But Elijah went up to the highest top of Mount Carmel, and sat down upon the ground, and leaned his head upon his knees, and bade his servant go up to a certain elevated place, and look towards the sea, and when he should see a cloud rising any where, he should give him notice of it, for till that time the air had been clear.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

—Usted lo sospechará tal vez—dijo Jacinto, acercándose a Pepe, y sonriendo con expresión parecida a la de los hombres de negocios, cuando se ocupan de alguno muy 20 grave.—Quiero hablar a usted del pleito.... —¿Qué pleito?...
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

It is not rash to suppose that the ancestors of the Celts and Germans in the forests of Central Europe paid a like respect for like reasons to a blasted oak.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

For as in this instance, under the influence of Aratus, Philip refrained from actually breaking faith with the Messenians in regard to the citadel; and thus, to use a common expression, poured a little balm into the wide wound which his slaughters had caused: so in the Aetolian war, when under the influence of Demetrius, he sinned against the gods by destroying the objects consecrated to them, and against man by transgressing the laws of war; and entirely deserted his original principles, by showing himself an implacable and bitter foe to all who opposed him.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

Montem Cyram, et propter amœnitatem loci, et propter fontium ubertatem occupavere.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

Dès avril 1995, il crée Editel, le premier site web d'auto-édition collective de langue française, devenu ensuite un site de cyberédition non commerciale en partenariat avec les auteurs maison.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Michael C. Martin est maintenant chercheur en physique au Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Californie), et il continue d'actualiser son site.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Remontando el Tapajos hasta sus fuentes, bastaría un canal para unir sus aguas con el Paraguay a la altura de Cuyabá; desde allí puede navegarse hasta Buenos Aires en embarcaciones de calado cada vez mayor.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

True religion and superstition are quite opposite, longe diversa carnificina et pietas , as Lactantius describes, the one erects, the other dejects; illorum pietas, mera impietus ; the one is an easy yoke, the other an intolerable burden, an absolute tyranny; the one a sure anchor, a haven; the other a tempestuous ocean; the one makes, the other mars; the one is wisdom, the other is folly, madness, indiscretion; the one unfeigned, the other a counterfeit; the one a diligent observer, the other an ape; one leads to heaven, the other to hell.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The point is important in the present connection, because current statements regarding the supposed reduction of the number of stock languages in South America are largely based on the unscientific comparison of lists of words, which may have nothing in common except perhaps a letter or two like the m in Macedon and Monmouth.
— from Man, Past and Present by A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane

Captain Enoch put a long forefinger on the first line and cleared his throat.
— from Cape Cod and All the Pilgrim Land, June 1922, Volume 6, Number 4 A Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Interests of Southeastern Massachusetts by Various

S'ils ne regardaient pas l'aliéné comme en proie a la visitation d'un dieu (idée orientale et fataliste), du moins ils savaient que l'amour est une sorte d'envoûtement, une folie où se manifeste l'animosité des puissances cosmiques.
— from Venus in Furs by Sacher-Masoch, Leopold, Ritter von

It is absurd to suppose that any one with an intelligence above that of the average peacock can enjoy playing a leading part in a matrimonial parade.
— from To Leeward by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

I could even procure a letter from Mr. Gorham testifying to the integrity of Tom.
— from Living Too Fast; Or, The Confessions of a Bank Officer by Oliver Optic

Doubtless no small part is simply autobiographical adventuring, but, beside many a reminiscence of the later Jacobeans, Killigrew has conveyed entire passages and lyrics wholesale without attempt at disguise.
— from The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume I by Aphra Behn

Il campoit en plein champ, et portoit avec lui ses tentes. Acre, entourée de trois côtés par des montagnes, quoique avec une plaine d'environ quatre lieues, l'est de l'autre par la mer.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III by Richard Hakluyt

On the following day the Prince, attended by Colonel Teesdale and Captain Ellis, paid a last formal visit to the Sultan and this was promptly returned by His Majesty amidst much ceremony.
— from The Life of King Edward VII with a sketch of the career of King George V by J. Castell (John Castell) Hopkins