Booker T. Washington was one of de greates' niggers dat ever lived, he always tried to raise de standard of de race.
— from Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives by United States. Work Projects Administration

During the last days of my diaconate, grace, no doubt, enlightened me.
— from The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac

In [Pg 145] the excitement of that wonderful hour—Farnese in full flight, himself borne on men's shoulders round the Piazza, thanksgiving in the cathedral, clouds of incense, clashing bells, wine running in the Fontana delle Grazie—he had for a moment been tempted to believe the times ripe for a proclamation: "Amilcar, Dei Gratia, Nonarum Dux," etc.
— from Little Novels of Italy by Maurice Hewlett

I tole him all de generals' names Dar ebber was, I guess, From General Lee and La Fayette To General Distress.
— from The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Kate Sanborn

Erminia Rudersdorff, are founded on Schiller’s ballad, “Der Gang nach dem Eisenhammer.”
— from The Standard Cantatas: Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers A Handbook by George P. (George Putnam) Upton

The proverb “ De gustibus non disputandum est ,” seems to be true for all time.
— from Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid

De gustibus non disputandum est.
— from Elementary Instruction in the Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum A Guide to Modern Illuminators by D. (David) Laurent de Lara

He was reckless, bold, dissolute, generous, never desponding, ever ready for a drunken frolic or a fight, to do a good deed, plan a piece of mischief, or head a revolt.
— from Jack in the Forecastle; or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper

It will soon be aristocratic to maintain the truth of the familiar Latin axiom of " de gustibus non disputandum est ."
— from The Redskins; or, Indian and Injin, Volume 1. Being the Conclusion of the Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper