As soon as the kind-hearted tavern-keeper heard of the poor fellow's imprisonment, he immediately went to see him, and, though he had not the slightest hope of ever being paid one farthing of his claim, Mr. S——, for many months that poor M—— lay in gaol, continued to send him an excellent dinner every day from his tavern, to which he always added a bottle of wine; for as Mr. S—— remarked, “Poor M——, I guess, is accustomed to live well.”
— from Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

— N. divestment; taking off &c. v.. nudity; bareness &c. adj.; undress; dishabille &c. 225; the altogether; nudation[obs3], denudation; decortication, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting; exfoliation; trichosis[Med].
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Be absolute for death; either death or life Shall thereby be the sweeter.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

XXVII 235 And bitter Penance with an yron whip, Was wont him once to disple every day: And sharpe Remorse his hart did pricke and nip, That drops of blood thence like a well did play:
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

In 1797, appeared the last book published during Casanova’s lifetime, a small work entitled: ‘A Leonard Snetlage, docteur en droit de l’Universite de Goettingue, Jacques Casanova, docteur en droit de l’Universite de Padoue’.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Grammaticis olim et dialecticis Jurisque Professoribus, qui specimen eruditionis dedissent eadem dignitatis insignia decreverunt Imperatores, quibus ornabant heroas.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

But in this time only the most ignorant people have faith in any such explanations, and the number of these diminishes every day and every hour.
— from My Religion by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

1802–6 Mémoires sur les fossiles des environs de Paris, comprenant la détermination des espèces qui appartiennent aux animaux marins sans vertèbres, et dont la plupart sont figurés dans la Collection des Velins du Muséum.
— from Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work by A. S. (Alpheus Spring) Packard

Brandt, A. Ueber die Eiröhren der Blatta (Periplaneta) orientalis.
— from The Structure and Life-history of the Cockroach (Periplaneta orientalis) An Introduction to the Study of Insects by L. C. (Louis Compton) Miall

dr. Eau de Lavange (Ammoniacal).
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

Fassola says:— “Molti oltre questa non mancano di lasciar qualche insigne memoria, cioè ò li dinari per incominciar, ò finire qualche Capella, ò per qualche pittura ò Statua, ò altro non essendouene pur’ vno di questi Benefattori, che non habbino ottenute le grazie desiderate di Dio, e dalla Beata Vergine, del che piene ne sono le carte, le mura delle Capelle, e Chiese con voti d’argento, ed altre infinite Tauolette, antichissime, e moderne, voti di cera ed altro, oltre tanto da esprimersi grazie, che
— from Ex Voto: An Account of the Sacro Monte or New Jerusalem at Varallo-Sesia With Some Notice of Tabachetti's Remaining Work at the Sanctuary of Crea by Samuel Butler

There was a pause while Doree evidently decided not to get angry.
— from Before Egypt by E. K. Jarvis

[307] Recherches sur le Commerce, la Fabrication et l'Usage des Etoffes de Soie, etc., pendant le Moyen Age. Paris, 1839.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

Massa Peterkin be de most horriboble ghost dey ever did saw, an’ no mistake.
— from The Gorilla Hunters by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne