However, I resolved that I would follow the river up, and not return until I was compelled to do so.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

This we wished to do long ago, when we sent to you on the subject while the peace yet lasted, but were balked by your refusing to receive us; and now, upon the Boeotians inviting us, we at once responded to the call, and decided upon a twofold revolt, from the Hellenes and from the Athenians, not to aid the latter in harming the former, but to join in their liberation, and not to allow the Athenians in the end to destroy us, but to act in time against them.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

It is not in Attica that the war will be decided, as some imagine, but in the countries by which Attica is supported; and the Athenian revenue is drawn from the allies, and will become still larger if they reduce us; as not only will no other state revolt, but our resources will be added to theirs, and we shall be treated worse than those that were enslaved before.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

There cannot be a greater Gratification to a barbarous and inhuman Wit, than to stir up Sorrow in the Heart of a private Person, to raise Uneasiness among near Relations, and to expose whole Families to Derision, at the same time that he remains unseen and undiscovered.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

O, those long, gloomy days, with no object for my eye to rest upon, and no thoughts to occupy my mind, except the dreary past and the uncertain future!
— from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself by Harriet A. (Harriet Ann) Jacobs

There are generally (in the case of the peasantry) three or four thicknesses of these sarongs , but when a rich man ( orang kaya ) dies, as many as seven may be used, each of the seven being made in one long piece, so as to cover the body from the head to the feet, the cloth being of fine [ 398 ] texture, of no recognised colour, but richly interwoven with gold thread, while the body is laid upon a mattress, which in turn rests upon a new mat of pandanus leaf; finally, all but the very poorest display the hangings used on great occasions.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

But he is dead, and I thought to remain undetected; and now you come along and expose me.
— from Martin Eden by Jack London

The English believe he comes of their English stock, A Jew to the Jew he seems, a Russ to the Russ, usual and near, removed from none.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Beneath the Virgin, Lion, and Crab is the twisted girdle formed by the Snake, extending over a whole line of stars, his snout raised near the Crab, supporting the Bowl with the middle of his body near the Lion, and bringing his tail, on which is the Raven, under and near the hand of the Virgin.
— from The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

Will you let me do my best to live for you and to raise up a new love in your heart?" "Can you?
— from Sant' Ilario by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

An aged and respectable lady, born in New England, told me she remembered it well, long before the Revolution, under another name.
— from Foot-prints of a letter carrier; or, a history of the world's correspondece by James Rees

Fred replied that he thought the star of empire had a much harder time of it, as it had no cushioned seat to rest upon, and no plate-glass window to look from.
— from Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to Japan and China by Thomas Wallace Knox

The family war was thus renewed under a new aspect, one of the sons fighting with his father against his two brothers.
— from Cassell's History of England, Vol. 1 (of 8) From the Roman Invasion to the Wars of the Roses by Anonymous

Therefore the object of the Mormon men in embracing polygamy, as they themselves set forth, is to raise up a numerous posterity here
— from The Mormon Puzzle, and How to Solve It by R. W. Beers

Each green baize bag was closely tied at the neck, and suspended at an equal height with the rest upon a nail.
— from Aunt Rachel A Rustic Sentimental Comedy by David Christie Murray

If it were probable that these animals of the same family had heretofore inhabited the same northern country, we might suppose that, in advancing towards the equator, they feel the want of repose after having exercised their muscles for seven or eight months, and that they retain under a new sky the habits which appear to be essentially linked with their organization.
— from Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt