To me, indeed, it appears that even those studies which are more common and in greater esteem are not without some divine energy: so that I do not consider that a poet can produce a serious and sublime poem without some divine impulse working on his mind; nor do I think that eloquence, abounding with sonorous words and fruitful sentences, can flow thus without something beyond mere human power.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

A footboy; so called from such servants commonly following close behind their master or mistress. CATCH PENNY.
— from 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

The harmless rabbit gambols with its young Across the trampled towing-path, where late A troop of laughing boys in jostling throng Cheered with their noisy cries the racing eight; The gossamer, with ravelled silver threads, Works at its little loom, and from the dusky red-eaved sheds Of the lone Farm a flickering light shines out Where the swinked shepherd drives his bleating flock Back to their wattled sheep-cotes, a faint shout Comes from some Oxford boat at Sandford lock, p. 79
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

A few small claws followed them for a little while and then gave up, turning back and going off.
— from Second Variety by Philip K. Dick

When he reached Rhyd-y-Fen, a ford so called from this legend, they met a neighbour, who exclaimed, ‘Holo, Dewi, are you leaving us for good?’
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

Marco then awoke Forester, saying, "Cousin Forester!
— from Forests of Maine Marco Paul's Adventures in Pursuit of Knowledge by Jacob Abbott

John Baptist Colbert , marquis of Torrey, died; a French statesman, celebrated for his embassies.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

During the discussion of the measure in the Reichstag the Centre Party compelled the Government to modify their original scheme, and to drop five large and five small cruisers for service on foreign stations, while the reserve of cruisers was reduced by one large and two small vessels.
— from The German Fleet Being The Companion Volume to "The Fleets At War" and "From Heligoland To Keeling Island by Archibald Hurd

Then in the dim light of a few shaded candles, for they did not want the glimmer of the electrics to disclose the affair to some watching monitor, the feast began.
— from Tom Fairfield's Hunting Trip; or, Lost in the Wilderness by Allen Chapman

Finally, when Jim was beginning to feel that he must move, or go mad, a final signal came from the doorway.
— from Captain Jim by Mary Grant Bruce