Then the rest rush on, swifter than the rapid winds; Pamphagus, 29 and Dorcæus, 30 and Oribasus, 31 all Arcadian dogs ; and able Nebrophonus, 32 and with Lælaps, 33 fierce Theron, 34 and Pterelas, 35 excelling in 94 III.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

Drawing from my pocket-book the portrait in which M—— M—— was dressed as a nun, I gave it to her, saying, “Judge for yourself.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Now here is to be noted, that the wall of London at that time went straight south from Ludgate down to the river of Thames; but for building of the Blacke Fryers church, the said wall in that place was by commandment taken down, and a new wall made straight west from Ludgate to Fleet bridge, and then by the water of Fleet to the river of Thames, etc.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The Professors of Unreason deny that they undervalue reason: none can be more convinced than they are, that if the double currency cannot be rigorously deduced as a necessary consequence of human reason, the double currency should cease forthwith; but they say that it must be deduced from no narrow and exclusive view of reason which should deprive that admirable faculty of the one-half of its own existence.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

During his reign, Huyrwil, the lord of Oland, made a league with the Danes and attacked Norway.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

Indeed, the two leading ideas which pervade the Indian poem, viz., that there is no duality ( advaita ) and no becoming ( ajāti ), are, as Professor Deussen points out, identical with those of the Greek philosopher.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

He is dead, worth L3,000, which I did not expect, he living so high as he did always and neatly.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The tale belongs to distant ages, And not to those which fill these pages.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Moreover, the best rule for securing this is strictly to observe that propriety which we have discussed above, and not to overstep it.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

To-day the people were coming in throngs, as to a festa , on foot from under the Portico di Zen, across the little marble bridge which spanned the narrow canal; on foot also from the network of narrow paved lanes, or calle , which led off into a densely populated quarter; for to-day the people had free right of entrance, equally with those others who came in gondolas, liveried and otherwise, from more distant and aristocratic neighborhoods.
— from A Golden Book of Venice by Turnbull, Lawrence, Mrs.

At New Decatur, Ala., a new church building is about completed.
— from The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 11, November, 1889 by Various

The soil was damp; and a nauseous odour, emanating from it, impregnated the air.
— from The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 by George W. M. (George William MacArthur) Reynolds

Away he went, and stayed away all day and all night, and his wife remained behind a forsaken widow.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

O outro ao voltar de hum valle se vay encostando a huma alta rocha por bayxo de espessas aveleyras, et esperando as agoas humas pelas outras descobrem a boca de huma lapa encuberta entre huns ramos, que vay por bayxo do chaõ huma legoa, et nesta havia fama, que vivia hum sabio de muyta idade, que por encantamento a fabricára, &c. 218 The following are the commencing stanzas of this song:— Ja nasce o bello dia Principio do veraõ fermoso e brando, Que com nova alegria Estaõ denunciando, As aves namoradas Dos floridos raminhos penduradas.
— from History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 2 of 2) by Friedrich Bouterwek

They rarely sit, and generally leave their eggs after five or six days, and are not good mothers.
— from Poultry A Practical Guide to the Choice, Breeding, Rearing, and Management of all Descriptions of Fowls, Turkeys, Guinea-fowls, Ducks, and Geese, for Profit and Exhibition. by Hugh Piper

The unlucky word gave rise to a dispute about the legality of its use among the Mahomedan doctors, who, mistaking the word for the thing it represented, denounced as a narcotic that which was anti-narcotic.
— from Coffee and Chicory: Their culture, chemical composition, preparation for market, and consumption, with simple tests for detecting adulteration, and practical hints for the producer and consumer by P. L. (Peter Lund) Simmonds

The place bore a desolate air, and neither sound nor light betokened the presence of a human being.
— from Inez: A Tale of the Alamo by Augusta J. (Augusta Jane) Evans