But I needed none of all this precaution; for never man had a more faithful, loving, sincere servant than Friday was to me: without passions, sullenness, or designs, perfectly obliged and engaged; his very affections were tied to me, like those of a child to a father; and I daresay he would have sacrificed his life to save mine upon any occasion whatsoever—the many testimonies he gave me of this put it out of doubt, and soon convinced me that I needed to use no precautions for my safety on his account.
— from The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

Reliquum erat certamen positum in virtute, qua nostri milites facile 10 superabant atque eo magis, quod in conspectu Caesaris atque omnis exercitus res gerebatur, ut nullum paulo fortius factum latere posset; omnes enim colles ac loca superiora, unde erat propinquus despectus in mare, ab exercitu tenebantur.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

For justice ne hath not among us no place, for we do to no man otherwise than we desire that men do to us.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

For we must necessarily understand by “sound” those whose minds are under no perturbation from any motion as if it were a disease.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Usminyista n political followers or supporters of Osmeña (or, now, his family).
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

They can't use new people for it, the rules governing how the various grades of officials are painted are so many and varied, and, above all, so secret that no- one outside of certain families even knows them.
— from The Trial by Franz Kafka

We will later on glance again at the ennobling and promotion of the gods (which of course is totally distinct from their "sanctification"): let us now provisionally follow to its end the course of the whole of this development of the consciousness of "owing."
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Let us now pause for a moment on the ideas we have so far reached.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

Unfortunately no papyrus fragment of the Hymns has yet emerged, though one such fragment ("Berl.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

The spot on which we stood afforded us no protection, for the beasts would have rushed up it in a moment, but a couple of hundred yards on was a rock with steep sides, just rising above the grass; and our only chance of safety was to climb it before the horns of the first bull had reached our backs.
— from A Voyage round the World A book for boys by William Henry Giles Kingston

By Rudyard Kipling “Let us now praise famous men”— Men of little showing— For their work continueth, And their work continueth, Greater than their knowing.
— from Stalky & Co. by Rudyard Kipling

** established - 4 March 1964 aim - to serve as a peacekeeping force between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots in Cyprus; established by the UN Security Council members - (9) Argentina, Austria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Nepal, Slovakia, UK ** United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) *
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"In primis quidam circa claudenda et apienda volumina, sit matura modestia; ut nec præcipiti festinatione solvantur, nec inspectione finita, sina clausura debita dimittantur.
— from Bibliomania in the Middle Ages by F. Somner (Frederick Somner) Merryweather

[pg 173] Let us now praise famous men and our fathers that begat us.
— from Medieval People by Eileen Power

p. 89; Christophor Hartknoch, Alt und Neues Preussen (Frankfort and Leipsic, 1684), pp.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 11 of 12) by James George Frazer

In agricultural and sparse populations fresh air, sunshine, good water, and unbounded natural playgrounds for children, where they can grow into strong and efficient manhood, are free goods.
— from The Principles of Economics, with Applications to Practical Problems by Frank A. (Frank Albert) Fetter

Further let us not proceed; For these rocks, these boughs so thickly Interwoven, that the sun Cannot even find admittance, Shall be the sole witnesses Of our duel.
— from The Wonder-Working Magician by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

The Commissioners of the Directory visited the place to plunder the shrine and destroy the image of the Virgin, but when they entered the church they were scared by unearthly noises proceeding from above, and they ran away.
— from A Book of the Pyrenees by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Let us therefore bring our tribute of praise to our Creator “for the judgments of His justice” at these times: the Morning Office, Prime, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers and Compline; and in the night let us arise to glorify Him. CHAPTER 17 How Many Psalms Are to Be Said at These Hours Feb. 20—June 21—Oct. 21 We have already arranged the order of the psalmody for the Night and Morning Offices; let us now provide for the remaining Hours.
— from St. Benedict’s Rule for Monasteries by Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino