ice of the river, left them no hopes of escape, the Franks consented, for the first time, to dispense with the ancient law which commanded them to conquer or to die.
— 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

80 In the midst of that severe season they sustained, with inflexible constancy, a siege of fifty-four days; till at length, exhausted by hunger, and satisfied that the vigilance of the enemy, in breaking the ice of the river, left them no hopes of escape, the Franks consented, for the first time, to dispense with the ancient law which commanded them to conquer or to die.
— 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

It seems explainable only on the hypothesis that a liaison existed between the colored boy and the girl, and the white man knew of it.
— from Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases by Ida B. Wells-Barnett

I want to submit you to a little examination, but I am embarrassed and don't know how to begin.
— from Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

The action of the latter we understand to a large extent; but we do not understand the action of mind, which yet we know from daily experience of ourselves does produce effects in the phenomenal world, often permanent and important effects.
— from Kant's Critique of Judgement by Immanuel Kant

It may be done to a limited extent, but is an exceedingly hazardous experiment.
— from Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Francis M. (Francis Marion) Walters

And I gather from it that to a considerable extent the police department was influenced to tolerate this condition to a large extent by the fact that this was an extraordinary case and that any effort to run the press away might be misconstrued in some manner.
— from Warren Commission (15 of 26): Hearings Vol. XV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

The prominence assigned to the drama in the diversions at the Court of Louis XIV. did much to {348} encourage this department of literature in France, [144] for we are told that the stigma attaching to the stage had to a large extent been wiped away “by the homage of society, the elevation of the theatre to the level of a State institution,” and a remark by Louis XIV.
— from Royalty in All Ages The Amusements, Eccentricities, Accomplishments, Superstitions and Frolics of the Kings and Queens of Europe by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer

The fellow had been starving, said Alexander, and permitted the use of his name to a limited extent, but "might kick" if he heard of the advertisements.
— from Lord Loveland Discovers America by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

[Pg 138] CHAPTER V THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF MYTH Myths can to a large extent be classified, and most important myths may be grouped under one of the following heads: Creation myths (creation of the earth and man).
— from An Introduction to Mythology by Lewis Spence

From its eastern side, these low hills gradually rose to a loftier elevation: but were still thinly timbered, and covered with grass.
— from Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales by John Oxley

It was not, to any great extent, derived from the Greek translations of the Old Testament—often, as Dr. Blass says, slavishly literal—nor from the literary language of the time, but was the spoken Greek of the age to which it belonged, modified by the position and education of the speaker, and also to some extent, though by no means to any large extent, by the Semitic element which, from time to time, discloses itself in the language of the inspired writers.
— from Addresses on the Revised Version of Holy Scripture by C. J. (Charles John) Ellicott

They are in greater abundance in the seminal liquors than in any other parts, or rather, they are less entangled by the inanimate parts.
— from Buffon's Natural History, Volume 03 (of 10) Containing a Theory of the Earth, a General History of Man, of the Brute Creation, and of Vegetables, Minerals, &c. &c. by Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de

On arriving there, he entered without knocking, walked straight to the bed, pushed aside the curtains, and, sitting down beside the astonished lady, entered brusquely into conversation.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 17, April, 1873 to September, 1873 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

A fee of two francs to the Sheik and a franc a piece to the helpers is the regular charge for each p. 198 person; but even the Sheik is not above taking a little extra by way of backsheesh .
— from Reminiscences of Travel in Australia, America, and Egypt by Tangye, Richard, Sir