"The emperor" (said Attila) "has long promised him a rich wife: Constantius must not be disappointed; nor should a Roman emperor deserve the name of liar."
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

ANT: Reward, encourage, decorate, caress.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

As will be guessed, my invitation was accepted, and Rosalie enjoyed dining with the actors and actresses, and especially hearing herself called Madame Casanova every moment.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Yet I may plead also that as a rule every diligent student of these great works can add something to the discoveries of his predecessors, and I think I have been able to bring out a few new points in the old and much-studied Oedipus , chiefly points connected with the dramatic technique and the religious atmosphere.
— from Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Sophocles

When the gnat had heard that, she flew away again, and revealed everything, down to the minutest detail, to the willow-wren.
— from Grimms' Fairy Tales by Wilhelm Grimm

He didn't know what a vacuum would do to a subject of Levantman shock, but he had hopes, nor did he quite understand what a real estate dealer was, but it might have something to do with pottery.
— from The Marching Morons by C. M. (Cyril M.) Kornbluth

Voltaire was not in Paris, and Rameau either did not come, or concealed himself.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

the hundred weight, white sugars pay £1:1:1; and refined, either double or single, in loaves, £4:2:5 8/20ths.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

He describes the heart as unweldable, a remarkable expression, drawn from his father's trade of a blacksmith; nothing but grace can so heat it as to enable the hammer of conviction to weld it to Christ; and when thus welded, it becomes one with him.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan

“Can I explain you?” asked Roylands eagerly, drawing his chair a little nearer.
— from The Island of Fantasy: A Romance by Fergus Hume

Crackenfudge was one of the first out of the 'Flash of Lightning', which, we should say, drew up at a rival establishment, directly opposite that which patronized the 'Fly'.
— from The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

This sweeping judgment was followed by a royal edict, dated on the same day, in which, after reciting the language of the Inquisition, the whole nation, [309] with the exception above stated, was sentenced, without distinction of sex or age, to the penalties of treason,—death and confiscation of property; and this, the decree went on to say, “without any hope of grace whatever, that it might serve for an example and a warning to all future time!”
— from The Boys' Book of Famous Rulers by Lydia Hoyt Farmer

Municipal inspection of dwellings and of all buildings, the municipality to keep close scrutiny on all real estate developments.
— from Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel Peter Orth

A proof of this lies open to all in the fact that women’s names as well as men’s are incorporated in the text of the Mass, and are repeated every day with as much honor, before the altar of God.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various

Are not people drowned in a river every day?
— from Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc

Dove (dōv), a river, England, Derbyshire, which, after a course of 39 miles through highly picturesque scenery, falls into the Trent.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Deposition to Eberswalde Volume 4, Part 1 by Various