Por eso no han podido sacarme de aquí los muchos amigos que tengo en Madrid; por eso vivo en la dulce compañía
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

I granted, for the sake of argument, as you will remember, that evil might perhaps escape the knowledge of Gods and men, although this was really impossible.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

The House of Commons in an address to the throne in 1712 complained that— "The service at sea hath been carried on through the whole course of the war in a manner highly disadvantageous to your Majesty's kingdom, for the necessity requiring that great fleets should be fitted [218] out every year for maintaining a superiority in the Mediterranean and for opposing any force which the enemy might prepare either at Dunkirk or in the ports of west France; your Majesty's readiness, in fitting out your proportion of ships for all parts of that service, hath not prevailed with Holland, which has been greatly deficient every year in proportion to what your Majesty hath furnished....
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

[444] "Otras vezes presentaba para Obispos Canonigos tan particulares i presbiteros tan apartados no solo de tal esperança, mas pensamiento en si mismos, i en la comun opinion, que la cedula de su presentacion no admitia su rezelo de ser engañados ó burlados.
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second King of Spain, Vol. 3 And Biographical & Critical Miscellanies by William Hickling Prescott

Two African negroes and my servant, a native of Quito, were almost frantic with fear; but the two Esmeraldeños, my palanqueros, expressed no other emotion than that of sorrow, at not being prepared to kill them, and to smoke their flesh, which, certainly, if as good eating as that of other snakes which I had several times tasted, was a great loss to them.
— from Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

A few days later the Emperor, Michael Palæologus, entered in triumph.
— from Constantinople: The Story of the Old Capital of the Empire by William Holden Hutton

On the heights of Jaroslav the Emperor met Prince Eitel Friedrich, and then, from several points of observation, for hours followed with keen attention the progress of the battle for the crossing."
— from History of the World War: An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by Richard Joseph Beamish

The excellent Mr. Potswood endured agonies of suspense, though he also insisted that Mason's wishes must be observed exactly.
— from The Red Triangle: Being Some Further Chronicles of Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison

No, it is husky by reason of a cold which, despite certain woolen nightcaps wherewith the excellent Madam Plauche equipped him for the field, he has contracted in sleeping damply among the stubble and the river fogs.
— from When Men Grew Tall, or The Story of Andrew Jackson by Alfred Henry Lewis

There is no sign of the great proprietors making large capital outlays in order to render their estates more productive, except in the way of the trifling expenditure entailed by fencing, hedging, and ditching.
— from The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century by R. H. (Richard Henry) Tawney

On the departure of the Empress many persons expected a popular movement in favour of a change of Government, but the capital remained tranquil.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various