Then he added that the day of his death was at hand; for, said he, “that gracious guest, who was wont to visit our brethren, has vouchsafed also to come to me this day, and to call me out of this world.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

The mesmeric condition is so near death as to content me.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

Thou knowest my years entire, my life, My long and crowded life of active work, not adoration merely; Thou knowest the prayers and vigils of my youth, Thou knowest my manhood's solemn and visionary meditations, Thou knowest how before I commenced I devoted all to come to Thee, Thou knowest I have in age ratified all those vows and strictly kept them, Thou knowest I have not once lost nor faith nor ecstasy in Thee, In shackles, prison'd, in disgrace, repining not, Accepting all from Thee, as duly come from Thee.
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Should he be so hopeful of escaping detection as to cast such fears aside, the next barrier that meets him is regard for his honour.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

I drew aside the curtains to hear them more distinctly.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

We made a good dinner, and the choice Muscat put us all in the best of spirits.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Freights on shipments from Brazil had advanced from one dollar and twenty cents per bag early in the year to unheard-of prices; and, before the bubble burst, had reached as high as four dollars per bag.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Gravelin the Ricaras enterpreter whome we had Sent down with a Ricaras Chief in the Spring of 1805 and old Mr. Durion the Sieux enterpreter, we examined the instructions of those interpreters and found that Gravelin was ordered to the Ricaras with a Speach from the president of the U. States to that nation and some presents which had been given the Ricara Cheif who had visited the U. States and unfortunately died at the City of Washington, he was instructed to teach the Ricaras agriculture & make every enquirey after Capt Lewis my self and the party Mr. Durion was enstructed to accompany Gravelin and through his influence pass him with his presents & by the tetons bands of Sieux, and to provale on Some of the Principal chiefs of those bands not exceeding six to Visit the Seat of the Government next Spring he was also enstructed to make every enquirey after us.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

366 Consequently, Alexander’s army lost the way, and even the guides were in doubt about the course to take.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

As the unity of God was more distinctly acknowledged, the conception of the human soul became more developed.
— from Phaedo by Plato

[352] He was, however, too impetuous to be as great an orator as his [217] rival Pitt, whose majestic eloquence was almost divine, [353] and offended continually by the tautology of his diction and the constant repetition of his arguments.
— from The Mother of Parliaments by Harry Graham

At last he reached Rome, at a moment when the Pope had just died, and there was great doubt among the Cardinals whom they ought to name as his successor.
— from Snowdrop & Other Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

Talk about my being as deep as the Currie Brig (whatever it may be); Salemina is deeper than the Atlantic Ocean!
— from Penelope's Experiences in Scotland Being Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

The very difficult and embarrassing situation in which Lord [page 128] Durham and the Canadas and the Ministry are left by the vote of the House of Lords of last night, requires that a Cabinet should be held to-day, and Lord Melbourne has directed one to be summoned at two.
— from The Letters of Queen Victoria : A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence between the Years 1837 and 1861 Volume 1, 1837-1843 by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

'These events are not in the common course of nature,' they both exclaimed: 'they must be caused by the anger of the gods, who are displeased at the cruelty which has been exercised towards Jesus of Nazareth.'
— from The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Anna Katharina Emmerich

But an instant's quiet, and there was a mad rush of the populace toward Sutter's Fort; then again enthusiasm died, and the crowds ebbed back up J Street, which, some eight or ten feet higher than any other street in the city, extended straight as an arrow from the fort to where the bay steamer lightly hugged the water front, puffing and impatient to be off to San Francisco.
— from The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate by Eliza Poor Donner Houghton

After several years of controversy, the question was finally decided at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, when it was declared, in opposition to the doctrine of Eutyches, that the two natures were united in Christ, but “without any alteration, absorption, or confusion”; or, in other words, in the person of Christ there were two natures, the human and the divine, each perfect in itself, but there was only one person.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 6 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

I'll tell you all about father and the old castle, and the dogs, and the cows, and the cats, and the rabbits, and the mice when we have a spare moment.
— from Wild Kitty by L. T. Meade

But, as the wild song died away, There came a faltering break That shivered to a sobbing fall; And seemed half-human, after all...
— from Fires - Book 3: The Hare, and Other Tales by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson

And somehow all these lovely hues seemed to deepen as the chimes of Tre Ponti began to ring the Angelus.
— from Dorothy, and Other Italian Stories by Constance Fenimore Woolson