Nom donné dans le Midi à ces gros insectes noirs que l’Académie appelle des “blattes” et les gens du Nord des “cafards.”
— from Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) by Alphonse Daudet

But Ediths little girl demanded her care; and old Janet took too much pride and pleasure in the interesting child to repine at having the charge of her, even though it prevented her from attending at the meeting-house on the first occasion of Roger's officiating there since his marriage.
— from The Pilgrims of New England A Tale of the Early American Settlers by Mrs. (Annie) Webb-Peploe

The learned Dr. Guy Patin says: "On dit que M. de Meziriac avoit corrigé dans son Amyot huit mille fautes, et qu'Amyot n'avoit pas de bons exemplaires, ou qu'il n'avoit pas bien entendu le Grec de Plutarque."[C]
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Du Teil, B on J. Napoléon Bonaparte et les généraux du Teil (1788-94).
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane

I had reached that stage before encountering Le Grand Diable on the field of massacre at Seven Oaks.
— from Lords of the North by Agnes C. Laut

It was a clear, cloudless night without, and the stars twinkled and glistened as if the sky were full of bright eyes, looking gladly down upon the world, and taking a share in all its gayety and happiness.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Various

"But to intrude upon an entire stranger—" began Edith, looking greatly disturbed.
— from The Masked Bridal by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

Mon gendr’ pour la cérémonie, A voulu s’ach’ter un chapeau, Lâcher l’habit noir à queue d’pie, La cravat’ blanche et les gants d peau.
— from Argot and Slang A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris by Albert Barrère

He afterwards undertook long sea voyages, and published a book entitled, La Guide des Chemins de Paris, redigée par ordre alphabetique.
— from A History of Inventions, Discoveries, and Origins, Volume 2 (of 2) by Johann Beckmann