As is implied by the term dharma , “religion and morality,” their point of view is chiefly a religious one.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Verbs in class a4 refer to a focus which is the thing suffering from or affected by the thing referred to by the verb ( -un 1 , meaning 2 ), e.g. malarya ‘get malaria’.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The victory is complete and Russia will not forget you!
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Here Marx treats of ( a ) the division of the surplus value into capital and revenue; ( b ) the circumstances which determine the accumulation of capital apart from this division, such as the degree of exploitation of labour power and labour productivity; ( c ) the growth of fixed capital relative to the circulating capital as a factor of accumulation; and ( d ) the increasing development of an industrial reserve army which is at the same time both a consequence and a prerequisite of the process of accumulation.
— from The Accumulation of Capital by Rosa Luxemburg

"And thus, under the stimulus of shallow vanity," I continued, "a rivalry of barouches and bonnets--an emulation of waste and extravagance--all the powers of the minds of men are turned--not to lift up the world, but to degrade it.
— from Cæsar's Column: A Story of the Twentieth Century by Ignatius Donnelly

I have already composed a wonderful letter to the "Tyrant" Gelimer which closes thus: "So, contrary to justice and duty, you are keeping your cousin, the rightful King of the Vandals, in chains, and robbing him of the crown.
— from The Scarlet Banner by Felix Dahn

While nothing is more untrustworthy generally than personal recollections of events which took place over a third of a century ago, those which are supported by letters and diaries are of inestimable value in construing and reconciling the official reports.
— from Heroes of the Great Conflict; Life and Services of William Farrar Smith, Major General, United States Volunteer in the Civil War by James Harrison Wilson

The first comedy written in the vernacular is called “A right pithy and pleasant and merry comedy, Intitled Gammer Gurton’s Needle Played on stage not long ago in Christ’s College in Cambridge Made by Mr. S. Mr. of Arts.”
— from Shakespeare and the Stage With a Complete List of Theatrical Terms Used by Shakespeare in His Plays and Poems, Arranged in Alphabetical Order, & Explanatory Notes by Maurice Jonas

Vainly I clutched at rocky walls as I sped down in the earth-smelling darkness.
— from Pieces of Eight Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Discovered in the Bahama Islands in the Year 1903 by Richard Le Gallienne

It was at present only half drawn, and did not, therefore, conceal the mysteries of the den within; the bed was still unmade, and apparently of no very inviting cleanliness; a red handkerchief, that served as a nightcap, hung pendant from the foot of the bed; at a little distance from it, more towards the pillow, were a shawl, a parasol, and an old slipper.
— from Pelham — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron