Yet the emperor Maurice enjoyed the glory of restoring the Persian monarch to his throne; his lieutenants waged a doubtful war against the Avars of the Danube; and he cast an eye of pity, of ineffectual pity, on the abject and distressful state of his Italian provinces.
— 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

To render the poor virtuous, they must be employed, and women in the middle rank of life did they not ape the fashions of the nobility, without catching their ease, might employ them, whilst they themselves managed their families, instructed their children, and exercised their own minds.
— from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft

Among the people of Gortyn, again, the elder men espoused the side of Cnossus, the younger that of Lyttos, and so were in opposition to each other.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

During a busy period of three months, the emperor tried every method, except the most effectual means of indifference and contempt, to reconcile this theological quarrel.
— 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

Two examples may establish this.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Lend to each man enough, that one need not lend to another; for were your god-heads to borrow of men, men would forsake the gods.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Whenever the train halted, I listened for the roar; and was constantly straining my eyes in the direction where I knew the Falls must be, from seeing the river rolling on towards them; every moment expecting to behold the spray.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

With much talk to this effect Marcius excited the young men, with whom he was influential, and nearly all the richer classes, who loudly declared that he was the only man in the State who was insensible both to force and to flattery.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

Navassa Island: raised coral and limestone plateau, flat to undulating; ringed by vertical white cliffs (9 to 15 m high) Nepal: Terai or flat river plain of the Ganges in south, central hill region, rugged Himalayas in north Netherlands: mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast Netherlands Antilles: generally hilly, volcanic interiors New Caledonia: coastal plains with interior mountains New Zealand: predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains Nicaragua: extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes Niger: predominately desert plains and sand dunes; flat to rolling plains in south; hills in north Nigeria: southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in southeast, plains in north Niue: steep limestone cliffs along coast, central plateau Norfolk Island: volcanic formation with mostly rolling plains Northern Mariana Islands: southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; northern islands are volcanic Norway: glaciated; mostly high plateaus and rugged mountains broken by fertile valleys; small, scattered plains; coastline deeply indented by fjords; arctic tundra in north Oman: central desert plain, rugged mountains in north and south Pacific Ocean: surface currents in the northern Pacific are dominated by a clockwise, warm-water gyre (broad circular system of currents) and in the southern Pacific by a counterclockwise, cool-water gyre; in the northern Pacific, sea ice forms in the Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk in winter; in the southern Pacific, sea ice from Antarctica reaches its northernmost extent in October; the ocean floor in the eastern Pacific is dominated by the East Pacific Rise, while the western Pacific is dissected by deep trenches, including the Mariana Trench, which is the world's deepest Pakistan: flat Indus plain in east; mountains in north and northwest; Balochistan plateau in west Palau: varying geologically from the high, mountainous main island of Babelthuap to low, coral islands usually fringed by large barrier reefs Palmyra Atoll: very low Panama: interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills Papua New Guinea: mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills Paracel Islands: mostly low and flat Paraguay: grassy plains and wooded hills east of Rio Paraguay; Gran Chaco region west of Rio Paraguay mostly low, marshy plain near the river, and dry forest and thorny scrub elsewhere Peru: western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva) Philippines: mostly mountains with narrow to extensive coastal lowlands Pitcairn Islands: rugged volcanic formation; rocky coastline with cliffs Poland: mostly flat plain; mountains along southern border Portugal: mountainous north of the Tagus River, rolling plains in south Puerto Rico: mostly mountains, with coastal plain belt in north; mountains precipitous to sea on west coast; sandy beaches along most coastal areas Qatar: mostly flat and barren desert covered with loose sand and gravel Reunion: mostly rugged and mountainous; fertile lowlands along coast Romania: central Transylvanian Basin is separated from the Plain of Moldavia on the east by the Carpathian Mountains and separated from the Walachian Plain on the south by the Transylvanian Alps Russia: broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains along southern border regions Rwanda: mostly grassy uplands and hills; relief is mountainous with altitude declining from west to east Saint Helena: Saint Helena - rugged, volcanic; small scattered plateaus and plains note: the other islands of the group have a volcanic origin Saint Kitts and Nevis: volcanic with mountainous interiors