But is it necessary to suppose that these expressions are absolutely irreconcilable to each other; that no ALTERATIONS or PROVISIONS in the articles of the confederation could possibly mould them into a national and adequate government; into such a government as has been proposed by the convention?
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

If it is a crime to have won your affection, I can assure you that I did not think I was committing a criminal action, and therefore you cannot conscientiously punish me.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

EXERCISES I. 1. Caesar, cum pervênisset, militês hortâbâtur nê cônsilium oppidî capiendi omitterent.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Quando mi vidi giunto in quella parte di mia etade ove ciascun dovrebbe calar le vele e raccoglier le sarte, cio` che pria mi piacea, allor m'increbbe, e pentuto e confesso mi rendei; ahi miser lasso!
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

The next spring when I was in Chattanooga, preparing for the Atlanta campaign, Corporal Pike made his appearance and asked a fulfillment of my promise.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

great, much, numerous, S, C2, PP; mochel , S2, C2, C3, PP; mochele , S; michel , S; micel , S;
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

The line of lights, too, up to Charing Cross, Pall Mall, and so forth, have a coruscation Like gold as in comparison to dross, Match'd with the Continent's illumination, Whose cities Night by no means deigns to gloss.
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Write sentences containing the possessive singular of— Henry, James, Thomas, Mr. Fox, child, Charles Price, Mrs. Gibbs, Edward, General Edwards, horse, Hortense, Miss Bellows, father-in-law, Major Ellis, commander-in-chief, Thompson and Howard ( a firm ), Eustis and Morris ( a firm ), Messrs. Cartwright and Robbins, Apollo, Brutus, Ulysses.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

At last some of my religious friends advised me, by saying it was my lawful calling, consequently it was my duty to obey, and that God was not confined to place, &c. &c. particularly Mr. G.S. the governor of Tothil-fields Bridewell, who pitied my case, and read the eleventh chapter of the Hebrews to me, with exhortations.
— from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African Written By Himself by Olaudah Equiano

[25] A magnificent array of vestments and chalices will no more constitute a true ceremony than a number of musical instruments alone, without the brain of a composer, can produce music.
— from The Sayings of Confucius A New Translation of the Greater Part of the Confucian Analects by Confucius

They could not vote, nor could Castile pay, more than the usual amount, which for the needs of a new war, in addition to the resumed struggle with Holland, was quite insufficient.
— from The Court of Philip IV.: Spain in Decadence by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume

The customary silence succeeded the arrival of the visitors; then Eaglesflight struck fire with a flint, touched the tobacco with the flame, and puffed at a very curiously carved pipe, made of some soft stone of the interior, until he had lighted it beyond any risk of its soon becoming extinguished.
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

And they the more readily and unreservedly indulged these fancies, as nothing in the laws of China could prevent Mien-yaun from taking as many wives as he chose, provided he could support them all, and supply all their natural wants.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Venym , sb. poison, PP, C; venim , C2, C3, PP, Manip.—OF. venin (Ps. 139, 3).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

When recapitulating the facts and arguments in favour of the invariability and permanence of species, he says: "The entire variation from the original type which any given kind of change can produce may usually be effected in a brief period of time, after which no further deviation can be obtained by continuing to alter the circumstances, though ever so gradually, indefinite divergence either in the way of improvement or deterioration being prevented, and the least possible excess beyond the defined limits being fatal to the existence of the individual."
— from Darwinism (1889) An exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications by Alfred Russel Wallace

“It is you who are cruel,” cried Pen, more exasperated and more savage, because his own heart, naturally soft and weak, revolted indignantly at the injustice of the very suffering which was laid at his door.
— from The History of Pendennis by William Makepeace Thackeray

R73507, 26Jan51, Thomas Y. Crowell Co. (PWH) MACLEOD, CHARLES STUART.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1951 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Cologne, chez Pierre Marteau, 1721.
— from The Library of William Congreve by William Congreve

This process, carefully conducted, produces metal of great ductility and purity, containing 99% to 99 1 ⁄ 2 % of pure gold.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I by Richard Vine Tuson