There are favourable physiognomies, so that in a crowd of victorious enemies, you shall presently choose, amongst men you never saw before, one rather than another to whom to surrender, and with whom to intrust your life; and yet not properly upon the consideration of beauty.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

vuecelencia , contraction of vuestra excelencia , your excellency.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

There was always mischief lurking in her laughter-loving eye; always some wild joke betrayed in the arch smiles ever lingering round her mouth; but mischief as it was, apparently the mere wantonness of childhood, or very early youth, something in that glance or smile ever bade young Myrvin's heart beat quicker than before, and every pulse throb with what at first he deemed was pain.
— from The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence by Grace Aguilar

Save in those four cardinals of vanity enumerated, your cowboy wears nothing from weakness; the rest of his outfit is legitimate.
— from Wolfville Nights by Alfred Henry Lewis

They saw that the lads meant business, and that they were a corps of very efficient youngsters.
— from The Young Firemen of Lakeville; Or, Herbert Dare's Pluck by Frank V. Webster

An island at the commencement of the Saturnian Line indicates an event of an unfortunate nature, probably death of father or mother, in childhood or very early youth.
— from The Influence of the Stars: A book of old world lore by Rosa Baughan

Hence reckoning backwards by Sothic periods of 1460 solar years we may infer that Sirius rose on July 20th (Julian calendar) in the years 1321 b.c. , 2781 b.c. , and 4241 b.c. ; and accordingly that the civil or vague Egyptian year of 365 days was instituted in one of these years.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion (Third Edition, Vol. 06 of 12) by James George Frazer