i qua dicit icurisse p uno spotono sibi iueto veuiedo de Mestre ppe domu Maci Pauli de Canareglo ui descenderat ad bibendu.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

She even depicted the sufferings which she had experienced, but concluded with saying that she could not die in peace until she had sent him her forgiveness and her blessing.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

we are all day ingaged packing up Sundery articles to be Sent to the President of the U. S. bow an quiver of arrows-with some Ricara's tobacco seed No. 11 a Martin Skin, Containing the tail of a Mule Deer, a weasel and three Squirels from the Rockey mountains.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

[these are the words of Sinbad himself, as retailed by Scheherazade]—‘at length, in my old age, and after enjoying many years of tranquillity at home, I became once more possessed of a desire of visiting foreign countries; and one day, without acquainting any of my family with my design, I packed up some bundles of such merchandise as was most precious and least bulky, and, engaged a porter to carry them, went with him down to the sea-shore, to await the arrival of any chance vessel that might convey me out of the kingdom into some region which I had not as yet explored.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

Stirling, a usual place of royal residence, was not likely to be deficient in pomp upon such occasions, especially since James V. was very partial to them.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott

Wandering about, pick in hand, one day I put up several turkeys from the grass surrounding some granite rocks, and shortly after found their watering-place, a nice little pool.
— from Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia by David Wynford Carnegie

Z.'s date is postponed until some time later in July; as soon as the happy day is named I will let you know.
— from Italian Days and Ways by Anne Hollingsworth Wharton

I stood with those in the rear and most mightily did I push until sweat did drop from my head and much straining did rend my kittuna ."
— from The Coming of the King by Bernie Babcock

Suddenly, on turning round the southern corner of the copse, which surrounded the dingle, I perceived Ursula seated under a thorn bush.
— from The Romany Rye A sequel to "Lavengro" by George Borrow

Often do I pick up some popular magazine and read a story (one even of murder, it may be, in tropic seas or city slums) where some canny bit of foreshortening, of presentation, reveals the spreading influence, and I say, Ah, my friend, never would you have found out how to do that if Henry James hadn’t set you thinking!
— from Members of the Family by Owen Wister

Unless something durable is put up soon to mark the location all trace of it will be obliterated.
— from The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, Volume 1 (of 3) To Headwaters of the Mississippi River Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7. by Zebulon Montgomery Pike

id quod est, est totius; unde et natura aliquod detrimentum infert parti, ut salvet totum: 2a 2ae, Q.96, A.4.
— from Consumers and Wage-Earners: The Ethics of Buying Cheap by J. Elliot (John Elliot) Ross

My enemies may be satisfied now, for I shall never lift my head again——" "The Queen," said Sunderland, "will not depart in peace unless she leaveth you calm.
— from God and the King by Marjorie Bowen