Every national history, to be complete, must, in a certain sense, be the history of Europe; there is no knowing to how remote a quarter it may be necessary to trace our most domestic events; from a country, how apparently disconnected, may originate the impulse which gives its direction to the whole course of affairs.
— 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

And in particular, let us not forget India, that sacred soil, that cradle of the human race, at any rate of the race to which we belong, where first Mohammedans, and later Christians, were most cruelly infuriated against the followers of the original belief of mankind; and the eternally lamentable, wanton, and cruel destruction and disfigurement of the most ancient temples and images, still show traces of the monotheistic rage of the Mohammedans, as it was carried on from Marmud the Ghaznevid of accursed memory, down to Aureng Zeb, the fratricide, whom later the Portuguese Christians faithfully tried to imitate by destroying the temples and the auto da fé of the inquisition at Goa.
— from Essays of Schopenhauer by Arthur Schopenhauer

He cries and screams and runs away; The hare runs after him all day And hears him call out everywhere: "Help!
— from Struwwelpeter: Merry Stories and Funny Pictures by Heinrich Hoffmann

"Yes, she is innocent," said the eldest brother; and then he related all that had taken place; and while he spoke there rose in the air a fragrance as from millions of roses.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The hero told his race and name: “Two Warriors, nobly bred, are we,
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

He was four years totally confined,—part of it to his bed, and all of it to his room: and in the course of his cure, which was all that time in hand, suffer’d unspeakable miseries,—owing to a succession of exfoliations from the os pubis, and the outward edge of that part of the coxendix called the os illium, ——both which bones were dismally crush’d, as much by the irregularity of the stone, which I told you was broke off the parapet,—as by its size,—(tho’ it was pretty large) which inclined the surgeon all along to think, that the great injury which it had done my uncle Toby ’s groin, was more owing to the gravity of the stone itself, than to the projectile force of it,—which he would often tell him was a great happiness.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

The betel-nut presented on these occasions [ 367 ] would be wrapped up in a gradation of three beautifully worked cloths, not unlike “D’oyleys” in general appearance, whilst the actual engagement ceremony in former days is said to have received additional interest and formality from the recital of verses appropriate to the occasion by chosen representatives of each party.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

In order to obtain a complete idea of this sitting of the Tenth Arrondissement, we must picture the great Hall of the Mairie, a sort of parallelogram, lighted on the right by four or five windows overlooking the courtyard; on the left, along the wall, furnished with several rows of benches which had been hastily brought thither, on which were piled up the three hundred Representatives, assembled together by chance.
— from The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness by Victor Hugo

As I now recall the impression they made upon me, they did not at the moment seem to be sad because of the loss of property, but rather because of parting with those whom they had reared and who were in many ways very close to them.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

We let the halyards run, and fortunately were not taken aback.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

No, the day before, I think,” he replied, as if fog or no fog were not a matter of special importance.
— from Blanche: A Story for Girls by Mrs. Molesworth

But in autumn, when other trees have reached a state of utter rest, the witch hazel wakes and bursts into bloom.
— from Trees Worth Knowing by Julia Ellen Rogers

He went through his routine automatically, his mind a thing of terror.
— from The Giants From Outer Space by Robert W. Krepps

The man in red ascended the steps, while the servant’s face receded inch by inch, so that he resembled a discreet dog backing sulkily into his kennel.
— from Mad Barbara by Warwick Deeping

During his year of office he seems to have ruled almost supreme and almost alone.
— from The Commentaries of Cæsar by Anthony Trollope

This he regarded as an odious monument which perpetuated warfare, hatred among nations, and the false, dearly purchased, sanguineous glory of conquerors.
— from The Three Cities Trilogy: Paris, Volume 5 by Émile Zola

Toledo has remained as the Moors built it, a tortuous network of cobbled alleys, as was most fitting in a city built upon rock, scorched by sun in summer, and in winter swept with icy winds.
— from Things seen in Spain by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

This it is that has raised all the dust."
— from The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Richard Clynton

Come then with me to the time of His birth, remembering that before that birth took place upon earth, the deities had been to Viṣhṇu in the higher regions, and had asked Him to interfere in order that earth might be lightened of her load, that the oppression of the incarnate Daityas might be stayed; and then Viṣhṇu said to the Gods: Go ye and incarnate yourselves in portions among men, go ye and take birth amid humanity.
— from Avatâras Four lectures delivered at the twenty-fourth anniversary meeting of the Theosophical Society at Adyar, Madras, December, 1899 by Annie Besant