In another district there were two or three varieties, one of which was much commoner than the others, and this closely mocked another form of Ithomia.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

Auntie Dasha changed her cooks and her housemaids every week; sometimes she discharged them for immorality; sometimes they went of their own accord, complaining that they were worked to death.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

There are instances, indeed, wherein men shew a vanity in resembling a great man in his countenance, shape, air, or other minute circumstances, that contribute not in any degree to his reputation; but it must be confessed that this extends not very far, nor is of any considerable moment in these affections.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

First, the different versions of the same ballad varied greatly; and Percy, in changing them to suit himself, took the same liberty as had many other writers in dealing with the same material.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Aristotle saith that, supposing two things contrary in their kind, as good and evil, virtue and vice, heat and cold, white and black, pleasure and pain, joy and grief,—and so of others,—if you couple them in such manner that the contrary of one kind may agree in reason with the contrary of the other, it must follow by consequence that the other contrary must answer to the remanent opposite to that wherewith it is conferred.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

It is popularly told of a famous freebooter, that he composed the tune known by the name of Macpherson's Rant while under sentence of death, and played it at the gallows-tree.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Hallowell perceived, by the overstrained civility of the officers who came off to him, and the compliments which they paid to the English nation, that they were sensible of their own weakness and their inability to offer any effectual resistance; but the French know, that while they are in a condition to serve their government, they can rely upon it for every possible exertion in their support; and this reliance gives them hope and confidence to the last.
— from The Life of Horatio, Lord Nelson by Robert Southey

The same oath was also taken by all the Samians of full age; and the soldiers associated the Samians in all their affairs and in the fruits of their dangers, having the conviction that there was no way of escape for themselves or for them, but that the success of the Four Hundred or of the enemy at Miletus must be their ruin.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

We proceeded to our estate, which lay about twenty miles from this place; and, when we came within half-a-league of the house, were met by a prodigious number of poor tenants, men, women, and children, who testified their joy by loud acclamations, and accompanied our coach to the gate.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Try to think, if you can, that there was a little of that hatred in all this.
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

In their absence a stranger came outside the lodge and called to the woman to come out, using flattering words with a sweet mouth, but she moved not, nor looked upon his face.
— from Indian Tribes of the Upper Missouri Edited with Notes and Biographical Sketch by Edwin Thompson Denig

He never complained to the police, and he never came back on board.
— from Adventure by Jack London

But all conform themselves to the principles we have laid down for the education of the colt.
— from The Horses of the Sahara and the Manners of the Desert by E.‏ (Eugène) Daumas

ota , compatriot, fellow-citizen compenetración , compenetration, infiltration competencia , fitness, competition competente , competent, able complacerse , to take delight complejo , -a , complex completamente , completely completar , to complete completo , -a , complete, accomplished complicado , -a , complicated cómplice , accomplice complicidad , complicity componente , m. , component componer , to compose comportar , to cause, suffer; ——se , to behave composición , composition compositor , composer comprador , buyer comprar , to buy comprender , to understand, grasp comprobar , to verify, compare, test comprometer , to compromise, endanger compromiso , engagement, contract, compromise, difficulty compulsivo , -a , compulsory común , common comuna , commune, community comunicación , communication comunicar , to communicate con , with; —— tal que , provided that cóncavo , -a , concave concebir , to conceive conceder , to concede concentrado , -a , concentrated, self-possessed concentrar , to concentrate; to consolidate concepción , conception concepto , concept conceptuar , to conceive conciencia , conscience, consciousness; obligado en —— , in duty bound concienzudo , -a , conscientious concierto , concert, agreement conciliar , to conciliate concitar , to excite, invite conciudadano , fellow-citizen concluir , to end conclusión , conclusion concorbarse , to bend down concordancia , concordance, harmony concreto , -a , concrete concurrencia , competition; gathering concurrir , to gather, contribute concurso , concourse, gathering, aid concha , conch, shell condenar , to condemn condensar , to condense condición , condition, state condolido , -a , grieving cóndor , m. , condor conducción , bringing, guidance conducir , to lead, transport conducta , conduct conductor , conductor, leader, driver conexión , connection conferencia , conference, interview conferir , to confer confesar , to confess confesión , confession confianza , confidence confiar , to intrust, confide confidencia , faith, confidence confidencial , confidential confidente , confidant configuración , configuration, lay confín , m. , confine confirmar , to strengthen, confirm conflagración , conflagration conflicto , conflict confraternidad , brotherhood confundir , to confuse, mix, fuse, join confusión , confusion confuso , -a , confused congreso , congress cónico , -a , conic conjunto , whole, ensemble; milieu conjuro , conjury, spell conmemorar , to commemorate conminación , threat conmoción , uprising, commotion conmover , to move, excite connaturalizarse , to have the same nature, become one conocedor , -ora , a. and s. , connoisseur, expert; knowing conocer , to know, be acquainted conocimiento , knowledge conquista , conquest conquistador , conqueror conquistar , to conquer consagrar , to consecrate, put on record consecuencia , result, consequence consecutivo , -a , consecutive conseguir , to obtain, bring about consejo , advice; council consentimiento , consent consentir , to consent, tolerate conservar , to save, preserve considerable , considerable consideración , consideration, esteem considerar , to consider consigna , watchword, order, password consiguiente , result;
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

Now it suddenly came to the front.
— from The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by George Spring Merriam

When he sang that and continued, "Thou that art born of the Virgin Mary," the wind drove the flames into his face; his lips and head still moved; then he choked without a sound.
— from John Hus: A brief story of the life of a martyr by William Dallmann

An' I don't want Jim to know any mo' about this comin' trouble than he kin help."
— from The Starbucks by Opie Percival Read

All the shad that we caught, were carefully taken away by a black man, who came three times every day to the fishery, with a cart.
— from Fifty Years in Chains; or, the Life of an American Slave by Charles Ball