Dr. Constantine, an intimate acquaintance of the already mentioned Dr. Ægidio, was a man of uncommon natural abilities and profound learning; exclusive of several modern tongues, he was acquainted with the Latin, Greek, and Hebrew languages, and perfectly well knew not only the sciences called abstruse, but those arts which come under the denomination of polite literature.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

The upper corner is then turned sharply under in a flat crease for about a quarter of its diagonal length; then the two sides are rolled loosely under, making a sort of pillow effect laid sideways; with a straight top edge and a pointed lower edge, and the monogram displayed in the center.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

[A; a] plow lightly, esp.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Hermann Sielcken was not so sure about it "At a price low enough," he mused, "I might be able to raise funds to pay eighty percent on a value of seven cents a pound for Rio No. 5."
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

The captains of the "Languedoc" and "Couronne" were imprisoned as soon as they reached France, and all papers, logs, etc., bearing upon the case were gathered together.
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

All furnish’d, all in arms; All plumed like estridges that with the wind Bate it; like eagles having lately bathed; Glittering in golden coats, like images; As full of spirit as the month of May And gorgeous as the Sun at midsummer; Wanton as youthful goats, wild as young bulls.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Nûllô tamen modô Herculês avibus adpropinquâre potuit; lacus enim nôn ex aquâ sed ê lîmô cônstitit.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

de documentos a cobrar , records of bills collectable ; libro de documentos a pagar , record of bills payable ; cuenta deudora , debit account ; cuenta acreedora , credit account ; cuenta de mercancías , bill of goods ; cuenta de pérdidas y ganancias , profit and loss account ; cerrar una cuenta , to close an account ; liquidar , to settle (an account) ; saldo a favor , a balance in favor ; saldo en contra , a balance against ; partida , item , entry ; pasar al mayor , to transfer to the ledger ; tenedor de libros , bookkeeper ; cajero , cashier ; debe , debit ; haber , credit ; activo , assets ; pasivo , liabilities ; entrada , cash receipts ; salida , expenditure ; a cargo de , charged to ; a favor de , credited to ; partida doble , double entry ; a prorrata , pro rata .
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Jadeaban los caballos al avanzar por la empinada cuesta,
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Nūllō tamen modō Herculēs avibus adpropinquāre potuit; lacus enim nōn ex aquā sed ē līmō cōnstitit.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

An arched passage leads each side of the crypt with banners hung over the confessionals in the recesses.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 21, April, 1875, to September, 1875 A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various

His importance as a pastoralist lies elsewhere.
— from Pastoral Poetry & Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by W. W. (Walter Wilson) Greg

A second wave, Winckler's Canaanitic or Amoritic migration, followed in the third millennium, covering Babylonia, laying the foundations of the Assyrian Empire, invading Syria and Palestine (Phoenicians, Amorites) and possibly later Egypt ( Hyksos ).
— from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane

A very semi-occasional visit to town served as a pleasant little episode, by giving us a glimpse of an approach at least to a civilized existence, thereby preventing us from wholly lapsing into barbarism.
— from The Campaign of the Forty-fifth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Militia "The Cadet Regiment" by Charles Eustis Hubbard

A third method which has been adopted is, that of sowing the seeds at a particular lunar epoch, great confidence being placed in the plan of planting them during the last quarter of the moon, but such confidence is found to be misplaced.
— from Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden) Masters

"Come, Captain Arundel," cried Paul Marchmont, heartily, "believe me, though I have not much superfluous sentimentality left in my composition after a pretty long encounter with the world, still I can truly sympathise with your regret for this poor silly child.
— from John Marchmont's Legacy, Volumes 1-3 by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

—Material substance, as consisting of act and potency, like everything else in creation, is both active and passive, its activity and passivity being essentially confined, as we have already explained, 109 to the production and the reception of local movement.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 20, October 1874‐March 1875 by Various

Friends of mine I knew at Brighton, who took me there, a rich Jew and his wife who'd lived in Africa, said when the Dauntreys turned up at the Metropole that he'd been at a pretty low ebb out there.
— from The Guests Of Hercules by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

Abortion and premature labor, especially the latter, occur in cases of dis-compensation, in from 20% to 40%, and stillbirth in 29% to 70%, giving figures collected from various sources by Fellner.
— from The Case for Birth Control: A Supplementary Brief and Statement of Facts by Margaret Sanger