recover thy credit by some noble exploit, as Themistocles did, for he was a most debauched and vicious youth, sed juventae maculas praeclaris factis delevit , but made the world amends by brave exploits; at last become a new man, and seek to be reformed.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Vi diras al vi , you say to yourself (yourselves) .
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

By the uncertain light it afforded, I gazed in admiration of the scene, so dim and vague, yet so deeply charged with purpose.
— from Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur Frederick Wallis

The worthy man got jealous of her, and, finding out that her paramour was the Secretary of the Captain-General, Don Alonzo Vales y Sandoval—watched his opportunity to avenge himself.
— from Cuba Past and Present by Richard Davey

Do not question and debate and vex your soul, but leave all to Him.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. II by Marcus Dods

When I don your silken draperies and voice your sweet faith in the haunting melodies that envelop you, then are all eyes dim and hearts atune to your every appeal for sympathy!
— from Geraldine Farrar: The Story of an American Singer by Geraldine Farrar

Frequently it is coarse in texture, in which case it is apparently more deep and valuable; yet such blue cannot be used with effect, nor ground fine without injuring its colour.
— from Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by George Field

"An ardent secession lady," continues the correspondent, "discovered a vile Yankee surreptitiously purloining a pair of fat chickens.
— from Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman. Late Retired General. U. S. A. by Willis Fletcher Johnson

He then directed his discourse to Chariclea, speaking in Greek; a language known and studied by the Gymnosophists, and kings of Ethiopia—"And you, Ο maiden," said he, "why do you make no answer to my questions?"—"At the altars of the gods," replied she, "to whom we are destined as victims, you shall know who I am, and who are my parents."
— from The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius Comprising the Ethiopics; or, Adventures of Theagenes and Chariclea; The pastoral amours of Daphnis and Chloe; and the loves of Clitopho and Leucippe by of Emesa Heliodorus