Ita per variam fortunam diei maiore parte exacta cum in castra reditum esset, Minucius convocatis militibus ‘Saepe ego’ inquit ‘audivi, milites, eum primum esse virum, qui ipse consulat , quid in rem sit, secundum eum, qui bene monenti oboediat; qui 5 nec ipse consulere nec alteri parere sciat, eum extremi ingenii esse.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

For many friends shall not profit, nor strong helpers be able to succour, nor prudent counsellors to give a useful answer, nor the books of the learned to console, nor any precious substance to deliver, nor any secret and beautiful place to give shelter, if Thou Thyself do not assist, help, strengthen, comfort, instruct, keep in safety.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

But in this case, no a priori synthetical cognition of them could be possible, consequently not through pure conceptions of space and the science which determines these conceptions, that is to say, geometry, would itself be impossible.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

7. Prō hīs ōrātor verba fēcit et rogāvit cūr cōnsulēs nāvīs ad plēnem summī perīculī locum mittere vellent.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The other, besides playing other parts, officiated occasionally as a sweep; but his most memorable accomplishment was a melodious and powerful style of whistling musical airs, and a faculty for imitating the bag-pipes to perfection.—For the romantic sound of the name, the tall, comely negress, Amy Pompadour, should also be mentioned in the record.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

It was settled, however, that the relationship should be concealed even more carefully than before if possible, and that even Blum’s Christian name and patronymic should be changed, because he too was for some reason called Andrey Antonovitch.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

[4] V. Combinations of chopped nuts and pork still in vogue today; we use the green pistachios.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

About seventy miles seems to be the real distance; certainly not, as Pliny says, 100.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

