As to those whose hearts, when interrogated, reply that they have never been proud of the virtue of virginity, widowhood, or matrimonial chastity, but, condescending to those of low estate, rejoiced with trembling in these gifts of God, and that they have never envied any one the like excellences of sanctity and purity, but rose superior to human applause, which is wont to be abundant in proportion to the rarity of the virtue applauded, and rather desired that their own number be increased, than that by the smallness of their numbers each of them should be conspicuous;—even such faithful women, I say, must not complain that permission was given to the barbarians so grossly to outrage them; nor must they allow themselves to believe that God overlooked their character when He permitted acts which no one with impunity commits.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Until of considerable size the pigs practically made their own living, eating roots and mast in the woods, and they did not require much grain except during fattening time.
— from George Washington: Farmer Being an Account of His Home Life and Agricultural Activities by Paul Leland Haworth

Councell of Japon, we humbly take our leaves, ever restinge Your Highnes servants to comand, Joseph Cockram .
— from Diary of Richard Cocks, Volume 2 Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan, 1615-1622, with Correspondence by Richard Cocks

This one little experience rather discouraged our travelling companion.
— from In Pastures New by George Ade

The skill of the naturalist consists in detecting the difference between the two, so that he may not take the more superficial features as the basis of his classification, instead of those important ones which, though often less easily recognized, are more deeply rooted in the organization.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Accustomed to control royal personages, under the garb of extreme obsequiousness, he began, in his intercourse with those of less exalted rank, to omit a portion of the subserviency while claiming a still more undisguised authority.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) by John Lothrop Motley

The buccaneers can be secured below, before these other lads ever realize what is happening—many will be asleep in the forecastle.
— from Wolves of the Sea Being a Tale of the Colonies from the Manuscript of One Geoffry Carlyle, Seaman, Narrating Certain Strange Adventures Which Befell Him Aboard the Pirate Craft "Namur" by Randall Parrish

Could it be possible that under the sting of rejection he had made his grotesque threat of languishing effacement real?
— from Selected Stories of Bret Harte by Bret Harte

This story was formerly told of Lady Elizabeth Russell, whose richly decorated tomb is in St. Edmund's chapel.
— from The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers by Steele, Richard, Sir