This will give you some idea of the displeasing, jarring effect monotony has on the ear.
— from The Art of Public Speaking by J. Berg (Joseph Berg) Esenwein

Pervertet vero doctrinam Johannis, et mutato Jordani baptismo, perversisque justitiæ dictis, iniquitatem et perfidiam per mundum disseminabit."
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

Itard, Dr. Jean E. M. G., 242 , 271 , 277 .
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

I, in particular, was so much elevated, that nothing would serve me but a wench; at which demand Jackson expressed much joy, and assured me I should have my desire before we parted Accordingly, when he had paid the reckoning, we sallied out, roaring and singing; and were conducted by our leader to a place of nocturnal entertainment, where Mr. Jackson's dress attracted the assiduities of two or three nymphs, who loaded him with caresses, in return for the arrack punch with which he treated them, till at length sleep began to exert his power over us all, and our conductor called “To pay.”
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

DON JUAN: ¿Esto más?
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

Pero ella los miró con tanta mansedumbre; era tan inofensiva su actitud; era su presente tan tierno y cariñoso; inspiraba su edad tanto respeto; había tal verdad en aquel acto de devoción; significaba tanto, 30 en fin, aquel siglo pasado, fiel a sus creencias, que venía a saludar al Vicario de Jesucristo en medio de su calle de Amargura, [52-4] que los soldados de la Revolución y del Imperio
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

“El Duque [de Lerma] á Don Juan; en Martin Muñoz, á 19 de Março 1604: mandandole la copia de lo que se escribió al Conde de Miranda, sobre la prision de unos portugueses culpados en las cosas del Calabrés” f. 319 132.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

During the World War 350 Y. M. C. A. Colored Secretaries, under the guidance of Dr. J. E. Moorland, R. B. DeFrantz, W. J. Faulkner, J. F. Gregory and G. L. Johnson loyally served Colored soldiers stationed in 55 camps, training schools and forts in America.
— from Colored girls and boys' inspiring United States history and a heart to heart talk about white folks by William Henry Harrison

Henrietta's father died just, eleven months and twenty-seven days before your cousin's dance, but she couldn't stick out those few last days and make it a year; she was there.”
— from Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington

The sky was still bright as they walked out Warren Street after supper, Eda bewailing the trials of the day just ended: Mr. Frye, the cashier of the bank, had had one of his cantankerous fits, had found fault with her punctuation, nothing she had done had pleased him.
— from Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill by Winston Churchill

The women of the fifth group were: Mrs. Harvey Wiley, Alice Cosu, Mary Bartlett Dixon, Julia Emory, Mary A. Nolan, Lucy Burns.
— from The Story of the Woman's Party by Inez Haynes Gillmore

But if Ricardo is comparatively silent on the subject, we fortunately possess a very ample discussion of it by one of his leading disciples, J. E. McCulloch.
— from Contemporary Socialism by John Rae

The Habaqui alighted in front of the tent and went straight to throw himself at the feet of D. John, exclaiming, "Mercy, my lord, may your Highness grant us mercy in the King's name, and pardon for our sins, which we know have been great," and taking off the sword with which he was girded, he placed it in D. John's hand, saying, "These arms and flag I give up to His Majesty in the name of Aben Aboo and of all the rebels for whom I am empowered to act.
— from The Story of Don John of Austria by Luis Coloma

'We're going t'roo de joint,' explained Mr MacGinnis.
— from The Little Nugget by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse