—Usted—dijo el Penitenciario, metiéndose el palillo en la última muela,—se inclinará más a los estudios de controversia.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Thus, there seems to be little doubt that the stock of partridges, grouse, and hares on any large estate depends chiefly on the destruction of vermin.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

And laughter-loving Aphrodite, with face turned away and lovely eyes downcast, crept to the well-spread couch which was already laid with soft coverings for the hero; and upon it lay skins of bears and deep-roaring lions which he himself had slain in the high mountains.
— from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod

financiera y contribuyendo así al desarrollo de la economía mundial; contribuir a una sana expansión económica tanto en los países miembros como en los no miembros, con miras al desarrollo económico; contribuir a la expansión del comercio mundial sobre una base multilateral y no discriminatoria conforme a las obligaciones internacionales.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

The lord abbat wore a steel cap under his hood, and a coat of mail and steel hose under his robes; and he had a two-edged sword at his side and a heavy mace at the pommel of his saddle, and a good lance resting on stirrup-iron; yea, and I, Felix the novice, wore ringed armour and a steel casque, and had my sword and lance: Englehard de Cicomaco, that famed and well-judging knight, who was one of the retainers of our abbey, doing military service for the abbey lands he held near Hurley Common, did say that I looked a very proper man-at-arms, and did bestride my steed like a knight—but these are vanities, and I by my vows did renounce all vanity.
— from A Legend of Reading Abbey by Charles MacFarlane

In this print at least eight different colour-blocks were used, among them a deep red and a vivid green.
— from A Brief History of Wood-engraving from Its Invention by Joseph Cundall

"Mamma," she whispered, after a pause, during which she balanced her small slipper thoughtfully on the tip of her toe, "Mamma, I really believe you can't help it--will you have a little eau de cologne?--Gertrude is so madly in love with him.
— from Gertrude's Marriage by W. Heimburg

"La ressemblance du type si fin de l'Apollon au lézard et du charmant bronze du Capitole le tíreur d'épine est trop frappante pour qu'on puisse se refuser à voir dans celui-ci une inspiration de Praxitèle ou de son école.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

He was wont to style himself, as in his childhood he had heard himself described, "The last of the Gallowgate bairns;" the Gallowgate being an old part of Aberdeen devoted chiefly to humble trade, no [ii] one, in modern times at least, even distantly connected with gentility living there.
— from The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by John Hill Burton

She coloured very much and looked embarrassed directly Claude's name was mentioned.'
— from Uncle Max by Rosa Nouchette Carey