In the evening illuminations and fireworks completed the festivities of the day—of a day whose minutest detail showed how true “ the Rome of Gaul ” had been to the colors which she unfurled nearly seventeen hundred years ago on the ramparts of paganism.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

From what I have understood, nephew, said he, you heard that which the queen your mother and I discoursed the other day of the princess Giahaure.
— from The Arabian Nights, Volume 3 (of 4) by Anonymous

They are follow'd by the Fore-parts, which should keep the same Ground or Tract.—You must keep your Hand low, that the Horse may not go too high.—Let your Body be a little forward to give the greater Liberty to the Hind-legs, which are those that lead; and don't aid with your Legs, unless he drags his Haunches.—If the Horse does not unite of his own accord, you must catch the Time with your Bridle-hand, as the Horse is coming to the Ground; in that Instant, put your Hand to your Body, and so pull him back.—Let us now see how you should be placed in the Saddle, to make Curvets upon the Voltes .—Let
— from A New System of Horsemanship by Claude Bourgelat

[343] "During the war with Philip, the Indians took some English alive, and set them upright in the ground, with this sarcasm: 'You English, since you came into this country, have grown considerably above ground; let us now see how you will grow when planted into the ground.'"— Narrative of the Wars in New England , 1675.- Harleian Miscellany , vol.
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1 by George Warburton

I Sir, had you No Father nor Uncle, nor such hinderers, You might do with your self at your pleasure; But as it is.
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 07 of 10 by John Fletcher

But if you hold that only to be your own which is so, and the alien for what it is, alien, then none shall ever compel you, none shall hinder you, you will blame no one, accuse no one, you will not do the least thing unwillingly, none shall harm you, you shall have no foe, for you shall suffer no injury.
— from The Teaching of Epictetus Being the 'Encheiridion of Epictetus,' with Selections from the 'Dissertations' and 'Fragments' by Epictetus

We built a tent and fortification, traded off most of our clothes for something to eat, and slept unpleasantly near several hundred yelling savages.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 4, April, 1884 by Various

God has planted within man the spirit of lordship and domination; and, true to that spirit, he will never rest until Nature shall have yielded up to him her last secret, and his restless foot shall have trodden the wildest and farthest spot of earth.
— from Doctor Jones' Picnic by S. E. (Samuel E.) Chapman