The number of these peaceful bandits and robbers is beyond all reckoning! Shouldn’t we send for the gypsies now?
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Pope Julius the Second was assisted in reaching the papacy by a reputation for liberality, yet he did not strive afterwards to keep it up, when he made war on the King of France; and he made many wars without imposing any extraordinary tax on his subjects, for he supplied his additional expenses out of his long thriftiness.
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

In another, it takes place between a rotary drum covered with a steel plate punched with vertical bulbs, and a chilled iron hulling-plate with pyramidal teeth cast on the plate.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Plenty of women, offended with a lover whom they still love, form an attachment with the man, of whom he has shown himself jealous, and the play becomes a reality.
— from On Love by Stendhal

Throw away the pocket book, and run off, as they call out "stop thief." DUMPLIN.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

The old man took a young tree, put it in a hole, drove in a post beside it, and when he had shovelled in some earth and had trampled it firmly down, he tied the stem of the tree above, below, and in the middle, fast to the post by a rope of straw.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

The princess blushed, and raised her arms with a gesture of despair.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

[438] Eternal fire : As always, the character of the place and of the punishment bears a relation to the crimes of the inhabitants.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

This declaration was followed by a plentiful shower of tears, which the father could not behold with unmoistened eyes, although he reviled her with marks of uncommon displeasure; and turning to the Count, “I appeal to you, sir,” said he, “whether I have not reason to curse the undutiful obstinacy of that pert baggage, and renounce her for ever as an alien to my blood.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Even if we admit the physical basis, and resolve all virtue into health of body ‘ la façon que notre sang circule ,’ still on merely physical grounds we must come back to ideas.
— from The Republic of Plato by Plato

Their palace became a royal home during the reign of Henry VIII., and was at one time occupied by his children Edward, Mary and Elizabeth.
— from Hertfordshire by Herbert W. (Herbert Winckworth) Tompkins

Now and then he made short excursions out into the prairie; but always returned again, and regarded me afresh, as though determined not to lose sight of me for any length of time.
— from The War Trail: The Hunt of the Wild Horse by Mayne Reid

In this circumstance originated one of the striking peculiarities of the High Level Bridge, which serves two purposes, being a railway above and a carriage roadway underneath.
— from Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles

Nor does she think it necessary, by feigned excuses, to delay the pleasure, which she is able to afford; but willingly enhances that pleasure by a ready and cheerful compliance.
— from The Boarding School; Lessons of a Preceptress to Her Pupils Consisting of Information, Instruction and Advice, Calculated to Improve the Manners and Form the Character of Young Ladies. To Which Is Added, a Collection of Letters, Written by the Pupils to Their Instructress, Their Friends, and Each Other. by Hannah Webster Foster

"I'm not feeling very well." "Have some more stew!" Ray slapped Dick's arm and cried, "Don't tease the poor boy!" "All right," Dick extended his hand.
— from Tahara Among African Tribes by Harold M. (Harold Morrow) Sherman

He was as gentle as a girl, this savage warrior—but when she recalled his features, she remembered the stern look that came into his face when he was serious, she grew thoughtful and wandered slowly down the path, biting a rose-leaf delicately with her small white teeth and thinking many things; most of all, how she might be revenged upon Atossa for what she had suffered that morning.
— from Marzio's Crucifix, and Zoroaster by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

The proprietor, being angry, rescued the accordion roughly; whereupon Anne pouted and cast appealing glances on her friends.
— from Blazed Trail Stories, and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White