And not only that, but singing— 'Father in heaven, the day is declining,' etc.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Dî Indra duce, ex oculis evanuerunt.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Sancho, on his part, gave a helping hand to release Gines de Pasamonte, who was the first to leap forth upon the plain free and unfettered, and who, attacking the prostrate commissary, took from him his sword and the musket, with which, aiming at one and levelling at another, he, without ever discharging it, drove every one of the guards off the field, for they took to flight, as well to escape Pasamonte's musket, as the showers of stones the now released galley slaves were raining upon them.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Sancho, on his part, gave a helping hand to release Gines de Pasamonte, who was the first to leap forth upon the plain free and unfettered, and who, attacking the prostrate commissary, took from him his sword and the musket, with which, aiming at one and levelling at another, he, without ever discharging it, drove every one of the guards off the field, for they took to flight, as well to escape Pasamonte’s musket, as the showers of stones the now released galley slaves were raining upon them.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Tom Davies described it drolly enough: 'He laughs like a rhinoceros.' 'TO BENNET LANGTON, ESQ. 'DEAR SIR,—I have an old amanuensis in great distress.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

" "Well, Mrs. Doctor, dear, I DO enjoy seeing a well-looking man," said Susan candidly.
— from Anne's House of Dreams by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

{213} The happy Ambrosio, having become thus familiar with his young master, never saw him enter the garden with the ladies but he ran and joined them without ceremony; or if by chance he failed of doing it, Donna Elvira went herself to look for him, and never returned without him.
— from The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 1/3 by Mateo Alemán

Mà che il liberarsi da si graue indignità, et oppressioni, [551] et che il cauar lo Stato suo, et suoi buoni Vassalli, et se stesso da tale calamità, et miserie, come è la uile, et abbietta seruitù di chiunque si troua sottoposto alle crudeli Tirannide, et rapina de’ capi delli Ugonotti, non è esser seuero, et rigido, mà à fare il douere, il dritto, et quelche ricerca la Giustitia; Come può il Rè uolgere gli occhi pieni di quel generoso spirito che hanno mostro
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

his victim Telfer, returns rejoicing to Dodhead in distant Ettrick.
— from Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy by Andrew Lang

Canada also aims to develop its diverse energy resources while maintaining its commitment to the environment.
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

While both sides of the choir are alike in their main features, there is an interesting difference in detail, especially to be noticed in the greater simplicity of the south side, where the triforium capitals are less elaborate, and the dog-tooth ornament is omitted from the outer jambs of the openings.
— from Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See by George Worley

Diese ist die erste vollständige Anlage des Darmblatts, Entoderms oder Hypoblasts , und von nun an können wir, im Gegensatz dazu den gesammten übrigen Theil des Blastoderms, nämlich die mehrschichtige Wand der Keimhöhlendecke als Hautblatt, Exoderm oder Epiblast bezeichnen.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

Whilst showing how cordially he concurred in Martin Bucer’s conclusions, John Milton’s four works on divorce—the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce , the Tetrachordon , the Colasterion , and the new edition of Bucer’s Judgment touching Divorce —show also how far he went beyond the sixteenth-century divine, in declaring every man’s right to secede from [Pg 333] an uncongenial partner, and to associate himself with an acceptable helpmate.
— from The Real Shelley. New Views of the Poet's Life. Vol. 2 (of 2) by John Cordy Jeaffreson

I wondered mutely if Silvia could resist the appeal in the eyes of the neglected boy when he turned his imploring gaze to hers, and the delight depicted in Diogenes’ eyes at “Tolly’s” arrival.
— from Our Next-Door Neighbors by Belle Kanaris Maniates