Observe, my friends, said Alcibiades, that this ingenious trick of mine will have no effect on Socrates, for he can drink any quantity of wine and not be at all nearer being drunk.
— from Symposium by Plato

—A review of Grohs (Der Wert des Geschichtswerkes des Cassius Dio als Quelle der Jahre 49-44 V.C.).
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

Adieu! J'espere que vous aurez deja pris quelque lection dans la langue francaise, et je ne doute point que—ecoutez!—que vous aurez bientot le francais mieux que moi; car il y a certainement deux ans que je n'ai pas ecrit un mot de cette langue.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

—Dada la gran cantidad de agua que cae en el Brasil, es de suponer
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Der Wert des Geschichtswerkes des Cassius Dio als Quelle für die Geschichte der Jahre 49-44 v. Chr. (1884.)
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form by Cassius Dio Cocceianus

This, with the attention given to the classics, developed and quickened faculties which gave Rizal a remarkable power of assimilating knowledge of all kinds for future use.
— from Lineage, Life and Labors of José Rizal, Philippine Patriot by Austin Craig

Often negatives the meaning dis-cêdô, -ere, -cessî, -cessus [ dis- , apart , + cêdô , go ], depart from, leave, withdraw, go away dis-cernô, -ere, -crêvî, -crêtus [ dis- , apart , + cernô , sift ], separate; distinguish disciplîna, -ae , f. instruction, training, discipline discipulus, -î , m. [ discô , learn ], pupil, disciple discô, -ere, didicî , ——, learn dis-cutiô, -ere, -cussî, -cussus [ dis- , apart , + quatiô , shake ], shatter, dash to pieces dis-pônô, -ere, -posuî, -positus [ dis- , apart , + pônô , put ], put here and there, arrange, station dis-similis, -e , adj.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Incidentally, however, certain definite and quite spontaneous forms of social control are developed.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Leaving which, Hogarth and Loveday descended to an office of Loveday's, and Hogarth was just saying: “Quilter-Beckett could destroy a quarter of those warships yonder— now , if he chose—without firing a gun—” when in, with flushed face and stretched stalk, hurried Quilter-Beckett, crying: “My Lord King, I thought you would be here—just look—!”
— from The Lord of the Sea by M. P. (Matthew Phipps) Shiel

His hat drawn down over his eyes and muffled to the ears in an ulster so that he might not be recognized, Farnum took a cab with Captain Chunn, Dunn and Quillen for the office of the World.
— from The Vision Splendid by William MacLeod Raine

[Pg 204] He was so intrigued by his tone-colors that he forgot his music. 4 Tempo di Valse Those Puritans who snort against the current dances are quite right when they argue that the tango and the shimmie are violently aphrodisiacal, but what they overlook is the fact that the abolition of such provocative wriggles would probably revive something worse, to wit, the Viennese waltz.
— from Prejudices, Second Series by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

I was quite sure you had not yet arrived, for I had come down as quickly as possible.
— from Nedra by George Barr McCutcheon

Pedro Pinet, capellan de Alcañiz, que defendia cinco opinione
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

He begged his lordship--he was much disturbed, it was clear--to come down as quickly as possible.
— from The Great House by Stanley John Weyman

Smaller rooms on the ground floor have landscapes by Guercino and Domenichino , and some groups of Cupids by T. Zucchero ; on the staircase is a fine bas-relief of two Cupids dragging a quiver.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

Just about this time I did not happen to be very busy, so was able to shoot a few partridge, more correctly described as "quail," which were now in good condition, and made a pleasant variation in diet.
— from Blanco y Colorado: Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay by William C. Tetley

Yo fray Antonio de Sotomayor, Arçobispo de Damasco, confesor de su Magestad Catholica del Rey mi señor Phelipe 4 o , de su consejo de estado, comisario general de la santa Cruzada, Inquisidor general en sus Reynos y dominios; Hallandome muy cargado de años que son cerca de noventa, ó por lo menos ochenta y ocho y consiguientemente casi incapaz de poder condignamente satisfacer á oficios de tantas obligaciones me hallo obligado, postrado á sus santisimos pies, de suplicarle se digne de escusarme de obligaciones tan grandes á que con tanta dificultad podre satisfacer, nominando para dichos oficios las personas que el Rey mi señor tiene por bien de presentar á vuestra Santidad, que seran sin duda las que convengan á tan grande ministerio, y para suplir las muchas faltas que yo por
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea

Simply, that they are still in a course of experiment, to ascertain practically the best construction, and the most durable materials, for engines required to transport greater weights, and at greater velocities, than had, till very recently, been considered possible; and which, a few years ago, it had not entered into the imagination of the most daring and sanguine inventor to conceive: and farther, that these experiments have necessarily been made, not with the calm deliberation and quiet pace which a salutary caution recommends,—making good each step in the progress of discovery before advancing another stage,—but amidst the bustle and responsibilities of a large and increasing traffic; the directors being altogether ignorant of the time each engine would last before it would be laid up as inefficient, but compelled to have engines, whether good or bad; being aware of various defects and imperfections, which it was impossible at the time to remedy, yet obliged to keep the machines in motion, under all the disadvantages of heavy repairs, constantly going on during the night, in order that the requisite number of engines might be ready for the morning's work.
— from The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition) With an Account of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement, and Its Application to Navigation and Railways; Including Also a Memoir of Watt by Dionysius Lardner