Saint Lucia: volcanic and mountainous with some broad, fertile valleys Saint Pierre and Miquelon: mostly barren rock Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: volcanic, mountainous Samoa: narrow coastal plain with volcanic, rocky, rugged mountains in interior San Marino: rugged mountains Sao Tome and Principe: volcanic, mountainous Saudi Arabia: mostly uninhabited, sandy desert Senegal: generally low, rolling, plains rising to foothills in southeast Seychelles: Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs Sierra Leone: coastal belt of mangrove swamps, wooded hill country, upland plateau, mountains in east Singapore: lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve Slovakia: rugged mountains in the central and northern part and lowlands in the south Slovenia: a short coastal strip on the Adriatic, an alpine mountain region adjacent to Italy and Austria, mixed mountain and valleys with numerous rivers to the east Solomon Islands: mostly rugged mountains with some low coral atolls Somalia: mostly flat to undulating plateau rising to hills in north South Africa: vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged hills and narrow coastal plain South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: most of the islands, rising steeply from the sea, are rugged and mountainous; South Georgia is largely barren and has steep, glacier-covered mountains; the South Sandwich Islands are of volcanic origin with some active volcanoes Southern Ocean: the Southern Ocean is deep, 4,000 to 5,000 meters over most of its extent with only limited areas of shallow water; the Antarctic continental shelf is generally narrow and unusually deep - its edge lying at depths of 400 to 800 meters (the global mean is 133 meters); the Antarctic icepack grows from an average minimum of 2.6 million square kilometers in March to about 18.8 million square kilometers in September, better than a sixfold increase in area; the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (21,000 km in length) moves perpetually eastward; it is the world's largest ocean current, transporting 130 million cubic meters of water per second - 100 times the flow of all the world's rivers Spain: large, flat to dissected plateau surrounded by rugged hills; Pyrenees in north Spratly Islands: flat Sri Lanka: mostly low, flat to rolling plain; mountains in south-central interior Sudan: generally flat, featureless plain; mountains in east and west Suriname: mostly rolling hills; narrow coastal plain with swamps Svalbard: wild, rugged mountains; much of high land ice covered; west coast clear of ice about one-half of the year; fjords along west and north coasts Swaziland: mostly mountains and hills; some moderately sloping plains Sweden: mostly flat or gently rolling lowlands; mountains in west Switzerland: mostly mountains (Alps in south, Jura in northwest) with a central plateau of rolling hills, plains, and large lakes Syria: primarily semiarid and desert plateau; narrow coastal plain; mountains in west Tajikistan: Pamir and Alay mountains dominate landscape; western Fergana Valley in north, Kofarnihon and Vakhsh Valleys in southwest Tanzania: plains along coast; central plateau; highlands in north, south Thailand: central plain; Khorat Plateau in the east; mountains elsewhere Togo: gently rolling savanna in north; central hills; southern plateau; low coastal plain with extensive lagoons and marshes Tokelau: low-lying coral atolls enclosing large lagoons Tonga: most islands have limestone base formed from uplifted coral formation; others have limestone overlying volcanic base Trinidad and Tobago: mostly plains with some hills and low mountains Tromelin Island: low, flat, and
— from The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Then, too, I wish to earn money enough to enable me to finish my education.
— from Overshadowed: A Novel by Sutton E. (Sutton Elbert) Griggs

Original THERE is no species of humor in which the English more excel than that which consists in caricaturing and giving ludicrous appellations or nicknames.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

The pasture in which they feed, the banquet of which they partake are nothing else than the love and friendship of God which nourishes and refreshes their spirits when to every mortal eye they seem destitute, abandoned and alone.
— from The Shepherd Of My Soul by Charles J. (Charles Jerome) Callan

The earlier mathematicians expended their labour on the determination of the dynamics of a system which consisted of rigid bodies.
— from The Story of the Heavens by Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

Well, in less than five minutes the horrible thing there at the table, the eyeless monster, executed thirteen such—and they would pass current as splendid specimens of ‘Spirit art.’
— from The Wonderful Story of Ravalette by Paschal Beverly Randolph

Lend to each man enough, that one need not lend to another; for, were your god—heads to borrow of men, men would forsake the gods.
— from The Life of Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare

It is fair to suppose that every man, even the weakest, would possess a character, if it were not too difficult in this world to keep it.
— from Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach

By day the streets of the city presented a scene of turmoil and activity, for it seemed as though City workers clung to their old habit of going there each morning, even though their workshops, offices, and warehouses were closed.
— from The Invasion of 1910, with a full account of the siege of London by William Le Queux