The foresaid conduit upon Cornhill, was in the year 1475 enlarged by Robert Drope, draper, mayor, that then dwelt in that ward; he increased the cistern of this conduit with an east end of stone, and castellated in comely manner.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

[ A compound of vermilion and cinnabar, which marks the Imperial diplomas from Leo I. (A.D. 470) to the fall of the Greek empire, (Bibliotheque Raisonnee de la Diplomatique, tom. i. p. 504—515
— 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

In like manner, these small scolding debates and petty brabbling contentions, which frequently we see spring up and for a certain space boil very hot betwixt a couple of high-spirited lovers, are nothing else but recreative diversions for their refreshment, spurs to and incentives of a more fervent amity than ever.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

The worthy Ambrose introduced me to his countess and his two sisters-in-law, one of whom was an exquisite beauty, rather deficient in manner, but this was no doubt due to the fact that they saw no polished company whatever.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Of course matter or force underlies everything; but rationality does not accrue to spirit because mechanism supports it; it accrues to mechanism in so far as spirit is thereby called into existence; so that while values derive existence only from their causes, causes derive value only from their results.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

This attempt was unsuccessful: The same excuse being repeated day after day, the Archer's story gradually obtained confidence.
— from The Monk: A Romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis

But reflecting that it was better to leave her alone now in spite of her desperate state than to leave her without help later, he paid no attention to her groans, nor her angry exclamations, but rushed downstairs, hurrying all he could. III First of all he went to Kirillov.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

As a rule, between the justice, which men practise, and genuine singleness of heart, there exists a relation analogous to that between polite expressions, and the true love of one's neighbour, which, unlike the former, does not ostensibly overcome Egoism, but really does so.
— from The Basis of Morality by Arthur Schopenhauer

Nor could he knock at the door of Mr. U. W. Ugli, Stock and Share Broker (and at the Stock Exchange), and inform his clerks that their chief was really nothing but old clothes that had accidentally come alive, and by some magic, which he couldn't attempt to explain, become real during a night spent at a really good hotel which had no existence.
— from The Enchanted Castle by E. (Edith) Nesbit

E. Bertaux: Rome de l' avènement de Jules II à nos jours .[2] 1908.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

Hence an approximate proportionality should have existed between riverbank distance and the number of inhabitants.
— from The Aboriginal Population of the San Joaquin Valley, California by Sherburne Friend Cook

When Nestor, in the eleventh book, rouses Diomed at night, Pope naturally smoothes [Pg 74] down the testy remark of the sleepy warrior; but he tries to improve Nestor's directions.
— from Alexander Pope by Leslie Stephen

When the stomach is enfeebled by recent digestion in the afternoon, to take then another meal of solid aliment must evidently tend to depress the digestive powers, and thus prevent the body from having that nourishment it might receive from a lighter aliment.
— from A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Hugh Smith

And here it should be told that the engagement between Richard Dalrymple and Miss Jeannie Farquharson has been maintained as a profound secret by request of the latter, in order not to antagonize a wealthy and cantankerous aunt, her sole remaining relative.
— from My Friend Pasquale, and Other Stories by James Selwin Tait

I remember my old Massa en Missus used to ride to church in dey big black carriage en dey always would carry me en Bob right dere in de carriage wid dem somehow another.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by United States. Work Projects Administration

No wagon had ever before rolled down those steep hillsides.
— from The Life of a Fossil Hunter by Charles H. (Charles Hazelius) Sternberg

What’s up?” whispered Ned, who had dodged nimbly out of the road to escape being run down.
— from Sailor Jack, the Trader by Harry Castlemon