If the substantives denote persons of the same gender, that gender is used; if they denote persons of different gender, the masculine is used: as, venēnō absūmptī Hannibal et
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

It makes the heart merry, drives away melancholy, quickens [12] the spirits, is good against quartan agues, stancheth bleeding at mouth and nose, if it be stamped and applied to the nape of the neck; the herb also bruised, and with some salt and vinegar and hog’s-grease, laid upon a hard tumour or swelling, or that vulgarly called the king’s evil, do help to dissolve or discuss them; and being in like manner applied, doth much allay the pains, and give ease to the gout, sciatica, and other pains of the joints and sinews.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Prince Charles of Courland, who had been at Venice and had been well received by M. de Bragadin and my other friends, had been in Vienna and had left it a fortnight before my arrival to return to Venice.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

presented him with an estate in Austria, where he ended his life; and Cuspinian, who in his youth conversed with the aged prince at Vienna, applauds his piety and wisdom, (de Cæsaribus, p. 672, 673.)]
— 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

The fact of having twenty thousand men in Brisgau while the Moselle and Sarre were uncovered, shows the fear they had of losing a village, and how their system led to large detachments, which are frequently the ruin of armies.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

He was willing enough, but my sister was good and virtuous, and hated his brother with a hatred as strong as mine.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

While Monte Cristo had begged the smelling-bottle of Madame de Villefort, he had noticed the approach of Villefort to Madame Danglars, and he soon guessed all that had passed between them, though the words had been uttered in so low a voice as hardly to be heard by Madame Danglars.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

The prospect a dead wall, an alley instead of a street, confined air, bad light, small rooms, iron bars, rats, and a rotten floor; an assemblage of circumstances that do not constitute a very agreeable habitation; but I was in the same house with my best friend, incessantly near her, at my desk, or in chamber, so that I could not perceive the gloominess of my own, or have time to think of it.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

But St. Aubert had too much good sense to prefer a charm to a virtue; and had penetration enough to see, that this charm was too dangerous to its possessor to be allowed the character of a blessing.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

I have no doubt that the poor woman is much more worthy of respect and kindness than her wild sons; and yet the fact remains that if Wyvis Brand had come here with his brother alone, he would have been received everywhere, and entertained and visited and honored like any other young man of property and tolerable repute; but as he has brought his mother with him, I am very much afraid that many of the nicest people in the county mean to 'cut' him."
— from A True Friend: A Novel by Adeline Sergeant

With the accession of Gatiño and his family and Valiente and his men, our numbers had gradually increased, and the camp at night had quite a lively aspect.
— from Down the Orinoco in a Canoe by Santiago Pérez Triana

An hour later he was hailed from the roadside by a venerable ancient having one very blue eye and a long white beard.
— from The Mesa Trail by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones

To feel this change in him as vividly as he felt it, could lead to but one conclusion in the mind of a man who was incapable of purposely deceiving himself.
— from Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time by Wilkie Collins

Bāwaria or Baori is derived from bānwar , a creeper, or the tendril of a vine, and hence a noose made originally from some fibrous plant and used for trapping animals, this being one of the primary occupations of the tribe.
— from The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume 2 by R. V. (Robert Vane) Russell

I shall remain here until after Mrs. Bramlett’s funeral, for the purpose of accompanying Viola and her brother to Memphis.
— from The White Rose of Memphis by William C. (Clark) Falkner

“I did not suspect,” answered Judithe, quietly, and then they went out, leaving her alone, staring after them and then at the chair, where but a few minutes ago he had been seated, full of a life as vindictive as her own, if not so strong; 369 and now––had she murdered him?
— from The Bondwoman by Marah Ellis Ryan

It seemed as if Gordon had gained an additional value and herself an additional responsibility.
— from A Romance of Wastdale by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

Fred had spent his whole evening, the night before, over that book of Arctic Voyages, and he had brought it to bear on Rory the first thing after breakfast.
— from Harper's Young People, January 4, 1881 An Illustrated Monthly by Various