Orelli : – M. Tullii Ciceronis opera quae supersunt omnia, ac deperditorum fragmenta ...
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The sound of the Qu is, however, French, as in Quescican, Quinsai , except perhaps in the case of Quenianfu , for a reason given in vol.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

proinde , disyllabic in verse, 93, 7 ; correlative of quasi , tamquam sī , &c., 2118 ; introducing command, 2157 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Certainly one quality which nowadays has been best forgotten—and that is why it will take some time yet
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"But isn't that isthmus only composed of quicksand?" "To a certain depth.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

For x brazas of red cloth of very good quality, they gave us one bahar of cloves, which is equivalent to four quintals and six libras; for fifteen brazas of cloth of not very good quality, one quintal and one hundred libras; for fifteen hatchets, one bahar; for thirty-five glass drinking-cups, one bahar (the king getting them all); for seventeen cathils of cinnabar, one bahar; for seventeen cathils of quicksilver, one bahar; for twenty-six brazas of linen, one bahar; for twenty-five brazas of finer linen, one bahar; for one hundred and fifty knives, one bahar; for fifty pairs of scissors, one bahar; for forty caps, one bahar; for x pieces of Guzerat cloth, 483 one bahar; for three [ 265 ] of those gongs of theirs, two bahars; 484 for one quinta of bronze [ metalo ], one bahar.
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

No need to call, though: the School-house captain of quarters has caught it on the bound, dodges the foremost School boys, who are heading the rush, and sends it back with a good drop-kick well into the enemy's country.
— from Tom Brown's School Days by Thomas Hughes

‘And what,’ said Ralph, hesitating a little, ‘what was the cause of quarrel?’
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

tum , 1831 , 1881 ; correlative of quandō , 2011 ; correlative of sī , 2018 ; tum dēnique , tum dēmum , correlatives of sī , 2018 .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Canada Supreme Court of Canada (judges are appointed by the prime minister through the governor general); Federal Court of Canada; Federal Court of Appeal; Provincial Courts (these are named variously Court of Appeal, Court of Queens Bench, Superior Court, Supreme Court, and Court of Justice) Cape Verde Supreme Tribunal of Justice or Supremo Tribunal de Justia Cayman Islands Summary Court; Grand Court; Cayman Islands Court of Appeal Central African Republic Supreme Court or Cour Supreme; Constitutional Court (3 judges appointed by the president, 3 by the president of the National Assembly, and 3 by fellow judges); Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Inferior Courts Chad Supreme Court; Court of Appeal; Criminal Courts; Magistrate Courts Chile Supreme Court or Corte Suprema (judges are appointed by the president and ratified by the Senate from lists of candidates provided by the court itself; the president of the Supreme Court is elected every three years by the 20-member court); Constitutional Tribunal China Supreme People's Court (judges appointed by the National People's Congress); Local People's Courts (comprise higher, intermediate, and local courts); Special People's Courts (primarily military, maritime, and railway transport courts) Christmas Island Supreme Court; District Court; Magistrate's Court Cocos (Keeling) Islands Supreme Court; Magistrate's Court Colombia four roughly coequal, supreme judicial organs; Supreme Court of Justice or Corte Suprema de Justicia (highest court of criminal law; judges are selected by their peers from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Council of State (highest court of administrative law; judges are selected from the nominees of the Superior Judicial Council for eight-year terms); Constitutional Court (guards integrity and supremacy of the constitution; rules on constitutionality of laws, amendments to the constitution, and international treaties); Superior Judicial Council (administers and disciplines the civilian judiciary; resolves jurisdictional conflicts arising between other courts; members are elected by three sister courts and Congress for eight-year terms)
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

4 The discovery of an author, perhaps heard of for the first time, was tantamount to the acquisition of a province; and when a complete copy of “Quintilian” was discovered, the news circulated throughout Europe.
— from Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli

“Whether we belong to the class of quadrupeds or not, is a question that has a good deal embarrassed our own savans” returned the stranger.
— from The Monikins by James Fenimore Cooper

An ancient institution, restored and established by an order in council of Queen Elizabeth, in 1590, supported [183] by a contribution from each seaman and apprentice, according to the amount of his wages, for the wounded and hurt seamen of the royal navy, under the name of smart-money.
— from The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by W. H. (William Henry) Smyth

We took a short cut we knew about, and once when we were on the top of a little hill in Dragonfly's pop's woods, we stopped and Poetry and I took a couple of quick looks through his binoculars toward Circus' house, to see if Mr. Black was still there, and his horse was, so we guessed he was too.
— from Shenanigans at Sugar Creek by Paul Hutchens

Mrs. McSorley was constantly putting poor Maggie through a course of questioning, that the former might be made sure that little girl had done nothing likely to drive her out of this paradise.
— from Brenda's Bargain: A Story for Girls by Helen Leah Reed

[203:1] It has also been maintained that quack is a corruption of quake , and that quack-doctors were so called because, in marshy districts, patients affected with intermittent fever, sometimes vulgarly known as the quakes , were wont to be treated by ignorant persons, who professed to charm away the disease, and hence were styled quake-doctors .
— from Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Robert Means Lawrence

Why, yes, he would pay Caylesham off quite soon.
— from Double Harness by Anthony Hope

“And how did it come out?” questioned the planter, as he bowed to a wagonful of farmers going in an opposite direction.
— from Pole Baker: A Novel by Will N. (Will Nathaniel) Harben