Oroites accordingly, having heard that the person sent to examine might be expected soon to come, did as follows, that is to say, he filled eight chests with stones except a small depth at the very top of each, and laid gold above upon the stones; then he tied up the chests and kept them in readiness.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

“Let time, dearest,” she answered, “satisfy our mutual curiosity.” M—— M—— had, amongst the charms and trinkets fastened to the chain of her watch, a small crystal bottle exactly similar to one that I wore myself.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Scarcely had they entered the presence, when, before even speaking to them, the empress went up to the second daughter, and, taking her by the hand, said, 'I choose this young lady.'
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

326 Professor Bühle emphatically states that "Freemasonry is neither more nor less than Rosicrucianism as modified by those who transplanted it into England."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

For being accustomed to have a king over them, and to be entirely submissive to their rulers, their sudden enfranchisement by means of Antigonus, and the absence of a king, produced a state of civil war; because they all imagined themselves to be on a footing of complete political equality.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Desire arising from pleasure is, other conditions being equal, stronger than desire arising from pain.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

Behold, beneath each spreading tree The peacocks dance 527 in frantic glee, And, stirred by all the gales that blow, Their tails with jewelled windows glow, Each bird, in happy love elate, Rejoices with his darling mate.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Here was a case in which it could not be enough simply to disobey and be serenely, placidly obstinate: she must act according to her judgment, and she said to herself that her judgment was right—"indeed, if it had not been, she would not have wished to act on it.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

Egypt, cursed by Moses and weeping for its firstborn, was in no more pitiable plight than this calamity-visited city of San Francisco shaken by earthquake shock, then swept by fire.
— from The Treasure of Hidden Valley by Willis George Emerson

I should be extremely sorry to do anything having the appearance of rudeness or disrespect.”
— from Under the Meteor Flag: Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War by Harry Collingwood

While their aim has been entirely scientific, the scale of the experiments and the conditions under which they have been carried out, have been such as to render them essentially technical experiments.
— from Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

He may have been goaded into some imprudence which was seized upon as a pretext for shutting him up; at any rate, the fact that when in 1587 he inherited his father’s property at Dinant, his trustee (he being expressly stated to be “ expatrié ”) was “ datif ,” “ dativus ,” appointed not by himself but by the court, lends colour to the statement that he was not his own master at the time; for in later kindred deeds, now at Namur, he appoints his own trustee.
— from The Humour of Homer and Other Essays by Samuel Butler

Three circumstances are noted— ( a ) The heart becomes erect, strikes the chest, and gives a beat; ( b )
— from Fathers of Biology by Charles McRae

Of course, when The Sunny Hour "Barefoots" (or, rather, those who have been "Barefoots" in times gone by) become expert shoemakers, there is no reason why they should confine their efforts to making and mending boots for the New York poor alone.
— from The Quiver 12/1899 by Anonymous

He was, indeed, impatient for the time to come when he could be earning something to pay up his debt to Squire Hudson, and so relieve his father from the additional burden assumed for his sake.
— from The Young Adventurer; or, Tom's Trip Across the Plains by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

A sudden shrill scream, about which there was something that (to use a well-worn phrase) froze the young fellow's blood with horror, broke upon the stillness of the great building, a scream which Laurence at once recognised as being exactly similar to that which the unknown cyclist had uttered when the lash of the carriage whip had caught him as he had fled away into the darkness.
— from The House of Strange Secrets: A Detective Story by A. Eric Bayly

His blue eyes seemed to change from the soft blue of a cloudless sky to the steely blue of a polished revolver.
— from Thin Edge by Randall Garrett