“And now,” said La Ramee, “I must ask your highness’s pardon, but it seems that Monsieur de Chavigny is to be away for a few days and he has sent me word that he has certain directions to give me before his departure.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

De Magae, reguli Cyrenarum, adversus Philemonem lenitate v. De Cohibenda Ira, § ix."— Reiske. 242 "Celebres fuere quondam Chrysippi sex libri περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὰς λήξεις ἀνωμαλίας, in quibus auctore Varrone, propositum habuit ostendere, similes res dissimilibus verbis et similibus dissimiles esse notatas vocabulis .
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

de Camps in 1824 or 1825.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

You do not believe me guilty.' 'Signor!' said Emily solemnly, 'this dreadful charge, I would answer with my life, is false.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

The light dove cleaving in free flight the thin air, whose resistance it feels, might imagine that her movements would be far more free and rapid in airless space.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

A doubtful Cuyp is unbearable.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

The next morning, when I was well-groomed, Polly and Dolly came into the yard to see me and make friends.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

I recommend to you the making of my epitaph; for I perceive I will die confected in the very stench of farts.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

I made a good mattress with my waistcoats and shirts; my napkins I converted, by sewing them together, into sheets; my robe de chambre into a counterpane; and my cloak into a pillow.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

My other self, my counsel's consistory, My oracle, my prophet, my dear cousin, I, as a child, will go by thy direction.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Under these circumstances it behooves each individual to be placed on his guard, so as to be made cognizant of the means to detect the nefarious, unqualified, and dishonest charlatans, in order to save the one in search of health from falling in their meshes, and thus jeopardize the welfare of his nearest and dearest objects.
— from Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. by William F. Howe

"When news doth come, if any would discusse The letter of the word, resolve it thus: News is convey'd by letter, word, or mouth, And comes to us from North , East , West , and South ."
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 121, February 21, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

“My dear Colonel Cave,—Sir Hugh is confined to bed with a severe attack of gout,—the doctors call it flying gout.
— from Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Charles James Lever

This vision, which gives light and deliverance, comes in a moment.
— from Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

That he did care is proved by the exasperation with which he suddenly broke out, “Well, then, as I understand you, what you recommend me is to marry Miss Bernardstone, and carry on an intrigue with Lady Vandeleur!”
— from The Path Of Duty by Henry James

'No, my dear child, I've heard nothing.
— from Celibates by George Moore

"My dear child, I know all about these fine promises," declared Mme.
— from A Cardinal Sin by Eugène Sue

222 Mondolfo, i, 137 , 144 ; ii, 213 , 291 , 378 ; iii, 160 , 199 — siege of, ii, 384-7 Monopoli, i, 394 Monreale, Cardinal of, i, 345 — Archbishop of, iii, 162 Montaigne on Tasso, iii, 326 Montalto, ii, 213 Mont'Amiata, iii, 109 note Montanari, iii, 404 note Montano, Cola, i, 234 Montano, Marco, iii, 295 , 298 Monte Asdrualdo, ii, 260 Montebaroccio, ii, 211 note, 380 , 388 ; iii, 262 — sack of, ii, 383 Monte Bartolo, ii, 357 , 388 ; iii, 49 Montebello, Count of, iii, 150 Monte Berticchio, iii, 182 Montecalvo, i, 418 Monte, Cardinal del, iii, 432 Monte Carlo, i, 423 Monte Carpegna, i, 160 Monte Catria, i, 160 ; ii, 78 Monte del Cavallo, i, 160 Montechio, iii, 80 Montecirignone, ii, 213 Monte Copiolo, i, 25 , 405 Monte Corciano, iii, 180 Montefabri, Castle of, iii, 264 Montefalcone, Serafino da, i, 126 Montefeltrano, invested Count by Barbarossa, i, 25 Montefeltro, ii, 389 — see of, ii, 314 — given to Florence, ii, 406 — plunder of, ii, 415 Montefeltro, Counts of, beneficent sway of the, i, 17 — receive investiture of Urbino, i, 18 , 22 — supplant Ceccardi in Cagli, i, 22 , 37 — supplant Gabrielli in Gubbio, i, 22 , 37 — created by Barbarossa, i, 24 , 25 — arms of, i, 25 note, 76 note — Ghibelline principles of, i, 24-6 , 35 — feuds of, i, 35 — patrons of letters, ii, 98 , 107 , 109 -543- — patrons of art, ii, 192 Montefeltro, house of, antiquity of, i, 124 — branches of, i, 25 Montefeltro, Agnesina di, i, 48 , 289 ; ii, 419 ; iii, 291 — marriage of, i, 222 Montefeltro, Anna, Aura, or Laura di, i, 39 , 49 — marriage of, i, 39 note Montefeltro, Antonio di, i, 61 note, 290 , 355 , 466 ; ii, 47 note, 75 — legitimation of, i, 120 — knighted by Ferdinand, i, 223 Montefeltro, Battista, see Battista, Countess of Urbino — see Sforza Montefeltro, Battista di, her marriage, i, 39 — marriage contract of, i, 40 note — her accomplishments, i, 39 , 122 , 216 ; ii, 129 — becomes a nun, i, 40 — descent of, i, 41 — death of, i, 90 — sonnets of, i, 428 Montefeltro, Bernardino, i, 120 , 291 Montefeltro, Bianca, Lady of Faenza, i, 47 Montefeltro, Brigida, Sueva di, unhappy marriage of, i, 48 note — becomes a Franciscan abbess, i, 48 note — articles taken by her into the convent, i,
— from Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Volume 3 (of 3) Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature of Italy, from 1440 To 1630 by James Dennistoun