Figure 2 is copied from an ancient copper vase, covered with Egyptian hieroglyphic characters, found at Cairo, and figured in a book entitled Explication des divers monument singuliers, qui ont rapport à la religion des plus anciens peuples , par le R. P. Dom.......á Paris, 1739.
— from Ancient Pagan and Modern Christian Symbolism With an Essay on Baal Worship, on the Assyrian Sacred "Grove," and Other Allied Symbols by Thomas Inman

[58] al mismo virrey en persona, con una mirada o un chiste, la he visto ayer salir de Santo Domingo, con los ojos como ascuas, bajo el encaje del manto, con un pie capaz de desaparecer en la juntura de dos piedras, y aquel andar que hubiera hecho persignarse al mismo San Antonio.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Mrs. Linyard provided a warm and bountiful supper, and both enjoyed every dish that was set before them.
— from Richard Dare's Venture; Or, Striking Out for Himself by Edward Stratemeyer

One who could bear to be so wonderfully and beautifully exaggerated every day.
— from Familiar Letters The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, Volume 06 (of 20) by Henry David Thoreau

But then I was forced to take it again and go on; and the evil longings, the evil prayers came again and blotted everything else dim, till, in the midst of them—I don’t know how it was—he was turning the sail—there was a gust—he was struck—I know nothing—I only know that I saw my wish outside me.”
— from Daniel Deronda by George Eliot

Ille laetus in castra Jugurthae venit; dein ab illo cuncta edoctus, properato itinere post diem octavum redit ad Bocchum et ei denuntiat, ‘Jugurtham cupere omnia, quae imperarentur, facere, sed Mario parum confidere; saepe antea cum imperatoribus Romanis pacem conventam
— from C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino by Sallust

He is a bold, eager, earnest, devout, passionate, well-intentioned man, with considerable experience in the sphere of the religious emotions, full of sympathy with rough natures, full of mother wit and practical sagacity, but, as a theologian, coarse, ignorant, narrow-minded, and strikingly deficient in fine spiritual perceptions.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

My brother John, after being expected every day this week, wrote positively to say he could not come to day: and accordingly was seen to drive up to the Hall two hours ago.
— from Letters of Edward FitzGerald, in Two Volumes. Vol. 1 by Edward FitzGerald

Who sees him act, but envies every deed?
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 by Alexander Pope

This objection will vanish when we intermix with them, and boldly efface every distinction.
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 1, January 1916 by Various