at , but , denotes emphatic lively opposition, an objection, or a contrast: as, brevis ā nātūrā
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Where fierce the surge with awful bellow Doth ever lash the rocky wall; And where the moon most brightly mellow Dost beam when mists of evening fall; Where midst his harem’s countless blisses The Moslem spends his vital span, A Sorceress there with gentle kisses Presented me a Talisman.
— from The Talisman, from the Russian of Alexander Pushkin; With Other Pieces by George Borrow

[85] A very important article by Dr. E. L. Youmans upon Mr. Spencer's philosophy has just appeared in the North American Review for October, 1879.
— from The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

Germany saw the Austrians being defeated everywhere; Lemberg, the capital of Galicia, captured; Przemysl masked, and the Russians fighting their way westward through Galicia between the Carpathians and the Vistula.
— from New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 5, August, 1915 by Various

[Pg 210] and glossy that it looked like varnish, and a long, long white nose, sensitive nostrils and bright darting eyes like those of an intelligent bird.
— from Happy House by Hutten zum Stolzenberg, Betsey Riddle, Freifrau von

On a bright day every leaf is making starch, and sending it down through the twigs and branches as food.
— from Trees Every Child Should Know: Easy Tree Studies for All Seasons of the Year by Julia Ellen Rogers

The boy, more strongly formed, resembled his father more, and in his broad forehead and bold, dashing expression looked like one who would become one day a man of nerve and mettle.
— from Arthur O'Leary: His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Charles James Lever

Some cities there be, whose streets be nauigable, as in Bruxels in Flanders, Mexico in the Indians, and as in Venice in Italie; which is the occasion that they are better serued and prouided, for that their barkes and boates doo enter laden with all kinde of victuals harde to their doores.
— from The History of the Great and Mighty Kingdom of China and the Situation Thereof, Volume 1 (of 2) by Juan González de Mendoza

Carnivorous; subhexapod; antenniferous: body depressed, elongate, linear, with falcate acute mandibles, a distinct thoracic shield, and an anal proleg.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 3 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

Having passed all his youthful prime without considering marriage as practicable, he had thought less than any body during early life of changing his condition; and since he had attained competency, and became desirous of uniting himself suitably to a virtuous partner, the difficulties of seeking, finding, choosing, proposing, and wedding, rose upon his view like Alps beyond Alps, and presented such a formidable barrier against hope, that he could not see how the matter was ever to be undertaken, much less how it would ever come to pass.
— from Tales of My Time, Vol. 1 (of 3) Who Is She? by William Pitt Scargill

Katte wore, by order, a brown dress exactly like the Prince's; the Prince is already brought down into a lower room to see Katte as he passes (to "see Katte die," had been the royal order; but they smuggled that into abeyance); and Katte knows he shall see him.
— from History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Thomas Carlyle