Beside, to what purpose is it to lay down a definition for a faint resemblance, and mere shadow of me, while appearing here personally, you may view me at a more certain light?
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

The persevered hostilities of Edward against Scotland explained the delay; but the king yet hoped for a favorable reply, and made such entreaties to Bruce and his friend to remain in Paris till it should arrive, that they at last granted a reluctant consent.
— from The Scottish Chiefs by Jane Porter

Then on a smaller scale he should begin to make also from recollection a map showing the distribution of the roads, streams, and hills with which his daily life makes him familiar.
— from Outlines of the Earth's History: A Popular Study in Physiography by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Cleopatra was of insatiable passion and insatiable avarice, was ambitious for renown, and most scornfully bold.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

For every day they are not meet, Or for a careless tone; They are for rarest, and most sweet, And noblest use alone.
— from Legends and Lyrics. Part 1 by Adelaide Anne Procter

They are about 3,000 miles from Sidney, were first observed by Europeans in 1722, and are as far removed as most spots from direct Aryan influences.
— from Custom and Myth by Andrew Lang

And, in so far as the delight of youthful life and feeling was considered as dependent upon the life of nature in general, the subject of the minnesongs dealt with love within the natural environment of fields and forests, rivers and mountains, spring and flowers, winter and ice.
— from Women of the Teutonic Nations by Hermann Schoenfeld