King Olaf took his seat again when everything in the hall was put in order, and was enraged beyond measure.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Polybius was engaged in the history of a definite period, and had not much occasion to refer to earlier times; and perhaps the epitomator, in extracting what seemed of value, chose those parts especially where he was the sole or best authority.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

But surely the discovery of the New World was preceded by a prophetic anticipation of it, which, like the hope of a Messiah, was entering into the hearts of men?
— from Timaeus by Plato

Then he turned to the various articles he had left behind him, put the black cravat and blue frock-coat at the bottom of the portmanteau, threw the hat into a dark closet, broke the cane into small bits and flung it in the fire, put on his travelling-cap, and calling his valet, checked with a look the thousand questions he was ready to ask, paid his bill, sprang into his carriage, which was ready, learned at Lyons that Bonaparte had entered Grenoble, and in the midst of the tumult which prevailed along the road, at length reached Marseilles, a prey to all the hopes and fears which enter into the heart of man with ambition and its first successes.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

No minstrel now wakes echoes in these halls.
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

The Lares Compitales presided over the divisions of the city, which were marked by the compita or points where two or more streets crossed each other, and where ‘ædiculæ’ or small chapels were erected in their honour.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Francis the First, like Lewis the Twelfth before him, was attracted by the finesse of Leonardo's work; La Gioconda was already in his cabinet, and he offered Leonardo the little Chateau de Clou, with its vineyards and meadows, in the pleasant valley of the Masse, just outside the walls of the town of Amboise, where, especially in the hunting season, the court then frequently resided.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

107 Under the gracious protection of Marcia, they passed in safety the thirteen years of a cruel tyranny; and when the empire was established in the house of Severus, they formed a domestic but more honorable connection with the new court.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.
— from The Bible, King James version, Book 44: Acts by Anonymous

“Who else inhabits this house?” “Popsy.
— from Ada, the Betrayed; Or, The Murder at the Old Smithy. A Romance of Passion by James Malcolm Rymer

He knows what enters into the heart of man and what he utters with his mouth.
— from The Faith of Islam by Edward Sell

Because heat, entering into the lower portions of the water, expands it; the heated portions are then specifically lighter than those that are cooler; the hot water therefore rises upward, and forces the cooler water down .
— from The Reason Why A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, Are Imperfectly Understood by Robert Kemp Philp

Dade and Malcolm had passed several days tinkering at the stable and the bunkhouse; Bob, at Calumet's suggestion, was engaged in the humane task of erecting a kennel for the new dog—which had grown large and ungainly, though still retaining the admiration of his owner; and Calumet spent much of his time roaming around the country on Blackleg.
— from The Boss of the Lazy Y by Charles Alden Seltzer

I was once invited to accompany a lady in Central Park, in New York; and, as I had been told that she rode very well, I did not hesitate to ride Général, a noble animal, whose education in the haute école
— from Hand-book for Horsewomen by H. L. de (Henry L. de) Bussigny

Hearing of his sickness, the general went aboard to visit him, and found him much weaker than he himself felt or suspected, which experience in these hot climates had taught our general to know; for, although Captain Middleton was then walking about the deck, he died about two o'clock next morning.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 by Robert Kerr

Australian whaling was begun (Dampier reported whales as early as 1699) in Governor Phillip's time, by some of the convict transports coming out with whaling equipment in their holds, and after disembarking their human freight, departing for the "Fisheries.
— from The Beginning Of The Sea Story Of Australia 1901 by Louis Becke

Gradually, the baron became the actual owner of a majority of the colonies which were administered by his appointees, and most of the colonists were reduced to the level of laborers or tenants who were entirely in the hands of the baron's administration.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 2 [of 3] From the Death of Alexander I until the Death of Alexander III (1825-1894) by Simon Dubnow

In 1793 wharves were extended into the harbor.
— from Peculiarities of American Cities by Willard W. Glazier