From this price it seems to have fallen gradually to two ounces of silver, equal to about ten shillings of our present money, the price at which we find it estimated in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and at which it seems to have continued to be estimated till about 1570.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

But upon the expiration of the term, the monopoly ought certainly to determine; the forts and garrisons, if it was found necessary to establish any, to be taken into the hands of government, their value to be paid to the company, and the trade to be laid open to all the subjects of the state.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Accordingly, Anexagoras, Thales, and men of that stamp, people call Scientific, but not Practically Wise because they see them ignorant of what concerns themselves; and they say that what they know is quite out of the common run certainly, and wonderful, and hard, and very fine no doubt, but still useless because they do not seek after what is good for them as men.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Their clustering locks are of gold, and of gold their attire; their striped cloaks glitter, and their milk-white necks are entwined with gold.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

It was about this time, a balmy morning of July, that Sybil, tempted by the soft sunshine, and a longing for the sight of flowers and turf and the spread of winding waters, went forth from her gloomy domicile to those beautiful gardens that bloom in that once melancholy region of marsh, celebrated in old days only for its Dutch canal and its Chinese bridge, and now not unworthy of the royal park that incloses them..
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

There is no necessity for him to seek out subjects difficult of access, in order to escape a crowd of rivals; the common objects of life will give him material for new theories at once serious and true; and the service he renders will be appreciated by all those—and they form a great part of mankind—who know the facts of which he treats.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

The shortest way, therefore, to prevent heresies is to instruct in all truths; and the surest way to refute them is to declare them all.
— from Pascal's Pensées by Blaise Pascal

These acquisitions were confirmed by a treaty of peace with the emperor Alexius: his fear of Robert compelled him to seek the friendship of Soliman; and it was not till after the sultan's death that he extended as far as Nicomedia, about sixty miles from Constantinople, the eastern boundary of the Roman world.
— 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

Under this name too, they were used with great effect as a means of taming refractory children, so that at the sight of poor Miss Anne's sallow face, several small urchins had a terrified sense that she was cognizant of all their worst misdemeanours, and knew the precise number of stones with which they had intended to hit Farmer Britton's ducks.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

Mode .—Stone and shred the raisins rather small, chop the suet finely, and rub the bread until all lumps are well broken; pound the spice to powder, cut the candied peel into thin shreds, and mix all these ingredients well together, adding the sugar.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

Running to answer the summons, they saw Innocent at the top of the stairs, a little vision of pale, smiling sweetness, in her white wool wrapper—her hair falling loose over her shoulders.
— from Innocent : her fancy and his fact by Marie Corelli

Dr. Beauregard here called on Plinny to admire the scenery, and, borrowing her sketchbook and pencil, dashed off a bold drawing of Cape Fea as, rounding a little to the westward, we caught sight of it standing out boldly against the afternoon sun.
— from Poison Island by Arthur Quiller-Couch

Both were well on in life before they had transferred their activities to steam railroads.
— from The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States by John Moody

“I know you did it for me, dearest,” she murmured; then she went out, just as her husband came into the house, accompanied by the Treasurer and the Supervisor.
— from The Law of the Bolo by Stanley Portal Hyatt

In her alone, of all that appertained to Simon Slade, there was no deterioration.
— from Ten Nights in a Bar Room by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

During what seemed an age there was no sound except the stertorous breathing of the McCaskeys themselves and the stir of the dogs outside.
— from The Winds of Chance by Rex Beach

Thereupon, as the sheriff asked the reason he had for believing such a thing, Maurice started in to explain.
— from The House Boat Boys; Or, Drifting Down to the Sunny South by St. George Rathborne

They relate their errand to the earl and his wife Ingebjorg, and tell how the king's daughter had oft spoken to the Swedish king about a peace between him and King Olaf the Thick, and that she was a great friend of King Olaf; but that the Swedish king flew into a passion every time she named Olaf, so that she had no hopes of any peace.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson