The Beetle never forgot this, and used to keep an eye on the Eagle's nest, and whenever the Eagle laid an egg it climbed up and rolled it out of the nest and broke it.
— from Aesop's Fables; a new translation by Aesop

That such an eagle should emerge from such an egg is certainly unexpected.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Hic omnis imbonitas et insuavitas consistit, ut Tertulliani verbis utar, orat. ad.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

to elevate in condition, uplift, exalt, Mat. 11.23; 23.12.
— from A Greek-English Lexicon to the New Testament by William Greenfield

On the following day, Mr. Walpole laid before a committee of the whole house his scheme for the restoration of public credit, which was, in substance, to engraft nine millions of South-Sea stock into the Bank of England, and the same sum into the East India company, upon certain conditions.
— from Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles Mackay

V. pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on &c. (do) 680; engage in &c. (undertake) 676; set about &c. (begin) 66; endeavor &c. 675; court &c. (request) 765 seek &c. (search) 461; aim at &c. (intention) 620; follow the trail &c. (trace) 461; fish for &c. (experiment) 463; press on &c. (haste) 684; run a race &c. (velocity)
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

to a place on the bank of the creek where he requested we should encamp; I came up in a few minutes and we collected the Cheifs and men of consideration smoked with them and stated our situation with rispect to provision.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

I perceived, too, that the gallant soldier preferred topics of philosophical interest, and that he delighted, especially, in commenting upon the rapid march of mechanical invention.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Ac de iure quidem praediorum sanctum apud nos est iure civili, ut in iis vendendis vitia dicerentur, quae nota essent venditori.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The Examiner itself continued undisturbed, and except for the "I can't get out" feeling, which even of itself cannot be compared for one moment to that of a modern prisoner condemned to his cell and {209} the exercising-ground, it is rather difficult to see much reason for Leigh Hunt's complaints.
— from Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by George Saintsbury

There were also, unfortunately, in certain of our corps, insufficiencies of instruction and execution, imprudences committed under fire, over-bold deployments leading to precipitate retreats, a lack of co-ordination between the infantry and the artillery.
— from The Battle of the Marne by G. H. (George Herbert) Perris

In the same way, a soil which absorbs much heat from the sun's rays surpasses another which has not that property; and though in many cases this effect is comparatively unimportant, in others it may make the difference between successful and unsuccessful cultivation in soils which lie in an unfavourable climate or exposure.
— from Elements of Agricultural Chemistry by Thomas Anderson

If, then, I have erred in over-quoting upon these accounts, I cannot plead that the error is committed unadvisedly.
— from The Philosophy of Natural Theology An Essay in confutation of the scepticism of the present day by William Jackson

It might be a subject of speculation whether the custom of visiting and renewing one’s acquaintances on new year’s day, so generally practised among the Dutch and in America, was not originally imitated from the Chinese; but as in many other things, so in this, the westerns have improved upon the easterns, in calling upon the ladies.
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams

She took the appellation in good part, and even encouraged its constant use; which, in fact, was thus far appropriate, that our Zenobia, however humble looked her new philosophy, had as much native pride as any queen would have known what to do with.
— from The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Bartolomeo da Calche venire a Sua Ecc ia cum una staffetta, chel papa fosse preso, e li fosse taliata
— from Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Ferdinand Gregorovius

This prohibition shall continue in each individual case until special application is made through the military channels to these headquarters for permission to preach and perform divine service, and until such application is approved at these or superior headquarters.
— from Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama by Walter L. (Walter Lynwood) Fleming

By F. R. Hutton, professor of mechanical engineering in Columbia University. New York, John Wiley & Sons.
— from Inventors at Work, with Chapters on Discovery by George Iles

Jacques de Cambis, lord of Alais, was engaged in Catalonia under the great Condé.
— from A Book of the Cevennes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould