ALUDELS, subliming pots. AMAZED, confused, perplexed.
— from Volpone; Or, The Fox by Ben Jonson

Thereafter, I showed how the greatest part of the matter of this chaos must, in accordance with these laws, dispose and arrange itself in such a way as to present the appearance of heavens; how in the meantime some of its parts must compose an earth and some planets and comets, and others a sun and fixed stars.
— from Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences by René Descartes

The context must determine whether the imperfect relates ( a. ) to action not performed either in the present as here, or in the past as in 1495, or ( b. ) to action performed in the past: as, sollicitāre poterat, audēbat , C. 3, 16, he had at once the assurance and the ability to play the tempter’s part .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

I reckon it as one of the greatest calamities which ever befel the republic of letters, That those who have been entrusted with the education of our children, and whose business it was to open their minds, and stock them early with ideas, in order to set the imagination loose upon them, have made so little use of the auxiliary verbs in doing it, as they have done—So that, except Raymond Lullius, and the elder Pelegrini, the last of which arrived to such perfection in the use of 'em, with his topics, that, in a few lessons, he could teach a young gentleman to discourse with plausibility upon any subject, pro and con, and to say and write all that could be spoken or written concerning it, without blotting a word, to the admiration of all who beheld him.—I should be glad, said Yorick, interrupting my father, to be made to comprehend this matter.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

The man turned a shade paler and cast a malignant glance at Holmes.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

He accordingly repaired or rebuilt the public edifices erected by them; preserving the former inscriptions, and placing statues of them all, with triumphal emblems, in both the porticos of his forum, issuing an edict on the occasion, in which he made the following declaration: “My design in so doing is, that the Roman people may require from me, and all succeeding princes, a conformity to those illustrious examples.”
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

( A- 1 .) Asent , sb. assent, S2, PP; assent , C3, PP.—OF.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

In unilluminated La Vendee the simple are like to be seduced by them; many a simple peasant, a Cathelineau the wool-dealer wayfaring meditative with his wool-packs, in these hamlets, dubiously shakes his head!
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The Taschers and Beauharnais — Execution of Alexandre Beauharnais — Adventures of His Widow — Meeting of Napoleon and Josephine — The Latter's Uncertainties — Her Character and Station — Passion and Convenience — The Bride's Dowry — Buonaparte's Philosophy of Life — The Ladder to Glory. 1796.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 1 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

Recently, it is true, Luther’s “religiousness” has been described by a skilful pen as consisting in an interior union with God, as something altogether “spiritual,” “personal,” as “a sentiment bringing comfort to man’s conscience.”
— from Luther, vol. 6 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

“Try to regard the experience from the stoical standpoint of a sardine,” Phil advised comfortingly, but in a comfortless tone.
— from Marjorie Dean, Marvelous Manager by Josephine Chase

Fox struck his solid legs into a stiff position, and crested up his whiskers with his finger-tips; which action makes a very fine impression on a young man's younger sister.
— from Perlycross: A Tale of the Western Hills by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

Still further, only those who thus have attained to the condition of absolute, speckless purity and conformity to Jesus Christ will meet His searching eye in calm tranquillity and be 'found of Him in peace .'
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren

However, assisted occasionally by a judicious remark thrown in by Mrs. Ducklow, he succeeded in telling a sufficiently plausible and candid-seeming story.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

They found a vacant bench behind a skilfully arranged screen of palms, and Sidwell produced a cigar.
— from Ben Blair The Story of a Plainsman by Will Lillibridge

garlic Chop ingredients up fine (or put all through a mincer, except apples, salt, pepper, and cloves).
— from The Sure to Rise Cookery Book Is Especially Compiled, and Contains Useful, Everyday Recipes, also Cooking Hints by T.J. Edmonds Ltd.

The cause of the flight is probably dynamical, affecting the insects with a sudden panic, and compelling them to rush away before the approaching tempest.
— from The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson