Thou didst it view, And saw the dark-writ legend which it bore.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

It is always more difficult to destroy than it is to create, and when what one has to destroy is vulgarity and stupidity, the task of destruction needs not merely courage but also contempt.
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

Other enclitics are: -met ( 650 ): as, egómet ; -dem : as, ibídem ; -nam : as, ubínam ; -dum ( 1573 ): as, agédum ; -inde : as, déinde , próinde (which are disyllabic in verse), and súbinde ; -tum ; as, etiámtum ; -per : as, parúmper ; the vocative when it was closely joined to the preceding word, e.g. an imperative: as, dī́c puer ( 106 ).
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

The military training of these young men had taught them to make the most of every reverse, and if possible to turn defeat into victory; and so they fell to work and plucked off a great quantity of soft feathers, and all the next day was spent in skinning the breasts, which they would find some way to cure and make into covers for their beds, or even garments for themselves.
— from The Last Three Soldiers by W. H. (William Henry) Shelton

They have, indeed, certain observances, which would seem to point to a division into Vaishnavas and Saivas, the existence of which they deny; as for instance, some, out of respect to Siva, abstain from sexual intercourse on Sundays and Mondays; and others, for the sake of Vishnu, do the same on Fridays and Saturdays.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 4 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

It is only a brief outline; sufficient, perhaps, to indicate what remains in store for you when you come to read its marvellous details in volume at some time in the future.
— from Harper's Young People, September 14, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

And suddenly he heard it coming—a resonant rumour through the canyon, nearer, louder, swelling to a roar as the monoplane dashed into view and struck the cable with a terrific crash.
— from In Secret by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

He trained the gun on to it as it came distinctly into view, and said to Natasha— "Come, now, and fire the first shot in the warfare of the future.
— from The Angel of the Revolution: A Tale of the Coming Terror by George Chetwynd Griffith

The air is thus expanded to double its volume; and supposing the supply cylinder to be half the size 63 of the other, the air, when expanded, will completely fill the larger cylinder.
— from Great Facts A Popular History and Description of the Most Remarkable Inventions During the Present Century by Frederick C. (Frederick Collier) Bakewell

They are obviously to be connected with the einheriar of Old Norse poetry—the slain warriors who dwell in Valhöll and spend their days in combat—though possibly this passage represents a more primitive form of the idea.
— from The Heroic Age by H. Munro (Hector Munro) Chadwick

“But this soul discussion is vague as souls themselves.
— from The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London