Let these be the regulations about contests in running both for men and women.
— from Laws by Plato

The accentuation of the newly introduced Romanic words thus being in a vacillating state, we easily see how the poets writing at that period in foreign even-beat rhythms, of whom Chaucer may serve as a representative, could use those words with whichever accentuation best suited their need at the moment, admitting the Romanic accentuation chiefly in rhymes, where it afforded them great facilities, and the usual Germanic accentuation mostly in the interior of the line.
— from A History of English Versification by J. (Jakob) Schipper

[6-26] Marcus H. Ray, Gibson's successor as the secretary's adviser on racial affairs, [6-27] stressed the board's ultimate objective to employ manpower without regard to race and called its recommendations "a step in the direction of efficient manpower utilization."
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

Sufficient has probably now been written regarding [Pg 125] the dormant, or recently extinct, volcanic districts of Europe to give the reader a clear idea regarding their nature and physical structure.
— from Volcanoes: Past and Present by Edward Hull

"And what is the reason," asked Cyrus, in reply, "that this Sacian is such a favorite with you?"
— from Cyrus the Great Makers of History by Jacob Abbott

He secured the approval of the emperor, but the other members of the cabinet were so strenuous in their opposition that the emperor decided not to attempt the reform and Count Ignatieff resigned from the ministry.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan

There is one bufflehead among them—no, two; the rest are coots,' I replied.
— from In Search of the Unknown by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

The Roman army continued its retreat along the east bank, and I did not fall into the line of its march until I crossed the Tigris, but Xenophon and the Ten Thousand passed close to Musheidah and came down to the river at Sitace, where they found a bridge of boats.
— from Amurath to Amurath by Gertrude Lowthian Bell

The people still thought that the old chief would give the house to Ramiki, keeping a corner for himself, and that Halmis would leave her brothers by the riverside and come into Ramiki’s house.
— from The Wanderers by Mary Johnston

Germany's reasons for seeking to construct the Baghdad Railway, its branches and connections, to the full extent of the programme laid down, were, not simply the development of new trade routes, as certain inspired representations have sought to make the world believe, and not simply the gain of various other economic advantages, but (1) a desire to increase German influence over Turkey; to strengthen her military and other resources with a view to employing them eventually in the advancement of Germany's own interests; and to ensure the realisation of that eventual Protectorate over Turkey which would convert the country into practically a German province; and (2) the furthering of Germany's aims against Great Britain in the belief that she, too, was a decadent country whose possessions, when we could no longer defend them effectively, Germany would be the more likely to secure for herself if, with a concentration of Turkish forces to assist her, she were established within striking distance of some of the most vulnerable points of the British Empire, ready to take instant advantage of any favourable opportunity that might present itself, whether in a prospective break-up of that Empire or otherwise.
— from The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914 by Edwin A. Pratt