I have remarked that these anamals generally celect a South Easterly exposure for their residence, tho they are sometimes found in the level plains.—passed an Island, above which two small creeks fall in on Lard side; the upper creek largest, which we called Sharbono's Creek after our interpreter who encamped several weeks on it with a hunting party of Indians.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

e returns of the fixed capital are, in almost all cases, much slower than those of the circulating capital: and such expenses, even when laid out with the greatest prudence and judgment, very seldom return to the undertaker till after a period of many years, a period by far too distant to suit the conveniency of a bank.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

In this present case, therefore, I may employ simple conversion, and say: “Every ens realissimum is a necessary being.”
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

[This sentence contains one of those highly condensed and somewhat enigmatical expressions of which Sun Tzu is so fond.
— from The Art of War by active 6th century B.C. Sunzi

The King sprang to his deliverer’s side, with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes, exclaiming— “Thou hast lagged sorely, but thou comest in good season, now, Sir Miles; carve me this rabble to rags!”
— from The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain

Alios conquerentes audivi se esse ex damnatorum numero.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Thus, by the rule of the majority, are all officers of town, village, and city, county and state elected, except such few as are appointed by law to offices by superior officers, heads of departments, bureaus, or districts of supervision or administration.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Homuncio brevis, macilentus, umbra hominis, &c. Ad stuporem ejus eruditionem et eloquentiam admirati sunt.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The DAUPHIN'S camp at Saint Edmundsbury Enter, in arms, LEWIS, SALISBURY, MELUN, PEMBROKE, BIGOT, and soldiers LEWIS.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The ostensible one, (and that rational enough too,) is that the women may chuse Habits unobserved by each other for these innumerable Masquerades, where two or three different characters are supported every evening by Ladies of y e Haut Ton; increasing expence, and facilitating intrigue in a manner hitherto unexampled.
— from The Intimate Letters of Hester Piozzi and Penelope Pennington, 1788-1821 by Penelope Pennington

This race, the original inhabitants of the country before the Arab conquest, has never been entirely conquered, and between them and the Arab conquerors a strong enmity exists.
— from Mogreb-el-Acksa: A Journey in Morocco by R. B. (Robert Bontine) Cunninghame Graham

Six of his old neighbours acted as pall-bearers—namely, Colonel Potts, F. Walsh, Aquilla Walsh, Abner Owen, Joseph Culver, and S. Ellis, Esquires—whose joint ages amounted to almost 400 years.
— from The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 2 of 2 From 1620-1816 by Egerton Ryerson

We smile at the vaporing of men to whom patriotism means a good cry, and several extra editions.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, April 1885 by Various

It would be impossible to prevent the half-starved Irish peasantry from crossing the Channel, and seeking employment, even at low wages, and forming a pestiferous Irish quarter in every town and city.
— from The Land-War in Ireland: A History for the Times by James Godkin

Who that ever had a sneaking villanous cur slip up behind and nip out a patch of your trowsers, boot top and calf—the size of an oyster, but has felt for the pistol, knife or club, and sworn eternal enmity to the whole canine race?
— from The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

Just then, without any previous knocking, the door of his chamber was opened, and, with bold carriage and sparkling eyes, entered Master Wenzel Puderlein.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

et corpore a seculo est elongatus.
— from The Essence of Christianity Translated from the second German edition by Ludwig Feuerbach