mutation of PY, if Bychaidd, a. like a buck Bychan, a. little, small Bychander, n. littleness Bychanedd, n. smallness Bychaniad, n. a making little Bychanig, a. dimminutive Bychanigo, v. to disparage Bychanigyn, n. a very little, small, or minute thing Bychanu, v. to lessen; to slight Bychod, n. a small matter Bychygyr, n. a drone, a wasp Byd, n. a world, or universe; gwyn fyd, happiness Bydol, a. worldly, secular Bydoldeb, n. worldliness Bydolddyn, n. a worldling Bydwraig, n. a midwife Bydyssod, n. the universe Bydd, a tie, a keeping together Byddag, n. a snare, a spring Byddagliad, n. a taking in a snare Byddar, a. deaf Byddardra, n. deafness Byddariad, n. a deafening Byddarlys, n. the house-leek Byddaru, v. to deafen, to stun Byddarwch, n. deafness Byddin, n. a snare, an ambush, a band, or troop, an army Byddiniad, n. an embattling Byddino, v. to embattle Byddinol, a. embattling Byddu, v. to be, to endure Bygegyr, n. a drone bee Bygwth, v. to threaten Bygylu, v. to intimidate Bygythiad, n. a threatening Bygythio, v. to threaten Bygythiol, a. threatening Bylchog, a. breached, notchy Bylchiad, n. a breaching Bylchu, v. to make a notch Bynag, a. soever Byr, a. short, brief; abrupt Byrâd, n. a shortening Byrâu, v. to shorten Byrbryd, n. a luncheon Byrbwyll, a. thoughtless, giddy Byrbwylldra, n. thoughtlessness Byrder, n. shortness Byrdon, n. bass in music Byrdra, n. shortness, brevity Byrddiad, n. a boarding Byrddio, v. to board Byrddwn, n. bass in music Byrfys, n. the little finger Byrhoedledd, n. shortness of life Byriad, n. a breviat, an arm Byriau, a short plough yoke Byrllysg, n. a truncheon Byrnaid, n. a truss, a bundle Byrniad, n. a trussing, a bundling Byrniaw, v. to truss, to bundle Bys, n. a finger Bysiad, n. a fingering Bysio, v. to finger Bysle, n. a finger-stall Byson, n. a finger ring, a ring Bystwn, n. a whitlow Byswain, n. a thimble Byth, n. eternity: adv. for ever Bytheuad, n. a hound Bytheuadgi, n. a hound dog Bythfyw, a. ever-living Bythol, a. eternal, perpetual Bytholrwydd, n. everlastingness Byw, v. to live, to exist; a. alive, living, quick Bywâu, to animate, to enliven Bywâus, a. animating Bywed, n. a core of fruit; pith Byweiddio, v. to animate Bywfyth, a. everliving Bywi, n. earth-nuts, orchis Bywiad, n. vivification Bywiocâu, v. to vivify, to animate Bywiog, a. lively, vigorous Bywiogi, to animate, to revive Bywiol, a. living, animate Bywioliaeth, n. livelihood Bywion, n. emmets, ants Bywionyn, n. an emmet Bywlys, n. the house-leek Bywull, n. buds, grafts, scions Bywullu, v. to bud, to graft Bywyd, life, existence Bywydol, a. relating to life Bywyn, n. pulp of fruit Bywynaidd, a. like a pulb Bywyneiddio, v. to grow to a pulp Bywynog, a. having pulp Ca, n. a keep, a hold; a shutting on; a holding, v. he will have Cäad, n. a getting, having Caban, n. a booth, a cabin Cabl, n. blasphemy, curse Cablaidd, a. blasphemous Cablair, n. calumny Cablawd, n. blasphemy Cabledig, a. blasphemed Cabledd, n. blasphemy Cabliad, n. a blaspheming Cablu, v. to blaspheme Cablwr, n. a blasphemer Cabol, a. polished, bright Cabolfaen, n. a polishing stone Caboli, v. to polish Caboliad, n. a polishing Cabrawd, n. rusticity Cacamwci, n. the great burdock Cacynen, n. a hornet, a wasp Cach, n. ordure, dung, soil Cachad, n. a dirty sloven Cachgi, n. a coward Cad, n. a striving; a battle Cadach, n. a kerchief, a clout Cadair, n. a seat of presidency Cadar, n. a defence, a shield Cadarn, a. compact, powerful Cadarnâd, n. strengthening Cadarnâu, v. to strengthen, to fortify Cadarnder, n. potency Cadas, n. brocade Cadawl, a. relating to war Cadbais, n. coat of mail Cadben, n. a captain Cadbenaeth, n. captainship Cadechyn, n. a clout, a rag Cadeirfardd, n. graduated bard Cadeiriad, n. a chairing Cadeirio, v. to chair Cadeiriol, a. chaired; cathedral Cader, n. a hill-fort; a chair.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

The girl was no saint; she was only a clean-minded, healthy young thing, born of good stock, trained by a wise father who believed that, even at sixteen, his tall daughter was still a child, not a premature society girl.
— from Phebe, Her Profession A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book by Anna Chapin Ray

But I leave behind my bleeding heart in the little Carmen; and I beg that you will at once hand her over to the excellent Don Mario, with whom I have made arrangements to have her sent to me 132 in due season, whether in Banco or Remedios, I can not at present say.
— from Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking

The brilliancy of her brain saved her, for the time being, from knowing to what extent her tenderest and best emotions had been outraged; and she could not avoid perceiving something almost droll in the fact that she, Delicia, had worked, among other things, for this, to enable her husband to deck his mistress with jewels purchased out of her hard earnings!
— from The Murder of Delicia by Marie Corelli

I write with the utmost diffidence, because upon earth economic science has been raised to a very high level of tortuous abstraction by the industry of its professors, and I can claim neither a patient student's intimacy with their productions
— from A Modern Utopia by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Nam excepta Christianitate, nulla est terra in orbe, quam timeant, et idcirco contra nos ad pugnam se præparant.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt

Perhaps, the man himself did not realize that he could never again paint such a portrait, or any landscape that would be comparable with it.
— from The Key to Yesterday by Charles Neville Buck

I do not know if you are a courageous lion, but you are certainly not a prudent serpent.
— from The Wandering Jew — Volume 05 by Eugène Sue

Come now and play something which we can sing.”
— from Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott