And when you fondle and caress, Lion, you'll tear her and her dress; Permit me, sir, to clip each paw, It shall be done without a flaw, And, by-the-by, in the meanwhile, Your teeth 'twould be as well to file; Your kisses then would be less rough, And her's far sweeter—that's enough."
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Not till some days after, according to Mercier, did public men see what a grave thing it was.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

We still lack that intense interest in those things which some day perhaps may seem not unlike the “storm and stress” of those old religious ecstasies.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Yet one doubt Pursues me still, least all I cannot die, Least that pure breath of Life, the Spirit of Man Which God inspir’d, cannot together perish With this corporeal Clod; then in the Grave, Or in some other dismal place, who knows But I shall die a living Death?
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

The gates unfolding pour forth all their train, Nations on nations fill the dusky plain, Men, steeds, and chariots, shake the trembling ground: The tumult thickens, and the skies resound.
— from The Iliad by Homer

Son corps porté à Haucatacombe; concours des populations; miracles; son corps retrouvé intact trois siècles après sa mort.
— from Apologia Pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman

We have noted at various times, and at different places, many strange specimens, a few of which we think will entertain our readers.
— from Curious Epitaphs, Collected from the Graveyards of Great Britain and Ireland. by William Andrews

Inartistic as this sort of dramatic poem may seem to the lovers of theatrical composition and sensational arrangement, of emotional calculations and premeditated shocks, it has a place of its own, and a place of honor, among the incomparably various forms of noble and serious drama which English poets of the Shakespearean age conceived, created, and left as models impossible to reproduce or to rival in any generation of poets or readers, actors or spectators, after the decadent forces of English genius in its own most natural and representative form of popular and creative activity had finally shrivelled up and shuddered into everlasting inanition under the withering blast of Puritanism.
— from The Age of Shakespeare by Algernon Charles Swinburne

Dave, promise me something?"
— from Dave Darrin's Third Year at Annapolis; Or, Leaders of the Second Class Midshipmen by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

My suit to her Is, that she will to virtuous Desdemona Procure me some access.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 67, Number 414, April, 1850 by Various

Mormon Settlement in Arizona Produced by David Starner, Mary Meehan, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders MORMON SETTLEMENT
— from Mormon Settlement in Arizona A Record of Peaceful Conquest of the Desert by James H. McClintock

Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952), represented by Governor General Father John LAPLI (since NA 1999) head of government: Prime Minister Bartholomew ULUFA'ALU (since 27 August 1997); Deputy Prime Minister Sir Baddeley DEVESI (since 27 August 1997) cabinet: Cabinet appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister from among the members of Parliament elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the monarch on the advice of Parliament for up to five years; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of a majority coalition is usually elected prime minister by Parliament; deputy prime minister appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister from among the members of Parliament Legislative branch: unicameral National Parliament (50 seats; members elected from single member constituencies by popular vote to serve four-year terms) elections: last held 6 August 1997 (next to be held by August 2001) election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - GNUR 21, PAP 7, NAPSI 5, SILP 4, UP 4, independents 6, other 3 Judicial branch:
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

And to see Such noble knights endungeoned, starving here, Doth pain me sore with pity.
— from The Poems of Madison Cawein, Volume 1 (of 5) Lyrics and old world idylls by Madison Julius Cawein

Since that time, at different periods, many specimens have [Pg 311] been brought to Rome, and now they are not to be found in Egypt, having been driven, according to the conjecture of the inhabitants, up to the Blemmyæ
— from The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Ammianus Marcellinus