122 The Latin word is principatus , which exactly corresponds with the Greek word here used by Cicero; by which is to be understood the superior, the most prevailing excellence in every kind and species of things throu
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

By and by, all by water in three boats to Greenwich, there to Cocke’s, where we supped well, and then late, Wren, Fenn, and I home by water, set me in at the Tower, and they to White Hall, and so I home, and after a little talk with my wife to bed.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

For this, indeed, I hold myself responsible; if I get in my own way; if there be any vanity and defect in my writings which I do not of myself perceive nor can discern, when pointed out to me by another; for many faults escape our eye, but the infirmity of judgment consists in not being able to discern them, when by another laid open to us.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

but my earnest wish is that by and by should be found for you, cousin Lin, a husband, who bites his tongue when he speaks, so that you should every minute and second listen to 'ai-ya-os!'
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Up, and betimes to Deptford to Sir G. Carteret’s, where, not liking the horse that had been hired by Mr. Uthwayt for me, I did desire Sir G. Carteret to let me ride his new L40 horse, which he did, and so I left my ‘hacquenee’—[Haquenee = an ambling nag fitted for ladies’ riding.]—behind, and so after staying a good while in their bedchamber while they were dressing themselves, discoursing merrily, I parted and to the ferry, where I was forced to stay a great while before I could get my horse brought over, and then mounted and rode very finely to Dagenhams; all the way people, citizens, walking to and again to enquire how the plague is in the City this week by the Bill; which by chance, at Greenwich, I had heard was 2,020 of the plague, and 3,000 and odd of all diseases; but methought it was a sad question to be so often asked me.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The great attempt was in the beginning of 1304.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

It is a matter both of wonder and regret, that those who raise so many objections against the new Constitution should never call to mind the defects of that which is to be exchanged for it.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

This is what is to be read, on the subject of his dramatic triumphs, in 1483, in the accounts of the “Ordinary:” “To Jehan Marchand and Pierre Gringoire, carpenter and composer, who have made and composed the mystery made at the Chãtelet of Paris, at the entry of Monsieur the Legate, and have ordered the personages, clothed and dressed the same, as in the said mystery was required; and likewise, for having made the scaffoldings thereto necessary; and for this deed,—one hundred livres.” Phoebus de Châteaupers also came to a tragic end.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

What is a course of history or philosophy, or poetry, no matter how well selected, or the best society, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking always at what is to be seen?
— from Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau

The following may possibly be of interest in this connection: “Our English Pliny, Bartholomew Glantville, who says after Isydorus, ‘Reed clothes ben layed upon deed men in remembrance of theyr hardynes and boldnes, whyle they were in theyr bloudde.’
— from The Popular Science Monthly, October, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900 by Various

Do you remember whether Ruperto was in the bar when Oswald was there?
— from Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Mrs. Tramlay was inclined to be conservative on the subject, but when she learned that Marge was a stockholder and director in the company she became quite cheerful.
— from Country Luck by John Habberton

"Tell me what is to be done to him ," was the sole reply, as the girl settled back dejectedly upon the pillows.
— from Lanier of the Cavalry; or, A Week's Arrest by Charles King

Now then, who is to blame?
— from Odd by Amy Le Feuvre

And again, on a bright morning in June, we set off for the hospitable San Antonio, where we were invited to breakfast and to pass the night on the second day of the fête.
— from Life in Mexico by Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis) Calderón de la Barca

They are too late, nobody can stop that which is to be.'
— from Count Brühl by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

Thou must know that I was then in exceeding great trouble and tribulation, and whoso is thus bested, love he another never so much, cannot greet him with as gladsome a mien, or be as attentive to him, as he had lief; and thou must further know that 'tis by no means an easy matter for a lady to come by a thousand florins of gold: why, 'tis every day a fresh lie, and never a promise kept; and so we in our turn must needs lie to others; and 'twas for this cause, and not for any fault of mine, that I did not repay thee thy money; however, I had it but a little while after thy departure, and had I known whither to send it, be sure I would have remitted it to thee; but, as that I wist not, I have kept it safe for thee."
— from The Decameron, Volume II by Giovanni Boccaccio

“Just what I think,” Belknap said; “Mr Barry has an idea that Miss Lindsay will be accused, and he has confessed to prevent it.”
— from The Luminous Face by Carolyn Wells

They was made while th' mornin's dew was heavy, which is told by th' little chunks of dirt his hoofs picked up an' turned over.
— from Johnny Nelson How a one-time pupil of Hopalong Cassidy of the famous Bar-20 ranch in the Pecos Valley performed an act of knight-errantry and what came of it by Clarence Edward Mulford