"But still his heart did feel the smart, And eke the dire distress, And rather grew his pain more sharp As grew his body less.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

581 . calix , cup , fornix , arch , and trādux , vinelayer , are masculine; also substantives in -ūnx and -ex ; except nex , murder , and precī , prayer , dative, no nominative, which are feminine; also rarely grex , herd .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Their strength and number none may tell, And Ráma guards his legions well.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

They also assert, that things indifferent are so spoken of in a twofold manner; firstly, those things are called so, which have no influence in producing either happiness or unhappiness; such for instance, as riches, glory, health, strength, and the like; for it is possible for a man to be happy without any of these things; and also, it is upon the character of the use that is made of them, that happiness or unhappiness depends.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

As regards Giorgione himself, we have indeed to take note of all those negations and exceptions, by which, at first sight, a "new Vasari" seems merely to have confused our apprehension of a delightful object, to have explained away out of our inheritance from past time what seemed of high value there.
— from The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry by Walter Pater

The clerks and copyists all rose, greeting him with good-humored deference.
— from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

And now I should not lie-but will deserve, For virtue and true beauty of the soul, For honesty and decent carriage, A right good husband, let him be a noble;
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

You are right; Germain has been good to me; for his visitor is, as may be said, himself, and my sister Jeanne is myself and much more.'"
— from Mysteries of Paris — Volume 03 by Eugène Sue

But a republican government has the same vocation, the same duties, as any other government.
— from Democracy in France. January 1849 by François Guizot

Some nations of Europe, who claimed to be nations of civilization and making for righteousness, so often called "Christian nations," have been lifted up in pride, forgetting God in their prosperity, and now a righteous God has put His hand upon them, so that they should find out that He is the Lord.
— from The Prophet Ezekiel: An Analytical Exposition by Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Rough and Ready gained his name partly from its resemblance in sound to his right name of Rufus, but chiefly because it described him pretty well.
— from Rough and Ready; Or, Life Among the New York Newsboys by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

The existing association was started July 8, 1874, under the title of “Bethanienverein,” or the Bethany Society, through the efforts of several members of the German Conference, among whom were Rev. G. Weiss, who, with two deaconesses, initiated the work in Bremen, Rev. Frederick Eilers, the present inspector, and Rev. G. Hausser, who for several years was president of the board of direction, and now resides in America.
— from Deaconesses in Europe and their Lessons for America by Jane M. (Jane Marie) Bancroft

Fred was still rather shaky, and Randy gave him his arm to help him at the difficult places.
— from To Alaska for Gold; Or, The Fortune Hunters of the Yukon by Edward Stratemeyer

"A vein of iron," said Lady Lyttelton, who, as royal governess, had good means of observation, "runs through her most extraordinary character."
— from Queen Victoria by Lytton Strachey