Como una ofrenda olvidada En templo que se arruinò Y en la piedra cincelada Que en su caida encontrò La mece el viento colgada.
— from Modern Poets and Poetry of Spain by James Kennedy

General Dumouriez , accompanied by General Valance and young Egalite (Louis Philip), afterwards king of France, narrowly escaped to the Austrians.
— from The Every Day Book of History and Chronology Embracing the Anniversaries of Memorable Persons and Events in Every Period and State of the World, from the Creation to the Present Time by Joel Munsell

in y e goods before mentioned, not to bring any but trading com̅odities, he followed them not at all, but did the quite contrarie; bringing over many other sorts of retaile goods, selling what he could by the way on his owne accounte, and delivering the rest, which he said to be theirs, into y e store; and for [304] trading goods brought but litle in comparison; excusing the matter, they had laid out much about y e Laiden people, & patent, &c.
— from Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by William Bradford

Vervain cureth ague; and crowfoot affords y e leaste painfulle of blisters.
— from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.—April, 1851—Vol. II. by Various

[Pg 41] Why are your eyes like post-horses?
— from How to Solve Conundrums Containing All the Leading Conundrums of the Day, Amusing Riddles, Curious Catches, and Witty Sayings by Anonymous

For a deckhand we had a young East London parson, whom we alw
— from A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir

This valuable information is followed by an anecdote:— "Yesterday, ' entre le poire et le fromage ,'"—(at what period of a Cheltenham dinner that might be, his highness does not condescend to explain)—"I received the twice-declined visit of the master of the ceremonies, a gentleman who does the honour of the baths, and exercises a considerable authority over the company of an English watering-place, in virtue of which he welcomes strangers with most anti-English officiousness and pomposity, and manifests great care and zeal for their entertainment.
— from The Choice Humorous Works, Ludicrous Adventures, Bons Mots, Puns, and Hoaxes of Theodore Hook by Theodore Edward Hook

"What about your electric lighting plant, Joe, with the new buildings coming along?
— from Hidden Treasure: The Story of a Chore Boy Who Made the Old Farm Pay by John Thomas Simpson

Los mas insignes Arquitectos han confessado su solidez, y han tenido mucho que admirar en el capricho de sus adornos, y en la prolixidad con que están acabadas todas sus partes.
— from An Architect's Note-Book in Spain principally illustrating the domestic architecture of that country. by Wyatt, M. Digby (Matthew Digby), Sir