After this their happiness depends upon their self-control; if the better elements of the mind which lead to order and philosophy prevail, then they pass their life here in happiness and harmony—masters of themselves and orderly—enslaving the vicious and emancipating the virtuous elements of the soul; and when the end comes, they are light and winged for flight, having conquered in one of the three heavenly or truly Olympian victories; nor can human discipline or divine inspiration confer any greater blessing on man than this.
— from Phaedrus by Plato

"Their oars our king's men handle well, One stroke is all the eye can tell: All level o'er the water rise; The girls look on in sweet surprise.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

The boy set out with this letter; but he lost his way, and in the evening came to a large forest.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

7: چشم تو خدنگ از سپر جان گذراند "thine eye causes the arrow (lit.
— from The Influence of India and Persia on the Poetry of Germany by Arthur F. J. Remy

In the annals of the next century, among the early contributors to Arabic literature, we meet with the names of Jews as translators of medical, mathematical, and astronomical works, and as grammarians, astronomers, scientists, and physicians.
— from Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles

The explosion carried them away like grains of dust into the abyss of universal doubt.
— from The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 1 by Alfred de Musset

"I have to advise you, General, that the enemy crossed the Adige last night at Anghiari, near Porto Legnago; I do not know in what strength; but we must be prepared, for it is quite likely we shall be attacked to-night: do not forget, I beg you, to warn General Miollis; tell him to send out a reconnoitring party by Castellaro—or at all events near Due-Castelli.—Faithfully yours, SERRURIER."
— from My Memoirs, Vol. I, 1802 to 1821 by Alexandre Dumas

These will be gladly sent free of charge, for the purpose of distribution or exhibition, to anyone interested in recruiting among football players and the enormous crowds that attend League Matches.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 4, 1914 by Various

Accordingly it is not injustice or malice with which the economists charge these abhorred laws, but stupidity, inexpediency.
— from System of Economical Contradictions; Or, The Philosophy of Misery by P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) Proudhon

[pg 121] in a former chapter], it is extremely difficult to maintain this expedient consistently throughout a lengthy novel.
— from Materials and Methods of Fiction With an Introduction by Brander Matthews by Clayton Meeker Hamilton

Nothing was read but the ecclesiastic commonplace of a pedantic age; and in the schools kept by the clergy before the eighteenth century the ancient language was taught only as a means of imparting divinity.
— from A History of Modern Europe, 1792-1878 by Charles Alan Fyffe

The girl who was reading was not particularly well-trained, but there were passion and pathos in her voice as she told the story of the eaglet, chained to a log for fear it might fall if permitted to attempt to fly.
— from An American Suffragette by Isaac Newton Stevens