But the sacred bulls, the one called Apis and the other Mnevis, were dedicated to Osiris, and it was ordained that they should be worshipped as gods in common by all the Egyptians, since these animals above all others had helped the discoverers of corn in sowing the seed and procuring the universal benefits of agriculture.”
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

He used to tell his story to every stranger that arrived at Mr. Doolittle’s hotel.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

Proximity to the sea, facility of communication, a rich soil, a healthy and propitious climate; nothing is wanting to ensure success to an industrious and enterprising agriculturist.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

It is truly enough said that a corporation has no conscience; but a corporation of conscientious men is a corporation with a conscience.
— from On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

For the usurper forsook them all, but the Emperor saved them all.
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 1 by Emperor of Rome Julian

But maybe," and her face lighted up with a bright smile, "maybe, Aria, the spell, or whatever it is, is going to be broken," and though the elder sister trembled a little at the words, she, too, felt a curious thrill of pleasant excitement.
— from Fairies Afield by Mrs. Molesworth

Might not 4 and 5 be allowed to plead guilty, and be thereupon either sentenced to a fine carrying with it disfranchisement, or released on recognisances, to come up for judgment when called upon (this also to involve disfranchisement), while 6 might be subjected to disfranchisement alone?
— from Lord Milner's Work in South Africa From its Commencement in 1897 to the Peace of Vereeniging in 1902 by W. Basil (William Basil) Worsfold

If they did not stop at the surface of things, if they even suspected that appearances hid intangible realities, they would doubtless be a little more modest.
— from Urania by Camille Flammarion

The announcement that here are they who keep the commandments of God, implies that, at the epoch symbolized, they are to be the subjects of special notice.
— from A Brief Commentary on the Apocalypse by Sylvester Bliss

, Sir James Dewar, an old friend of the elder Stevenson, tells a story which would have touched R. L. S. infinitely had he heard it.
— from The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. 23 by Robert Louis Stevenson

In this they followed the examples set them ages before.
— from The Ceramic Art A Compendium of The History and Manufacture of Pottery and Porcelain by Jennie J. Young

So frightened were the natives at the greatness of the English ships that at first they ran away, half-dead with fear.
— from A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by M. B. (Margaret Bertha) Synge