Sed virî arma postulâbant et studêbant Gallôs dê mûrîs agere.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

He succeeded Pierce and the Treasury officials, and sold forfeited estates, leased abandoned plantations, encouraged schools, and received from Sherman, after that terribly picturesque march to the sea, thousands of the wretched camp followers.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

Addledd , pp. earned, S; see Adlen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

'And here have I,' said Sloppy, in something of a self-reproachful tone, 'been a learning and a learning, and here has Mr Boffin been a paying and a paying, ever so long!'
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Annamyllit , pp. enamelled, S3; see Enamelen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

He really was speaking in earnest in quite a different tone, and with a peculiar excitement, so that Nikolay Vsyevolodovitch looked at him with curiosity.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

In any case it is well to take care not to form a highly favorable opinion of a person whose acquaintance you have only recently made, for otherwise you are very likely to be disappointed; and then you will be ashamed of yourself and perhaps even suffer some injury.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Counsels and Maxims by Arthur Schopenhauer

You can't give me any particular evening, so that I can remind myself what I was doing at the time?
— from Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

This occurs when, recollecting herself from the various localities over which she had, as it were, spread herself, she retires within herself; when she estranges herself entirely from the passions, when she allows the body only such pleasures as are necessary or suitable to cure her pains, to recuperate from its fatigues, and in avoiding its becoming importunate; when she becomes insensible to sufferings; or, if that be beyond her power, in supporting them patiently, and in diminishing them by refusing to share them; when she appeases anger as far as possible, even suppressing it entirely, if possible; or at least, if that be impossible, not participating therein; abandoning to the animal nature all unthinking impulses, and even so reducing to a minimum all reflex movements; when she is absolutely inaccessible to fear, having nothing left to risk; and when she represses all sudden movements, except nature's warning of dangers.
— from Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 In Chronological Order, Grouped in Four Periods by Plotinus

He scattered documents, and preached every Sunday in the yard or one of the large rooms.
— from The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape by Albert D. (Albert Deane) Richardson

It is a pretty even shore, with sandy bays and low land for about three or four miles up; and then it is mountainous.
— from A Continuation of a Voyage to New Holland, Etc. in the Year 1699 by William Dampier

return Contents Contents, p.2 No. 243 Saturday, December 8, 1711 Addison Formam quidem ipsam, Marce fili, et tanquam faciem Honesti vides: quæ si oculis cerneretur, mirabiles amores (ut ait Plato) excitaret Sapientiæ.— Tull.
— from The Spectator, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 With Translations and Index for the Series by Steele, Richard, Sir

And see what mischief I have done,” and poor Eleanor’s story ended in a burst of sobs, as she buried her head against the little sister whom she had just been comforting.
— from Three Little Women: A Story for Girls by Gabrielle E. (Gabrielle Emilie) Jackson

"Because the Geography says the French people dance; and Phil Elderkin showed me a picture with girls dancing under a tree, and, says he, 'That 's the sort that's comin' to y'r house.'"
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Cartwright . {203} X THE ASCENT OF THE SPIRIT {204} "The Apostle Paul evidently saw the redemption of the bodies of the saints and their manifestation as the sons of God and with them the redemption of the whole creation from its present bondage to be the complete harvest of the Spirit, whereof the church doth now possess only the first-fruits, that is, the first ripe grains which could be formed into a sheaf and presented in the temple as a wave-offering unto the Lord.
— from The Ministry of the Spirit by A. J. (Adoniram Judson) Gordon

Flushing and paling, Ebarbold started up.
— from A Captive of the Roman Eagles by Felix Dahn

The stays should be well fitted, and each one carefully tightened, and, as far as possible each stay in a group should have the same regular strain upon it —if the “pull” all should come on one the whole are liable to give way.
— from Maxims and Instructions for the Boiler Room Useful to Engineers, Firemen & Mechanics; Relating to Steam Generators, Pumps, Appliances, Steam Heating, Practical Plumbing, etc. by N. (Nehemiah) Hawkins

In connection with this event are two very celebrated names, for the Sun and Planet engine, still in use, was manufactured by the firm of which
— from The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History (Illustrated with over Fifty Quaint Cuts) by John Bickerdyke