She was a beauty of eighteen, and no sooner did she see her husband than she declared she would never be his wife.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Knowing the amount of this to be that he did not sell it, but was willing to receive a present, we gave him ten or twelve reals, which he pocketed with admirable nonchalance, saying, "Dios se lo pague.
— from Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

She had a quick ear and woke up, and no sooner did she see me coming towards her than she asked me what I wanted.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Sagangsangun ang ngilit sa dáhun sa magay, The edge of a maguey leaf is sharp and thorny.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Ayaw ipanumpà ang ngálan sa Diyus sa pasipála, Don’t take God’s name in vain (make oaths in God’s name for light situations).
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Quod pulchros Glycere sumas de pixide vultus, Quod tibi compositae nec sine lege comae: Quod niteat digitis adamas, Beryllus in aure, Non sum divinus, sed scio quid cupias.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The dancing began within a few minutes after they were seated; and James, who had been engaged quite as long as his sister, was very importunate with Isabella to stand up; but John was gone into the card-room to speak to a friend, and nothing, she declared, should induce her to join the set before her dear Catherine could join it too.
— from Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

In Amsterdam, nella stamperia del S. D. Elsevier, 1678.
— from The Library of William Congreve by William Congreve

Left alone, Nathaniel sat down, shocked and stunned, to review the interview he had just had with his youngest sister.
— from Peg O' My Heart by J. Hartley Manners

We have not found out all her tricks, and never shall do so; but we very well know that a solution to all of them exists.
— from The Grey Room by Eden Phillpotts

In company with his uncles, one a mighty hunter and the other a noted scientist, Don Sturdy travels far and wide, gaining much useful knowledge and meeting many thrilling adventures.
— from The Rover Boys in Alaska; or, Lost in the Fields of Ice by Edward Stratemeyer

There are nearly seventy distinct species of Crocus known to botanists, and most of these are well worth growing, though more bloom in the autumn than in the spring.
— from The Book of Old-Fashioned Flowers And Other Plants Which Thrive in the Open-Air of England by Harry Roberts