Its price must depend on the number of persons by whom it may be acquired and used; on the extent of the market; and consequently on the ease or difficulty of remote exportation, according to the nature of the commodity, its local situation, and the temporary circumstances of the 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

He will be able to tear men from their work and their homes, to seize great scientists, great chemists, great inventors—men who may be on the eve of discoveries or remedies destined to rid the human race of the scourge of cancer or the white plague—and send them to death in the marshes of Macedonia or the fastnesses of the Carpathians because some fellow-king or emperor has deceived or outwitted him.
— from Face to Face with Kaiserism by James W. (James Watson) Gerard

Then she raised her eyes and looked at me with the expression of defiance, of recklessness, I had seen in them first on the afternoon when Beauchamp had thrown her.
— from The Romance of a Plain Man by Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

But whenever the kings threw off the yoke of Yahweh and plunged into idolatry, then the evils of despotic Oriental rule made their appearance unchecked.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Deuteronomy by Andrew Harper

The superhuman being, who does not require to eat or drink, or rest, who is always active, and incessantly sensible, has no need of sleep.
— from The Day After Death; Or, Our Future Life According to Science (New Edition) by Louis Figuier

As a surveyor, and now as a messenger between Fort Pitt and His Lordship, the Earl of Dunmore, our royal governor, I had utilized this unique shelter more than once when breaking my journey at the junction of the Monongahela and the Cheat.
— from A Virginia Scout by Hugh Pendexter

This time the colonies avoided the error of disorderly or riotous opposition.
— from Formation of the Union, 1750-1829 by Albert Bushnell Hart

At the same time he promised the man he would take all the responsibility in the event of detection or re-capture.
— from The Trials of the Soldier's Wife A Tale of the Second American Revolution by Alex. St. Clair (Alexander St. Clair) Abrams

Any stage of the life-history of a biomorph, whether it is the expression of decorative or religious art, is liable to be infected by heteromorphism.
— from Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

The element of desert or retribution is the basis of the other elements in punishment.
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong