Cardinal Crescence died so likewise desperate at Verona, still he thought a black dog followed him to his death-bed, no man could drive the dog away, Sleiden. com.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

“I will come directly,” said Lady Marney to her husband, “only let me see this.”
— from Sybil, Or, The Two Nations by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

A ben manifestar le cose nove, dico che arrivammo ad una landa che dal suo letto ogne pianta rimove.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

[12] han concluido ya con todo, los que están en el comedor dejando sólo los huesos de las aceitunas; por lo que, no hay otro recurso que hacer chocolate.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Reliquî hostês, quî â dextrô cornû proelium commîserant, dê superiôre locô fûgêrunt et sêsê in silvam maximam recêpêrunt.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

"Does your friend, Romesh Chandra Dutt, still live in your boardinghouse?" "Yes, sir.
— from Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda

'Quamvis digressu veteris confusus amici, Laudo tamen vacuis quod sedem figere Cumis Destinet, atque unum civem donare Sibylloe.' 'Langton is a good Cumae, but who must be Sibylla?
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

The Spaniards on shore at Cales did stand laughing at the Dutch, to see them run away and flee to the shore, 34 or thereabouts, against eight Englishmen at most.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

No brave ever admits a mistake, and a chief can do so least of all.
— from Winnetou, the Apache Knight by Karl May

N a valley, centuries ago, Grew a little fernleaf, green and slender, Veining delicate and fibres tender, Waving when the wind crept down so low; Rushes tall, and moss, and grass grew round it; Playful sunbeams darted in and found it, Drops of dew stole in by night and crowned it; But no foot of man e'er came that way, Earth was young and keeping holiday.
— from Birds and All Nature, Vol. 4, No. 3, September 1898 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various

Chad slightly more than three times the size of California Chile slightly smaller than twice the size of Montana China slightly smaller than the US Christmas Island about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC Clipperton Island about 12 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Cocos (Keeling) Islands about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Colombia slightly less than twice the size of Texas Comoros slightly more than 12 times the size of Washington, DC Congo, Democratic Republic of the slightly less than one-fourth the size of the US Congo, Republic of the slightly smaller than Montana Cook Islands 1.3 times the size of Washington, DC Coral Sea Islands NA Costa Rica slightly smaller than West Virginia Cote d'Ivoire slightly larger than New Mexico Croatia slightly smaller than West Virginia Cuba slightly smaller than Pennsylvania Cyprus about 0.6 times the size of Connecticut Czech Republic slightly smaller than South Carolina Denmark slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts Dhekelia about three-quarters the size of Washington, DC Djibouti slightly smaller than Massachusetts Dominica slightly more than four times the size of Washington, DC Dominican Republic slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire Ecuador slightly smaller than Nevada Egypt slightly more than three times the size of New Mexico El Salvador slightly smaller than Massachusetts Equatorial Guinea slightly smaller than Maryland Eritrea slightly larger than Pennsylvania Estonia slightly smaller than New Hampshire and Vermont combined Ethiopia slightly less than twice the size of Texas European Union less than one-half the size of the US Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) slightly smaller than Connecticut Faroe Islands eight times the size of Washington, DC Fiji slightly smaller than New Jersey Finland slightly smaller than Montana France slightly less than the size of Texas French Polynesia slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut French Southern and Antarctic Lands Ile Amsterdam (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): less than one-half the size of Washington, DC Ile Saint-Paul (Ile Amsterdam et Ile Saint-Paul): more than 10 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Iles Crozet: about twice the size of Washington, DC Iles Kerguelen: a little larger than Delaware Bassas da India (Iles Eparses): land area about one-third the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Europa Island (Iles Eparses): about one-sixth the size of Washington, DC Glorioso Islands (Iles Eparses): about eight times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Juan de Nova Island (Iles Eparses): about seven times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Tromelin Island (Iles Eparses): about 1.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Gabon slightly smaller than Colorado Gambia, The slightly less than twice the size of Delaware Gaza Strip slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC Georgia slightly smaller than South Carolina Germany slightly smaller than Montana Ghana slightly smaller than Oregon Gibraltar a little less than one half the size of Rhode Island Greece slightly smaller than Alabama Greenland slightly more than three times the size of Texas Grenada twice the size of Washington, DC Guam three times the size of Washington, DC Guatemala slightly smaller than Tennessee Guernsey about one-half the size of Washington, DC Guinea slightly smaller than Oregon Guinea-Bissau slightly less than three times the size of Connecticut Guyana slightly smaller than Idaho Haiti slightly smaller than Maryland Heard Island and McDonald Islands slightly more than two times the size of Washington, DC Holy See (Vatican City) about 0.7 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Honduras slightly larger than Tennessee Hong Kong six times the size of Washington, DC Hungary slightly smaller than Indiana Iceland slightly smaller than Kentucky India slightly more than one-third the size of the US Indian Ocean about 5.5 times the size of the US Indonesia slightly less than three times the size of Texas Iran slightly larger than Alaska Iraq slightly more than twice the size of Idaho Ireland slightly larger than West Virginia Isle of Man slightly more than three times the size of Washington, DC Israel slightly smaller than New Jersey Italy slightly larger than Arizona Jamaica slightly smaller than Connecticut
— from The 2008 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

"What can you do when your father can do so little?"
— from Without a Home by Edward Payson Roe

"The thing that ought to trouble me most is, I suppose, that those who have a chance do so little for such people.
— from Nature's Serial Story by Edward Payson Roe

At the end of the work is the imprint: “In Roma per Valerio Dorico alla Chiavica de Santa Lucia.
— from A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical by Henry G. (Henry George) Bohn