Si pregunta su nombre a alguno, y este responde, «soy fulano, para servir a usted», [24] él le replica, «para servir a Dios».
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

603 The commencement of this romance calls to mind the compositions of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries:— El Africano alarido y el ronco son de las armas en los valles de Gumiel era saludos del Alba: Que a ser testigo salia de las victorias, que alcanzan contra los infieles lunas las cuchillas Castellanas: Quando el valeroso Hizán sobre una fogosa alfana, regalo de Hacén, Alcaide de Font-Hacén
— from History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2) by Friedrich Bouterwek

“Are you expecting Roy still?” inquired Helen.
— from The Man of the Forest by Zane Grey

“How’s my little snow-drop to-day?” said Harry, entering Ruth’s room as his mother swept out; “what [46] ails your eyes, Ruth?” said her husband, removing the little hands which hid them.
— from Ruth Hall: A Domestic Tale of the Present Time by Fanny Fern

But it proved other wise, for Mr. Weston, who had made y e large promise in his leter, (as is before noted,) that if all y e rest should fall of, yet he would never quit y e bussines, but stick to them, if they yeelded to y e conditions, and sente some lading in y e ship; and of this M r .
— 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

“Am I, then, to believe that you can act free and uncontrolled, without fear of any dictation or interference from others?” “Of course, sir.” “I mean, in short, madam, that none can gainsay any rights you exercise, or revoke any acts you execute?” “Really, sir, I cannot fancy any other condition of existence, except it be to persons confined in an asylum.” “Nay, madam, you are wrong there,” said he, smiling; “the life of every one is a network of obligations and ties, not a whit the less binding that they are not engrossed on parchment, and attested by three witnesses; liberty to do this, or to omit that, having always some penalty as a consequence.” “Oh, sir, spare me these beautiful moralizings, which only confuse my poor weak woman's head, and just say how they address themselves to me.”
— from One Of Them by Charles James Lever

Supposing man grown or improved for billions of years; after that immense period, he could begin over again improving for billions of years, and yet ever remain short of infinite perfection, as no number of finite things can make the infinite.
— from The Mormon Doctrine of Deity: The Roberts-Van Der Donckt Discussion To which is added a discourse, Jesus Christ, the revelation of God; also a collection of authoritative Mormon utterances on the being and nature of God by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

The Latin verses were later paraphrased in the Castilian tongue over the Gate of Zeres:— Hercules me edifico, Julio Cesar me cerco, de meno y torres altes y el rey santo me ganó, Con Garci Perez de Vargas.
— from Cathedrals of Spain by John A. (John Allyne) Gade

He toke his leaue of Olintlec , leauing him wel pleased, & went to a town two leagues frō thēce along y e riuer side, whereof was Lorde Iztacmixtlitan , one of the Gentlemen who had giuen him the slaues and collers of golde.
— from The pleasant historie of the conquest of the VVeast India, now called new Spayne atchieued by the vvorthy Prince Hernando Cortes, marques of the Valley of Huaxacac, most delectable to reade by Francisco López de Gómara