In the first place almost the whole town, that is, of course, all of the upper stratum of society, were assembled in the cathedral.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Omnes eodem cogimur; omnium / Versatur urna serius, ocius, / Sors exitura, et nos in æternum / exsilium impositura cymbæ —We are all driven to the same ferry; the lot of each is shaken in the urn, destined sooner or later to come forth, and place us in Charon's wherry for eternal exile.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

At Leeds you have vast barrack-like factories, with their usual suburbs of squalid rows of brick cottages, and everywhere the tall spiracles of the steam, which seems the pervading power of the place.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

íti eighty (usually said of scores, grades).
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

After it, he, like nearly all those who have risen to power and fame by a great and unexpected series of successes, became filled with self-confidence and arrogance, and, in place of his former popular manners, assumed the offensive style of a despot.
— from Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1 (of 4) by Plutarch

It is usually stalagmitic or stalactitic in origin and is often of a yellowish colour.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

But be discreet; do not let there be more than half a hundred fellows who believe they are going to be Under Secretaries of State.
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

His ignorance and unconquerable suspicion of strangers dig the pit into which he falls.
— from How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

Paul’s Cross was an outdoor pulpit at the north-east corner of the Cathedral—“a pulpit cross of timber, mounted upon steps of stone covered with lead,” from which “announcements and harangues on all such matters as the authorities in Church or State judged to be of public concern were poured into the popular ear and heart.”
— from The London Burial Grounds Notes on Their History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Isabella M. Holmes

At first sight it seems strange that the terrible warriors who, under Set or Saïtes, so easily reduced Egypt to subjection, and then still further weakened the population by massacre and oppression, should have been got rid of, after two centuries or two centuries and a half, with such comparative ease.
— from Ancient Egypt by George Rawlinson

Although constitutionally brave, the boy felt an unpleasant sensation of some sort as he contemplated the inevitable crash that awaited him; for, even if the horse should perceive his folly and try to stop on reaching the bank, the tremendous pace attained would render the attempt futile.
— from Twice Bought by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

" "Well,"---Spruce shrugged his elegant shoulders, "let us say old schoolfellows.
— from In Queer Street by Fergus Hume

Then put the curd in a salad bowl, season with salt and pepper, mix well until smooth; or strain it through a fine sieve; then add a cup of sweet cream, and some chives cut very fine.
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

After the formation of the Constitution it remained, as before, the uniform usage for each State to enlarge the body of its electors according to its own judgment, and under this system one State after another has proceeded to increase the number of its electors, until now universal suffrage, or something very near it, is the general rule.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

5 is a bird speaking to the people (fig. 6), the tongues issuing from its mouth being, as I have said, the usual symbols of speech.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

Tess might be left, perhaps, to make her own way back and give her own explanation of flight with a maharajah's daughter; but for Yasmini abduction to the hills could only mean one of two things: unthinkable surrender, or sure death by any of a hundred secret means.
— from Guns of the Gods: A Story of Yasmini's Youth by Talbot Mundy

She had just arrived at the pleasant moment when Mr. Gladstone, reinstated as premier, was listening, hand at ear, with unmistakable signs of surprised approval to the eloquence of his new supporter, when Cecil himself destroyed the vision.
— from Shadows of Flames: A Novel by Amélie Rives

A mendicant of unwholesome aspect crouched in the shadow of the narrow gateway at the entrance to the Sûk es-Saîgh, or gold and silver bazaar, having his one serviceable eye fixed in a malevolent stare upon something or someone immediately behind me.
— from Tales of Secret Egypt by Sax Rohmer