Now, if any one, carried in that chariot of winged serpents of which the poet Pacuvius makes mention, could 431 take his flight over all nations and cities, and accurately observe their proceedings, he would see that the sense of justice and right varies in different regions.
— from Cicero's Tusculan Disputations Also, Treatises On The Nature Of The Gods, And On The Commonwealth by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Instances of this are prō for *prōd ( 149 ; cf. prōdesse ) and pro- (Greek πρό ); nē and ne- in nescius ; the couples regō , I rule , and rēxī ; vehō , I draw , vēxī ; veniō , I come , vēnī , where the long vowel is characteristic of the perfect stem ( 862 ); vocō , I call , and vōx , voice ; regō , I rule , and rēx , ruler ; legō , I read , and lēx , bill ; sedeō , I sit , and sēdēs , seat ; fidēs , confidence , and fīdō , I trust ; dux (cf. ducis ), leader , and dūcō , I lead , where verb and noun are differentiated by the quantity of the root vowel; and many others.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Once more, though thou be a barbarian, born at Tontonteac, a villain, a slave, a Saldanian Negro, or a rude Virginian in Dasamonquepec, he a French monsieur, a Spanish don, a signor of Italy, I care not how descended, of what family, of what order, baron, count, prince, if thou be well qualified, and he not, but a degenerate Neoptolemus, I tell thee in a word, thou art a man, and he is a beast.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The leaves are usually mottled in light green and richly veined in dark brown or red, and they often turn to a rich red later in the season.
— from The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons

The rate of this artificial rhythm varies in different specimens, but the limits of variation are always within those which are observed by the natural rhythm of different specimens.
— from Jelly-Fish, Star-Fish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems by George John Romanes

The town was seat of Lawrence County until 1829; but after the removal of the court to a rival village, it declined and became extinct.—
— from James's Account of S. H. Long's Expedition, 1819-1820, part 4 by Thomas Say

For this reason, whatever complexity of elements the impersonal may present to a reflective view, it does not contain to itself.
— from Studies in Logical Theory by John Dewey

There was, and is, a blacksmith in a remote village in Devon, who is reported to be able to play any musical instrument put into his hands, at all events after a little trial of its peculiarities.
— from Old Country Life by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

[42] V Bryn Tirion sees Death Triumphant “I don’t know,” said Olwyn Evans, in a resigned voice, “I don’t know but it was best.
— from Through Welsh Doorways by Jeannette Augustus Marks

The big brig was a Russian vessel in disguise and loaded to her fullest capacity with supplies for the blockaded seaport.
— from At the Fall of Port Arthur; Or, A Young American in the Japanese Navy by Edward Stratemeyer

So late as the winter of 1866-7, in a Russian version, it drew crowded houses to the great theatre of Moscow; while a few years earlier, as if to give a signal proof of the reality of its title, and that Life was indeed a Dream, the Queen of Sweden expired in the theatre of Stockholm during the performance of "La Vida es Sueno".
— from The Wonder-Working Magician by Pedro Calderón de la Barca