Him and the rabblement with him, most of them unarmed, they suppressed; on proceeding, however, against the Carcini in whose keeping the robbers had deposited their booty, they encountered 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

Shtcherbatsky moved away from them, and Kitty, going up to a card-table, sat down, and, taking up the chalk, began drawing diverging circles over the new green cloth.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

As a matter of fact, “Thus Spake Zarathustra”, though it is unquestionably Nietzsche’s opus magnum, is by no means the first of Nietzsche’s works that the beginner ought to undertake to read.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

“You asked for this,” she said—and took up the verses where she had left off.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

More exactly he tells us that the sacrifice took place on the first day of the fifth Aztec month, which according to him began on the twenty-third or twenty-seventh day of April.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

We it was who introduced the unalterable, taking it from metaphysics as usual, Mr. Chemist.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

That the Jews ceased to have prophets after the rebuilding of the temple, and from that time until the birth of Christ were afflicted with continual adversity, to prove that the building of another temple had been promised by prophetic voices.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

It was still early, but the family had already breakfasted and dispersed, and a wagon winding far in the distance showed that the unfortunate Tom had already “packed” his relatives away.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

In reply to this, Geminus, advancing some distance from his own party, says, "Do you choose then, until that day arrives on which you are to put your armies in motion with such mighty labour, to enter the lists with me, that from the result of a contest between us both, it may be seen how much a Latin excels a Roman horseman?"
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

The heavens themselves run continually round, the sun riseth and sets, the moon increaseth and decreaseth, stars and planets keep their constant motions, the air is still tossed by the winds, the waters ebb and flow to their conservation no doubt, to teach us that we should ever be in action.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Nature, foreseeing the struggle her creature is doomed to undergo—the teacher used to say—gives a desire for food, that the body may have vigor to endure it; and the young gentlemen are advised, therefore, to gratify the cravings of [Pg 167] the dog.
— from The Dog by W. N. (William Nelson) Hutchinson

This imperviousness, however, being, as a rule, considered the man's privilege only, Major Erlton failed to understand the position, and so, feeling aggrieved, turned on the lad.
— from On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel

It now being dark, Jhore descended from his perch, and taking up the food which had been cooked for his funeral feast, left the house by another door.
— from Santal Folk Tales by Campbell, A., of the Santal mission

But it is certain that he was too illiterate امى to understand their recondite doctrines if they had condescended to teach him.
— from Notes on Islam by Hussain, Ahmed, Sir

But before an external influence can work any hurt to us, there must be something { 91} within that answers to it.
— from The Warfare of the Soul: Practical Studies in the Life of Temptation by Shirley Carter Hughson

There continued, however, one permanent source of disquietude and anxiety to her, which was the inactivity of the Beejapoor and Golconda forces, for as yet they had made no forward movement; and as the weather was now open, they ought to have taken up the positions she had suggested.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 3 of 3) by Meadows Taylor

Insensibly, the Manichæan heresy had penetrated all minds, and made men and women 310 think that the body was evil and must be tortured and bullied, and all that was human trampled underfoot, that the soul alone should be cared for.
— from Virgin Saints and Martyrs by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

He wanted neither a pull from his pocket flask nor a chew from his plug of "navy," nor to handle his greasy cards; and although he declined the offer of all these uncongenial things as politely as possible, the veritable suspicious, sensitive, French-Indian nature took offence, which deepened day after day, as he could not help seeing that Frank was careful to give himself and companions as wide a berth as he could without being pointedly rude or offensive.
— from The Young Woodsman; Or, Life in the Forests of Canada by J. Macdonald (James Macdonald) Oxley

The people, when once they understood the case, could arrange to use the water in greater volume for two days instead of in smaller volume for three.
— from Irrigation Works The Principles on Which Their Design and Working Should Be Based, with Special Details Relating to Indian Canals and Some Proposed Improvements by E. S. (Edward Skelton) Bellasis