q e La alt a li riſponde poy aq e lla de li corni li e apreſentato vna taça de vino et balando et dicendo certe parolle et lalt a reſpondendoli et facendo vista cat o ho cinque volte de beuere eL vino ſparge q e llo ſoura eL core deL porcho poy ſubito torna aballare a Queſta medeſima vien dato vna lancia Ley vibrandola et dicendo alquante parolle ſempre tute due balando et moſtrã do cat o ho cinque volte de dare [de dare: doublet in original MS. ]
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

“Most delightful girls, I call them,” said Jeff, his blue eyes dreamily contented.
— from Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

De banks dey keep on fallin’ back, en de creek keep on gittin’ wider en wider, twel bimeby Brer Rabbit en Mr Lion ain’t in sight er one er n’er, en fum dat day to dis de big waters bin rollin’ ’twix um.” Kû!
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Clotaldo!—calling as one scarce dares call For him who suddenly might break the spell One fears to walk without him—Why, that I, With unencumber'd step as any there, Go stumbling through my glory—feeling for That iron leading-string—ay, for myself— For that fast-anchor'd self of yesterday, Of yesterday, and all my life before, Ere drifted clean from self-identity Upon the fluctuation of to-day's Mad whirling circumstance!—And, fool, why not?
— from Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Though the actual production, especially as regards the chief characters, who as a whole could not be regarded as belonging to the flower of Berlin opera, left me unmoved, and though the effect never reached a point that could be even distantly compared to that produced upon me by Schroder-Devrient, yet the exceptional precision, fire, and richly organised rendering of the whole was new to me.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Catone meo saepe dissensi; nimis mihi praefracte videbatur aerarium vectigaliaque defendere, omnia publicanis negare, multa sociis, cum in hos benefici esse deberemus, cum illis sic agere, ut cum colonis nostris soleremus, eoque magis, quod [342] illa ordinum coniunctio ad salutem rei publicae pertinebat.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

To confine our description to the heraldic portion of the brass, we find the following arms upon the mantle:— "Quarterly, 1. argent, a bend sable, within a bordure engrailed azure (Knevet); 2. argent, a bend azure, and chief, gules (Cromwell); 3. chequy or and gules, a chief ermine (Tatshall); 4. chequy or and gules, a bend ermine (De Cailly or Clifton); 5. paly of six within a bordure bezanté....
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

William, the youngest of our family, was yet an infant, and the most beautiful little fellow in the world; his lively blue eyes, dimpled cheeks, and endearing manners, inspired the tenderest affection.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“And the noise is going to bring every damned copper in the township on top of it.”
— from The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle

The contest was by each disputant carried on suo more by Luther with his usual authoritative and tempestuous vehemence, by Zwingli in his own cool reasoning, dignified, and courteous style and republican frankness.
— from The Story of Switzerland by Lina Hug

The castle of Namur surrendered after a miserable defence of but eleven days; Clermont's corps [153] was released for operations in the field, and the Allies were forced to fall back for the protection of Liége.
— from A History of the British Army, Vol. 2 First Part—to the Close of the Seven Years' War by Fortescue, J. W. (John William), Sir

(TOM rings the bell and sound of electric door opener is heard, they both exit door C.) (FLYNN strolls back on from R. ad MAGGIE enters from L.) FLYNN:
— from Writing for Vaudeville by Brett Page

And I do, lastly, enjoin and require, that the Representatives of the several future counties, so as aforesaid to be elected, do convene in the town of St. Louis on the first Monday in December next, as provided by the act of Congress aforesaid.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

I was dumbfounded but “El Draque,” contemptuously at ease, sat on my backstage table, his plumed hat and red gloves flung on top of a litter of plays.
— from Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett

So the wordy war went on between his good sense and his yearning heart, banishing every dear, cherished memory and postponing sleep till the wee morning hours.
— from The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains by Isla May Mullins

75 Full-Page Illustration in Colour The Flowers and Gardens of Japan Painted by Ella Du Cane .
— from Northern Spain by Edgar Thomas Ainger Wigram

In consequence of this resolution, an end was put to all hope of visiting the land of Quiros, which the best seamen on board thought might have been easily discovered, called by him and Torres the Islands of Solomon , and reported to be beautiful and fertile, and abounding in gold, silver, precious stones, and spices.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

It is true that the municipalities appear to operate with the fullest liberty, but this liberty is restricted, because the provincial board exercise direct control over all their acts, so that municipal autonomy is, as a matter of fact, nominal.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan