Nor were Prusias and Mithridates far behind these in liberality; nor the princes Lysanias, Olympichus, and Lymnaeas, Other princes. who were at that time in power in different parts of Asia; and as for states that, according to their several abilities contributed to their assistance, it would be difficult to reckon their number.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

In the fourth voyage the merciless satire is carried out to its logical conclusion.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

57 My informant preferred EARTH to ERTH ,—for the reason, he said, “that it looked more sensible!”
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

The poets of the age have celebrated the rare alliance of nature and art, the harmony of the nymphs of the groves, the fountains, and the waves: yet the crowd of attendants who followed the court complained of their inconvenient lodgings, 109 and the nymphs were too often alarmed by the famous Porphyrio, a whale of ten cubits in breadth, and thirty in length, who was stranded at the mouth of the River Sangaris, after he had infested more than half a century the seas of Constantinople.
— 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

“But allow me to tell you, monsieur,” continued the citizen, “that I am convinced that there is less love than politics in all this.”
— from The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

When a Girl is safely brought from her Nurse, before she is capable of forming one simple Notion of any thing in Life, she is delivered to the Hands of her Dancing-Master; and with a Collar round her Neck, the pretty wild Thing is taught a fantastical Gravity of Behaviour, and forced to a particular Way of holding her Head, heaving her Breast, and moving with her whole Body; and all this under Pain of never having an Husband, if she steps, looks, or moves awry.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Krishna is of the Indu line of Budha, whom he worshipped prior to his own deification.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

The long afternoon dragged its weary way toward darkness, and still the imaginary legions charged and retreated.
— from Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

They travel in large packs, a solitary one being seldom seen.
— from The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston

When the mechanical work is done thoroughly the chemical work is also thorough, and the test for thoroughness is loss of taste.
— from No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes by Rupert H. Wheldon

LA GALLINA THE HEN Io vi domando se si può trovare I leave it to you: is there a Un più bravo animal della gallina.
— from The Montessori Elementary Material The Advanced Montessori Method by Maria Montessori

His skin is of a texture that perfectly resists the bite of a dog; his hinder parts are protected by thick and shaggy hair, while his immense tail is large enough to cover his whole body.”
— from Travels and adventures in South and Central America. First series Life in the Llanos of Venezuela by Ramón Páez

I must confess were we sure the Fallacy wou’d not be detected, and that we shou’d not lie under Suspicion of it, we might gain our point; for provided the Paint do not rub off, good Colouring may serve a present turn as well as a true Complection: But there is little reason to hope for this, because of what was just now mention’d, and for other Reasons that might be added.
— from A serious proposal to the Ladies, for the advancement of their true and greatest interest (In Two Parts) by Mary Astell

The machine turned back to its lustrous silver color and there was a low hum as it righted itself gracefully then swung around, into the center of the clearing to get a better focus on them.
— from The Happy Man by Gerald W. Page