Astyages, in Xenophon, asks Cyrus to give an account of his last lesson; and thus it was, “A great boy in our school, having a little short cassock, by force took a longer from another that was not so tall as he, and gave him his own in exchange: whereupon I, being appointed judge of the controversy, gave judgment, that I thought it best each should keep the coat he had, for that they both of them were better fitted with that of one another than with their own: upon which my master told me, I had done ill, in that I had only considered the fitness of the garments, whereas I ought to have considered the justice of the thing, which required that no one should have anything forcibly taken from him that is his own.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

We are told that the Persians have an ancient astronomical figure representing the descent of a God, divine, into hell, and returning at the time that Orsus, the goddess of spring, had conquered the God or genus of winter, after the manner St. John describes the Lamb of God (see Rev. xii) as conquering the dragon, which may be interpreted as the Scorpion or Dragon of the first month of winter (October) being conquered by the Lamb of March or spring.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

XC Alviza calls this an unpardonable want of refinement—to dare to make love by letter to a woman you adore and who looks at you tenderly, but declares that she can never love you.
— from On Love by Stendhal

Kings like Louis XI. are careful to clean the pavement quickly after a massacre.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Such an one also was Phryne, Lais, Glycera, and their names will always be celebrated; such, also, was Ninon d’Enclos, one of the ornaments of the century of Louis XIV, and Clairon, the first who realized all the grandeur of her art; such an one art thou, C-----, French Thalia, who commands attentions, I do not say this by way of apology but to share the opinion of Alceste.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

We have shown above (II. xvii. and Coroll.) that the mind always regards things as present to itself, even though they be not in existence, until some causes arise which exclude their existence and presence.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

[4434] Xenophon, Adrian, &c. that as highly approve of these treatises.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

XX And coming to the place Toumar, where the enemy had shut themselves in and were remaining quiet, they encamped near by in a bad position, where there would be no supply of water, except a little, nor any other necessary thing.
— from History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War by Procopius

Turn to 1 Kings xvii., and contrast the widow of Sarepta with Elijah the Tishbite.
— from Life and Times of David. Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, vol. VI by Charles Henry Mackintosh

Charles II. died in 1705, and being childless he bequeathed his crown to Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV. and cousin to the wife of his youth whose memory was still dear to him.
— from Stories About Famous Precious Stones by Adela E. (Adela Elizabeth Richards) Orpen

[The accident which cost Lord Douglas his life (see Chapter xii) also cost the lives of three other men.
— from A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain

[xxvii] and cadences, that is, upon the tasteful employment of variation in radical pitch, that the melody of uttered language depends; and that if it be devoid of this melody, it is both wearisome and unimpressive to the hearer.
— from The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 by Ontario. Department of Education

CHAPTER XV Adolphe Consulted T HEOPHRASTE, the next day, seemed to have forgotten all the incidents of the night before, or at least to attach very little importance to them.
— from The Double Life by Gaston Leroux

Some of these gods have the heads of frogs, [6] others those of serpents, and in this connexion we are reminded of the deities which are alluded to in the story of creation recorded in the Popol Vuh , the sacred book of the Kiche Indians of Guatemala, two of whom, Xpiyacoc and Xmucane, are called "the ancient serpents covered with green feathers," male and female.
— from Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt by Lewis Spence