Yet William of Tyre (l. i. c. 6, p. 633) asserts, that Jerusalem was thirty-eight years in the hands of the Turks; and an Arabic chronicle, quoted by Pagi, (tom. iv.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

And yet I rage alone, and cannot quit my rage—
— from Medea of Euripides by Euripides

Then at last he was angry, and cried quite impatiently, "I wish your neck was broken!"
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

UNE RÉPONSE AUDACIEUSE Les hommes d'esprit aiment l'esprit partout où ils le rencontrent, et alors même que l'on s'en sert contre eux. Voici, à l'appui de cette opinion, une anecdote assez curieuse, qui se rattache au souvenir de la bataille de Kollin.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

atrevió a ir a mi choza a avisarme; cosa que hizo en cuanto fué de día, [101-6] refiriéndome el lance de ayer tarde, y advirtiéndome que los tales ruidos
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

at the distance of 3 Ms. we passed a handsome little river which meanders through this valley; it is about 30 yds wide, affords a considerable quantity of water and appears as if it might be navigated some miles.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Babes , the lowest order of KNOCK-OUTS (which see ), who are prevailed upon not to give opposing biddings at auctions, in consideration of their receiving a small sum (from one shilling to half-a-crown), and a certain quantity of beer.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

y a hablarle al oído, bien que anunciando antes al concurso que iba a ver si lograba que confesase a Dios y a los hombres sus delitos.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Their old haunts greeted them again in other raiment, as if they had slipped away and put on this pure new apparel and come quietly back, smiling as they shyly waited to see if they would be recognised again under it.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

The indefinite quis or quī , one , any , has the following forms: quis and quid masculine and neuter substantives, quī and quod adjectives; feminine singular nominative and neuter plural nominative and accusative commonly qua , also quae .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Indeed, he said, a duty on salt exported out of the United States, would produce revenue, as a considerable quantity was sent into Upper Canada.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 2 (of 16) by United States. Congress

During the treatment with hydrochloric acid a certain quantity of sodium chloride is formed.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume I by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

On heating this and adding a certain quantity of acid, a double cobalt cyanide is formed which corresponds with potassium ferricyanide.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev

I am hard pressed at present, and I know no one else of whom I can ask a certain question, if I cannot ask it of you.
— from The Claverings by Anthony Trollope

We obtained from them also a considerable quantity of berries, of different kinds, among which service-berries were the most abundant; and several kinds of roots and seeds, which we could eat with pleasure, as any kind of vegetable food was gratifying to us.
— from The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont

Hereupon they all threw down their arms, and craved quarter for their lives.
— from The Buccaneers in the West Indies in the XVII Century by Clarence Henry Haring

"Armoire Aux Chartes," quite filled with priceless parchments, great vellum tomes, bound in brass; large waxen seals of dead and gone rulers and nobles; heavy volumes bound in leather, containing the archives.
— from Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by George Wharton Edwards

There was also a certain quantity of biscuit, rice, and dried vegetables.
— from Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812 by Edward (Edward A.) Foord