Phaëton blushed, and in shame repressed his resentment; and he reported to his mother, Clymene, 114 the reproaches of Epaphus; and said, “Mother, to grieve thee still more, I, the free, the bold youth , was silent; I am ashamed both that these reproaches can be uttered against us, and that they cannot be refuted; but do 56 I. 760-779 thou, if only I am born of a divine race, give me some proof of so great a descent, and claim me for heaven.”
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid
Idolis deditam ad cultum divinum revocaret, (Galfrid Malaterra, l. ii. c. 1.)
— 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
The Youth, recollecting how many times he had been deceived, replied: “Gladly, my love, do I hear these words; not because you are constant, but because you administer to my pleasures.”
— from The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Phaedrus
Dalì ra giyung maílad, Oh you!
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
Altera est res, ut, cum ita sis affectus animo, ut supra dixi, res geras magnas illas quidem et maxime utiles, sed
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
"That I will surely do," replied Glinda, much pleased; "if this is really the person she seems to be."
— from The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum
As Madame du Rumain gave me the letter, I felt such an impulse of gratitude that I fell on my knees before her.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
Three or four days after this date, Madame du Rumain gave me the first letter I received from Mdlle.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova
May thy presence put a deeper, richer, gladder meaning into all our life and pour a new splendor over all the world.
— from A Wonderful Night; An Interpretation Of Christmas by James H. (James Henry) Snowden
The framed Michael Angelo photographs, the portfolio of Venice photographs from Mrs. Bracebridge, the two lovely water colour sketches of Embley, and the copy of Turner’s ‘Rock’ by Louisa Elenor Shore Nightingale, my father’s watch and spectacles, the book case in the drawing room given me by the said William Shore Nightingale and Louisa Eleanor, his wife, the portrait of Sir John McNeill, the little Soutari clock and the box (Miss Coape’s) with all the ‘stuff’ in it, i.e. annotated in pencil by Mr. Stuart Mill and {285} Mr. Jowett, with their letters, et cetera, upon it, to the children of the said William Shore Nightingale, living at my death, to be divided amongst them in such manner as they shall agree upon, and in default of agreement as my executors, other than the said Samuel Shore Nightingale and Louis Hilary Shore Nightingale, shall determine.
— from Ancient, Curious, and Famous Wills by Virgil M. (Virgil McClure) Harris
A copper vessel filled with water, (in the original figure made in the form of an ornamental head,) was furnished with a pipe c , through which the steam was propelled, and striking against the vanes of the float wheel d , readily gave motion to a pestle and mortar, which was employed in the alchemist's laboratory.
— from The Century of Inventions of the Marquis of Worcester from the Original MS., with Historical and Explanatory Notes and a Biographical Memoir by Worcester, Edward Somerset, Marquis of
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