This passage, I think, evidently glances upon Aristophanes , who writ a Comedy on purpose to ridicule the Discourses of that Divine Philosopher 2 : It has been observed by many Writers, that Socrates was so little moved at this piece of Buffoonry, that he was several times present at its being acted upon the Stage, and never expressed the least Resentment of it.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

That the stars generally are nourished by the terrestrial moisture is evident, because, when the moon is only half visible she is sometimes seen spotted, her power of absorbing moisture not having been powerful enough; for the spots are nothing else than the dregs of the earth drawn up along with the moisture 172 .
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

They saw that he was valuable to the State and never expected that he would cause them any serious trouble.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

694 Six races are all that I stay to see, and not even those with the air of one who loves the sport, or even, by Zeus, with the air of one who does not hate and loathe it, and I am glad to get away.)
— from The Works of the Emperor Julian, Vol. 2 by Emperor of Rome Julian

At the steep and narrow entrance to the bridge they took it in their heads to resent his double-thonging, the leaders turning round, and the whole team presently facing towards London instead of p. 140 Stamford.
— from The Great North Road, the Old Mail Road to Scotland: London to York by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

They march by night, or on cloudy days, like wise tropical strategists, and never expose themselves to the heat of the day in broad sunshine, as though they were no better than the mere numbered British Tommy Atkins at Coomassie or in the Soudan.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, March 1885 by Various

The strange accounts naturally excite the attention and wonder of all classes of people; the learned and the vulgar were equally desirous of experiencing so singular a sensation, and great numbers of half-taught electricians wandered through every part of Europe to gratify this universal curiosity.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829 by Various

Hence Luther replies to his opponent, ‘You appeal to the slave, i.e. to Scripture, and not even to the whole or the most excellent part of it.
— from Luther, vol. 4 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

" These snakes are not easy to catch with the hand, living as they do among stones and brushwood, and gliding off rapidly once their suspicions are aroused.
— from Alone by Norman Douglas

"Why, 'tis a pretty lace cap that Susan brought thee," the grandmother said, "and we would have thee smart and neat ere thy father came in."
— from Judith Shakespeare: Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black

Creeping like a serpent through the grass, the scout approached near enough to overhear their arrangements, which were to the elect that the attack should take place at midnight of the following day.
— from The Gorilla Hunters by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

This other story, I say, is reported about the return of Xerxes, but I for my part can by no means believe it, either in other respects or as regards this which is said to have happened to the Persians; for if this which I have related had in truth been said by the pilot to Xerxes, not one person's opinion in ten thousand will differ from mine that the king would have done some such thing as this, that is to say, he would have caused those who were upon the deck to go down below into the hold, seeing that they were Persians of the highest rank among the Persians; and of the rowers, who were Phenicians, he would have thrown out into the sea a number equal to the number of those.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 2 by Herodotus

Then I decided to stay, and never expected to leave those kind parishioners of Syracuse.
— from T. De Witt Talmage as I Knew Him by Eleanor McCutcheon Talmage