And he was exceedingly beloved by Eumenes and Attalus, who made him great presents; and Antigonus also tried to seduce him to his court, but was disappointed.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Rosenthal was eventually baptized by Ewald.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

At first the engagement was evenly balanced, because each fleet had the pick of their 59 land forces serving as marines on board.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Even Her Majesty relaxed when she saw how joyfully her subjects received the news of the royal betrothal, and the Prince of Wales declared at a public dinner his delight that his son was to marry a Princess who was English by birth, education and preference.
— from As the Crow Flies: From Corsica to Charing Cross by Walter Phelps Dodge

" The persons who enjoy being biographied expect them, I suppose, to be published after their deaths; and I have known, I think, some writers of "Reminiscences" who did it themselves in their lifetimes.
— from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

This Symphonie fantastique , in five movements, constitutes the first part of a work entitled by Berlioz "Episode in the Life of an Artist."
— from Stories of Symphonic Music A Guide to the Meaning of Important Symphonies, Overtures, and Tone-poems from Beethoven to the Present Day by Lawrence Gilman

It was not comfortable; the architect of that dark subterranean passage had not imagined anyone would ever be brave enough to lead a band of beavers into its inky recesses, or he would have built it high enough to stand upright in.
— from The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers by E. (Edith) Nesbit

The idea had fully taken possession of his mind that a deep intrigue was going on which would end by bringing Elsie and the schoolmaster into relations fatal to all his own hopes.
— from The Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes: An Index of the Project Gutenberg Editions by Oliver Wendell Holmes

So far so good, but the grass that bordered the path was not the sweet green turf of an English lawn, and the way was edged by big earthen pots, into which were hastily stuck wisps of iris blooms and Persian lilac.
— from A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne

Actual honours were "easy"; but by exhausting trumps at the first opportunity, he scored three by tricks.
— from Major Vigoureux by Arthur Quiller-Couch

[32] Jennyauter-P—Wednesday 2 oclock P M-between 2 brothers—— This morning we cross'd the first mountain call'd first brother, & are in an inn between the first & second brother; the latter we are soon to ascend-The first m-n is 3½ miles over,- better road than we expected- but bad enough to tire th
— from A Journey to Ohio in 1810, as Recorded in the Journal of Margaret Van Horn Dwight by Margaret Van Horn Dwight

The result of such courses will be, that the King will end by being exasperated, and I shall be touched in my honour—so great is the hopes I have held out of being able to secure a peace.
— from PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete by John Lothrop Motley

To him the world exists but by effects {29} Upon himself.
— from The Angel in the Cloud by Edwin W. (Edwin Wiley) Fuller