45 Dolci cose a vedere, e dolci inganni —Things sweet to see, and sweet deceptions.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

non che al viso e di sotto mi venta.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Such children as saw him at nightfall dreamt of bogies, and it seemed doubtful whether he disliked boys more than they disliked him, or the reverse; but there was certainly a vivid enough dislike on either side.
— from The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

The grand entrance is through a conservatory and viranda, elegantly decorated with choice flowers and exotic plants.
— from Some Account of Llangollen and Its Vicinity Including a Circuit of About Seven Miles by W. T. (Wilfrid Tord) Simpson

Et avec ce qu'ele iere maigre, Iert-ele povrement vestuë, Cote avoit viés et desrumpuë, Comme s'el fust as chiens remese; 210 Povre iert moult la cote et esrese, Et plaine de viés palestiaus.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

" This is certainly a very emphatic denial of the charges made against him, and, coming from a trusted employee of fifteen years, it would seem that it should have been quite satisfactory.
— from The Story of a Dark Plot; Or, Tyranny on the Frontier by A.L.O.C.

He answered the hunter in monosyllables, whenever he could, and very evidently did not care to converse with him.
— from Tom Thatcher's Fortune by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

Creature comforts, and very earthly delights, were to be the portion of believers in him, and in Mahomed his prophet.
— from Outlines of Jewish History from B.C. 586 to C.E. 1885 by Magnus, Katie, Lady

Meanwhile the cardinal approached, visiting every day one of the parishes situated in the territory of Lecco.
— from The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni by Alessandro Manzoni

To which I would add that he could also very easily determine what sort
— from The Iron Ration: Three Years in Warring Central Europe by George Abel Schreiner

Aretino assigns the invention of cards, as well as of chess, to Palamedes, in the Grecian camp before the wall of Troy, thus claiming a very early date for their introduction to Europeans; but, while little credence has been placed on this record, it is more than probable that Tarots were part of the equipment of the camp if the soldiers [Pg 310] wished to have their future foretold by the messenger of the gods, and gambling sticks, made of ivory and marked with men’s heads, have been found in the tomb of King Qa, at Abydos, Egypt.
— from Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards by Van Rensselaer, John King, Mrs.