Then plainly know my heart’s dear love is set On the fair daughter of rich Capulet.
— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Thus far the Section, containing the plan for the death of Rávaṇ. Carey and Marshman.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Over other depressions or ravines, close by here, were long to be seen some platforms or floored areas of stout plank.
— from Toronto of Old Collections and recollections illustrative of the early settlement and social life of the capital of Ontario by Henry Scadding

Makasagangságang giyud ning lagutmun sa kagútum, We can depend on root crops for food during the lean months.† sag-ang 1 a thin and emaciated.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Distributed for a distance of some miles over the rich lands at this end of the Zamboanga peninsula was a Christian population, which had grown up largely from the descendants of rescued captives of the Moros.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

very merry we were with our pasty, very well baked; and a good dish of roasted chickens; pease, lobsters, strawberries.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Distribution of roasted coffees outside Chicago and Kansas City is accomplished
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Three thousand Heruli fought on horseback under Philemuth, their native chief; and the noble Aratus, who adopted the manners and discipline of Rome, conducted a band of veterans of the same nation.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

“Mrs. McCall is a widowed lady for whom I have a great deal of respect,” continued the gentleman, smiling.
— from The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Grace Brooks Hill

Taking advantage of the proposed change, I would revise the whole postal service, and bring it into harmony with the demands of republican civilization.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 18 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

John, the ninth Earl and first Duke of Rutland (created Marquis of Granby and Duke of Rutland in 1703), revived in the ancient spirit the hospitality of Christmastide.
— from Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by W. F. (William Francis) Dawson

Thus they are two radically dissimilar nations, as unlike as difference of race could make them, of whom we on the Continent have known but one, the bourgeoisie.
— from The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Friedrich Engels

Dozens of remarkable cases might be given of wonderful preservations at sea during this storm, and one or two have been cited.
— from The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Frederick Whymper

Reeling is a comparatively simple operation, consisting solely of winding the yarns from the spinning or twisting bobbins on to a wide swift or reel of a suitable width and of a fixed diameter, or rather circumference.
— from The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth by Thomas Woodhouse

I like the line about the harvest moon best, but it would give a wrong idea of our lives and characters to the people that read my Thoughts, for they would think we were up late nights, so I have fixed it like this: IMPATIENCE We dug our rose cakes up
— from New Chronicles of Rebecca by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

Although exhausted by the Napoleonic wars, and earnestly engaged in healing its own wounds, the nation was anxiously desirous of restoring culture, and encouraging literature and art.
— from Frederic Chopin: His Life, Letters, and Works, v. 1 (of 2) by Maurycy Karasowski