For great as was the advancing and retiring flood which provided nourishment, the affections produced by external contact caused still greater tumult—when the body of any one met and came into collision with some external fire, or with the solid earth or the gliding waters, or was caught in the tempest borne on the air, and the motions produced by any of these impulses were carried through the body to the soul.
— from Timaeus by Plato

How long will it be ere Cutbeard come? Stay, if an hour, hold up your whole hand, if half an hour, two fingers; if a quarter, one; [MUTE HOLDS UP A FINGER BENT.] —Good: half a quarter?
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

'Again beloved, esteemed, carest, Cupid shall in thine arms be prest, Sport on thy knees, or on thy bosom sleep: My Torch thine age-struck heart shall warm; My Hand pale Winter's rage disarm, And Youth and Spring shall here once more their revels keep.'—
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

next before the map of Mar del Zur, boroweth proofe and authoritie out of this relation, to shew that the Northeast parte of America called Estotiland, and in the original alwayes affirmed to bee an Islande, was about the yeere 1390 discouered by the aforesayd Venetian Gentleman Messer Antonio Zeno, aboue 100 yeeres before euer Christopher Columbus set saile for those Westerne Regions; and that the Northren Seas were euen then sayled by our Europæan Pilots through the helpe of the loadstone: with diuers other particulars concerning the customes, religion and wealth of the Southern Americans, which are most euidently confirmed by all the late and moderne Spanish Histories of Nueua Espanna and Peru.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of The English Nation — Volume 12 America, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

Zo— "A twelvemonth an' a day bein' gone, The sperrit rised and spok: "'My body es clay cowld, sweet'art, My breath smells 'evvy an' strong; And ef you kiss my cowld white lips, Your time will not be long.'
— from Mistress Nancy Molesworth: A Tale of Adventure by Joseph Hocking

Mrs. Hope's blue eyes, callously calm, surveyed the three spinsters before her.
— from Penny Plain by O. Douglas

Donnacona renewed his acquaintance on the following day, attended by Taignoagny, Domaiga, and others, who were treated with an appearance of friendship, which it could hardly be expected Cartier could sincerely feel.
— from The Indian in his Wigwam; Or, Characteristics of the Red Race of America From Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

This was true, but ere Conkey could start to run Fred Garrison brought him to earth and the ball rolled out into the field.
— from The Rover Boys at School; Or, The Cadets of Putnam Hall by Edward Stratemeyer

Allor sicuramente apri' la bocca e cominciai: <<Come si puo` far magro la` dove l'uopo di nodrir non tocca?
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

“He’s one of the pistons of the big engine called ‘Commerce,’” said poor Butscha, whose clever mind made itself felt occasionally by such little sayings timidly jerked out.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

The other members of the family should set a correct example by sucking the hard candies rather than chewing them; for if the hard candies are allowed to dissolve slowly in the mouth they produce a weak solution of sugar, which does not interfere with digestion as do the strong and concentrated sugar solutions which result from chewing chocolate creams, bon-bons, etc. Candy, cookies, sandwiches, or bits of cake should never be allowed between the meals.
— from The Mother and Her Child by William S. (William Samuel) Sadler