Iam Ciruso, nepo de Ciruso Granda, sopiris je la imperio de sia pli maljunafrato, kiu sekvis la patron de ambaŭ fratoj kiel reĝo, aŭ pli ĝuste imperiestro.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

Taken completely aback by this onslaught, Eumolpus crossed the threshold of the room without stopping to ask the reason for my wrath, and immediately slammed the door shut, penning me in, as I was not looking for any move of that kind then, having quickly removed the key, he hurried away in search of Giton.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

When Tacitus surveyed the primitive simplicity of the Germans, he discovered some permanent maxims, or customs, of public and private life, which were preserved by faithful tradition till the introduction of the art of writing, and of the Latin tongue.
— 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

would he not fall down, Since pride must have a fall, and break the neck Of that proud man that did usurp his back?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

A la suite de la mise en ligne de Corrida, l'exposition virtuelle Lorca-Puig, et plus récemment du site pour la recherche de sponsors pour Mon copain de Pékin, un livre de photographies dédié à Pékin, il semblerait que nous soyons amenés à créer des sites ayant un rapport avec l'art et/ou le livre.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

20 En tan extraordinario caso, en tan descomunal atropello, en tan terrible drama, sólo podía mediar un hombre más extraordinario, más descomunal, más terrible que cuanto veíamos
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

"Your aunt Glegg scolded me so as niver was, my dear," said poor Mrs. Tulliver, when she came back to Maggie, "as I didn't go to her before; she said it wasn't for her to come to me first.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Accordingly, it will not be found difficult for the rural parents to point out to their daughter some place merely where she may invest a small part of her earnings in human welfare.
— from Farm Boys and Girls by William A. (William Arch) McKeever

What does such poverty mean?
— from A Sweet Girl Graduate by L. T. Meade

Durtal, in M. Joris-Karl Huysmans' En Route , first says of her:—"Sainte Térèse a exploré plus à fond que tout autre les régions inconnues de l'âme; elle en est, en quelque sorte, la géographe; elle a surtout dressé la carte de ses pôles, marqué les latitudes contemplatives, les terres intérieures du ciel humain."
— from A History of Spanish Literature by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly

The bites of these insects appear to distress some people much more than others, probably owing to constitutional differences.
— from An Elementary Manual of New Zealand Entomology Being an Introduction to the Study of Our Native Insects by G. V. (George Vernon) Hudson

Alum: after acute symptoms have subsided; but not if the epithelium is denuded, since perforation may then take place.
— from Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica by Merck & Co.