I shut them with great care, and then drew the curtains, enormous velvet curtains, and placed a chair in front of them, so as to have nothing to fear from outside.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

Lascian'andar, che' nel cielo e` voluto ch'i' mostri altrui questo cammin silvestro>>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Asperum cultum et vitiosum caput, negligentiorem barbam, indictum argento odium, cubile humi positum, et quicquid ad laudem perversa via sequitur evita.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The childish, eager voice carried forward the tale.
— from Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life by Sherwood Anderson

vīcēnsimus prīmus or ūnus et vīcēnsimus, etc. 30, trīgintā trīcēnsimus 40, quadrāgintā quadrāgēnsimus 50, quīnquāgintā quīnquāgēnsimus 60, sexāgintā sexāgēnsimus 70, septuāgintā septuāgēnsimus 80, octōgintā octōgēnsimus 90, nōnāgintā nōnāgēnsimus 100, centum centum 101, centum (et) ūnus, etc. centum (et) ūnus, etc. 120, centum (et) vīgintī centum (et) vīgintī 121, centum (et) vīgintī ūnus, etc. centum (et) vīgintī ūnus, etc. 200, ducentī, -ae, -a ducentī, -ae, -a 300, trecentī trecentī 400, quadringentī quadringentī 500, quīngentī quīngentī 600, sescentī sescentī 700, septingentī septingentī 800, octingentī octingentī 900, nōngentī nōngentī 1000, mīlle mīlle 479.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

( In what order ) 1, ûnus, -a, -um, one prîmus, -a, -um first 2, duo, duae, duo two secundus ( or alter) second 3, três, tria three , tertius third , 4, quattuor etc. quârtus etc. 5, quînque quîntus 6, sex sextus 7, septem septimus 8, octô octâvus 9, novem nônus 10, decem decimus 11, ûndecim ûndecimus 12, duodecim duodecimus 13, tredecim (decem (et) três) tertius decimus 14, quattuordecim quârtus decimus 15, quîndecim quîntus decimus 16, sêdecim sextus decimus 17, septendecim septimus decimus 18, duodêvîgintî (octôdecim) duodêvîcênsimus 19, ûndêvîgintî (novendecim) ûndêvîcênsimus 20, vîgintî vîcênsimus 21, vîgintî ûnus or ûnus et vîgintî, etc. vîcênsimus prîmus or ûnus et vîcênsimus, etc. 30, trîgintâ trîcênsimus 40, quadrâgintâ quadrâgênsimus 50, quînquâgintâ quînquâgênsimus 60, sexâgintâ sexâgênsimus 70, septuâgintâ septuâgênsimus 80, octôgintâ octôgênsimus 90, nônâgintâ nônâgênsimus 100, centum centum 101, centum (et) ûnus, etc. centum (et) ûnus, etc. 120, centum (et) vîgintî centum (et) vîgintî 121, centum (et) vîgintî ûnus, etc. centum (et) vîgintî ûnus, etc.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Turnus Rufus persecutes the Jews​—​The Ten Martyrs​—​The Book of Tobit​—​Relations between Judaism and Christianity​—​The Return of the Schools to Palestine​—​The Synod at Usha​—​Meïr​—​Simon ben Jochai​—​The Babylonian Synhedrion​—​Antoninus Pius and Aurelius Verus​—​The Revolt against Rome​—​The Patriarchate of Simon 421 135–170 C. E. viii CHAPTER XVII.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz

Dal che possiamo veracemente concludere, che l'impeto acquistato nel punto B dalla palla nello scendere per l'arco CB , fu tanto, che bastò a risospingersi per un simile arco BD alla medesima altezza; fatta, e più volte reiterata cotale esperienza, voglio, che fiechiamo nella parete rasente al perpendicolo AB un chiodo come in E , ovvero in F , che sporga in fuori cinque, o sei dita, e questo acciocchè il filo AC tornando come prima a riportar la palla C per l'arco CB , giunta che ella sia in B , inoppando il filo nel chiodo E , sia costretta a camminare per la circonferenza BG descritta in torno al centro E , dal che vedremo quello, che potrà far quel medesimo impeto, che dianzi concepizo nel medesimo termine B , sospinse l'istesso mobile per l'arco ED all'altezza dell'orizzonale CD .
— from Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach

Il fut en effet homme de rare mérite, et défendit courageusement et virilement contre les incursions des payens le royaume qui lui était soumis. "
— from The Churches of Paris, from Clovis to Charles X by Sophia Beale

[1193] "Je treuve ce debvoir de justice estre faict comme il convient et vostre considération très-bonne."
— from History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by William Hickling Prescott

When the one-acre stake is reached the operator can estimate very closely whether the drill is using more or less seed than the indicator registers.
— from Farm Mechanics: Machinery and Its Use to Save Hand Labor on the Farm. by Herbert A. Shearer

[130] Alle Quadrelle casale verso Cave e Valmontone, Cecconi, Storia di Palestrina, p. 70; Chaupy, Maison d'Horace, II, p. 317; Petrini, Memorie Prenestine, p. 326, n. 9.
— from A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin

Thus, for example, Richard de Kellawe, bishop of Durham, 1310-16, writes to Robert de Eyrum: "Quum per viros literatos Dei consuevit Ecclesia venustari, cupientibus in agro studii laborare et acquirere scientiæ margaritam ... favorem libenter et gratiam impertimus ...
— from A Literary History of the English People, from the Origins to the Renaissance by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand