462 Later, in 1688, the Jews of Amsterdam helped with their credit the expedition of William of Orange against James II; the former in return brought many Jews with him to England.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

From the construction of our armies we could not guarantee this article, but assurances were given that every practical attention would be paid to their wishes; and kine are not absolutely slain within the jurisdiction of any of these Rajput princes.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

[1708] A woman, if she see her neighbour more neat or elegant, richer in tires, jewels, or apparel, is enraged, and like a lioness sets upon her husband, rails at her, scoffs at her, and cannot abide her; so the Roman ladies in Tacitus did at Solonina, Cecinna's wife, [1709] because she had a better horse, and better furniture, as if she had hurt them with it; they were much offended.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Cecrops offered to Jupiter Olympus a sacred cake or boun of this kind.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

When the prince ceased speaking all were gazing merrily at him—even Aglaya; but Lizabetha Prokofievna looked the jolliest of all.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

From the frequency with which this juxtaposition occurs, and from the fact that the two appear to be used largely as convertible terms, we might expect to find that Jin and Jĕmbalang were mere synonyms, both applicable to similar classes of spirits.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

That I might the more perfectly enjoy the possession of my amiable partner, who could no longer brook the thoughts of another separation, peace was no sooner re-established than I obtained leave to resign my commission, and I wholly devoted myself to the joys of a domestic life.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

With regard to his worth and virtue, I trusted not to the judgment of any other, but to that of thy words and of mine own eyes.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

In the case of Dr. Strachan—the voice that to-day would be heard in the pulpit, offering counsel and advice as to the application of sacred principles to life and conduct, in the presence of all the civil functionaries of the country, from Sir Peregrine Maitland to Mr. Chief Constable Higgins; from Chief Justice Powell to the usher of his court, Mr. Thomas Phipps; from Mr. Speaker Sherwood or McLean to Peter Shaver, Peter Perry, and the other popular representatives of the Commons in Parliament;—the voice that to-day would be heard in the desk leading liturgically the devotions of the same mixed multitude—to-morrow was to be heard by portions, large or small, of the same audience, amidst very different surroundings, in other quarters; by some of them, for example, at the Executive Council Board, giving a lucid judgment on a point of governmental policy, or in the Chamber of the Legislative Assembly, delivering a studied oration on a matter touching the interests and well-being of the whole population of the country, or reading an elaborate original report on the same or some cognate question, to be put forth as the judgment of a committee: or elsewhere, the same voice might be heard at a meeting for patriotic purposes; at the meeting of a Hospital, Educational, or other important secular Tr
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

The long procession that leads to the distant goal is reunited afresh in every generation: and to-day millions have found the joy of a life centered round the words of the Master, 'Repent', 'Follow Me.'" A distinguished mathematician who is at the same time a very well-known physical scientist declared not long since that the formula for happiness may be expressed as follows: h = g/w In this, h stands for the amount of individual happiness and is equal to what the individual has got, g, divided by w, what he wants.
— from Religion And Health by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

A FRAGMENT FROM THE JOURNAL OF AN AMERICAN TRAVELLER.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 342, April, 1844 by Various

October is a better month than July or August; then we always have northerly or north-west winds.
— from Charlie Bell, The Waif of Elm Island by Elijah Kellogg

Near the place where Jesus was crucified was a garden belonging to Joseph of Arimathea, and in the side of the rocky hill was a cave which Joseph had hollowed out for his own tomb.
— from Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old A Complete Life of Christ Written in Simple Language, Based on the Gospel Narrative by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

But I had been hard with her, not in the matter of the jewels only, and I was disposed to meet her on a point, for all that I was sure she bullied the girl.
— from The High Toby Being further chapters in the life and fortunes of Dick Ryder, otherwise Galloping Dick, sometime gentleman of the road by H. B. Marriott (Henry Brereton Marriott) Watson

When you dress the bisk take a large silver dish, set it on the fire, lay therein slices of French bread, and steep it with a ladle full of the corbolion, then take up the great carp and lay him in the midst of the dish, range the twelve heads about the carp, then lay the fearse of the carp, lay that into the oysters, milts, and tongues, and pour on the liquor wherein the fearse was boil’d, wring in the juyce of a lemon and two oranges, and serve it very hot to the table.
— from The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery by Robert May

Attention has already been called to the fact that the valley of the Jordan occupies a depressed or sunken region far below the level of the Mediterranean and the Red Seas.
— from The Wonder Book of Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Edwin J. (Edwin James) Houston

The awkward, uncouth wickedness of remote country-places, where culture has died out after the first crop, is about as disagreeable as the ranker and richer vice of city life, forced by artificial heat and the juices of an overfed civilization.
— from My Summer in a Garden by Charles Dudley Warner

"Les Contes Drolatiques" is an acknowledged masterpiece, and is not nearly so free spoken as "Lear" or "Hamlet" or "Tom Jones" or "Anthony and Cleopatra."
— from Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1 by Frank Harris