Appresso in questo loco Mise in assetto loco Li tigri, e li grifoni, Leofanti, e leoni Cammelli, e dragomene, Badalischi, e gene, E pantere, e castoro, Le formiche dell' oro, E tanti altri animali, Ch' io non so ben dir quail, Che son sì divisati, E sì dissomigliati Di corpo e di fazione, Di sì fera ragione, E di sì strana taglia, Ch'io non credo san faglia, Ch' alcun uomo vivente Potesse veramente Per lingua, o per scritture Recitar le figure Delle bestie, e gli uccelli….
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Humpty Dumpty fell down stairs, and yet he married the princess; perhaps I may marry a princess too."
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

damoysele ; Late Lat. domicella , for * dominicella ; see Constans.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

But there is no man in the world so hardy, Christian man ne other, but that he would be adread to behold it, and that it would seem him to die for dread, so is it hideous for to behold.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

"Die Frage des sittlichen Fortschritts der Menschheit," Vierteljahrsschrift für wissenschaftliche Philosophie , XXIII (1899), 75-116.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

swīcung f. deceit, fraud, deception : stumbling-block, offence .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

That monk, of savage form and face The impending danger of his race Had drawn from deepest solitude Far in Benharrow's bosom rude.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Others say, likewise, that from the descendants of Arnolfo there descended Filippo di Ser Brunellesco.
— from Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 01 (of 10) Cimabue to Agnolo Gaddi by Giorgio Vasari

render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade &c. 874; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame[obs3], mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

They felt, or they fancied, that on every side they were incessantly assaulted by dæmons, comforted by visions, instructed by prophecy, and surprisingly delivered from danger, sickness, and from death itself, by the supplications of the church.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He was a good fellow, whose heart, if not his head, was perfectly free; who danced for dancing's sake, because it pleased him, and because the rough life he led rarely afforded an opportunity for enjoying his favourite amusement; moreover, he was totally indifferent about inspiring either one or the other of his admirers with any kind of passion whatever.
— from The Bee Hunters: A Tale of Adventure by Gustave Aimard

On Sarzanello, see Carlo Promis, Storia del forte di Sarzanello (Turin, 1888).
— from Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent (vol. 2 of 2) by Alfred von Reumont

Da begann Hunferd, Ecglafs Sohn, Der zu Füssen sass dem Fürsten der Schildinge, Kampfrunen zu entbinden: ihm war Beowulfs Kunft, Des kühnen Seeseglers, schrecklich zuwider.
— from The Translations of Beowulf: A Critical Bibliography by Chauncey Brewster Tinker

Both are evidently drawn from documentary sources apart from the ordinary annals of the Kings.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

Or est que à certain jour de feste du soir que lors on s’estoit esbatu au chasteau du dit lieu, entre huyt et
— from The Life and Letters of Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, Volumes 1 and 2 by Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq

Abri des fils de Saint Bernard. ”
— from Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

The conception of the meaning of empire which is indicated by its history is not a conception of dominion for dominion's sake, imposed by brute force.
— from The Character of the British Empire by Ramsay Muir

"They'll din for dresser—I mean dress for dinner," spluttered Harry as he was telling Frank.
— from Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman by Burt L. Standish