L. Sulla P. Sulpicium oppressit: ex Urbe eiecit C. Marium, custodem huius urbis, multosque fortes viros partim 5 eiecit ex civitate, partim interemit.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Awaiting the time when some studious officer, profiting by those published and unpublished documents, shall present Europe with a good military and strategic geography, we may, thanks to the immense progress of topography of late years, partially supply the want of it by the excellent charts published in all European countries within the last twenty years.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

Leges de moechis fecit, ex civibus plures in jus vocati.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

[ Northmanni et Gothi, et cæteri populi insularum quæ inter occidentem et septentrionem sitæ sunt, gentes bellicosæ, corporis proceri mortis intrepidæ, bipennibus armatæ, navibus rotundis, quæ Ysnachiæ dicuntur, advectæ.
— 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

It was his belief that if he were given time in which to realize them, all would be well and every creditor paid in full.
— from The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Est côpia praedae in castrîs vestrîs.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

In what degree each cause produced its effect, it is hard to determine.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

From the time when the Berserkers ravaged all the coasts of western Europe and lay drunk in every conquered port it has been the same way: everywhere the nations that drink too much are observed to fight rather well and not too righteously.
— from The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

H2 anchor CHAPTER VIII The Assembly—Adventure at Ranelagh—The English Courtezans— Pauline IMG I went in due time to the assembly, and the secretary at the door wrote down my name as I handed in my ticket.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

The taint of which I speak is clearly perceptible even in a poem so full of brilliancy and spirit as “The Health” of Edward Coate Pinckney:— I fill this cup to one made up Of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex The seeming paragon; To whom the better elements And kindly stars have given A form so fair that, like the air, ‘Tis less of earth than heaven.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Although in every condition patience is a seemly virtue, yet I think that in wedded life it finally produces ill-will.
— from The Tales of the Heptameron, Vol. 4 (of 5) by Marguerite, Queen, consort of Henry II, King of Navarre

When Antony speaks above the body of Cæsar he says: "You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Cæsar put it on— 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii: Look!
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll

I believe that the work of the educator consists primarily in protecting the powers and directing them without disturbing them in their expansion; and in the bringing of man into contact with the spirit which is within him and which should operate through him.
— from Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori

Indifferent to all things else, 'happen what will,' says she, 'whether He console me or afflict me, I am equally contented, provided I be near Him and possess Him.'
— from The Month of Mary, According to the Spirit of St. Francis of Sales Thirty-One Considerations With Examples, Prayers, Etc. by Francis, de Sales, Saint

After the plants have been firmly set and the earth carefully packed in around the roots, rake the soil to loosen it up over the whole surface.
— from Making a Rose Garden by Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

Nothing is of any avail among the soldiers except conscientious personal investigation of cases, each for itself; with sharp, critical faculties, but in the fullest spirit of human sympathy and boundless love.
— from The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion by Walt Whitman

What enormous progress would be made by chemistry if our eyes could penetrate into the interior of all bodies, beholding their molecules, estimating their relative volume, their arrangement, and the form and colour of their atoms.
— from The Day After Death; Or, Our Future Life According to Science (New Edition) by Louis Figuier

We have seen that each race has its own style of beauty, and we know that it is natural to man to admire each characteristic point in his domestic animals, dress, ornaments, and personal appearance, when carried a little beyond the average.
— from The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin

Every country possesses its own peculiar advantages and beauties.
— from Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" by Arthur Jerome Eddy

If this first cost of stereotyping and engraving can be [Pg 34] divided among several editions, say one for Great Britain, one for the United States, and one for Canada and the other colonies, it is evident that the proportion to be charged to each copy printed is less, and that the selling price per copy can be smaller, than would be the case if this first cost has got to be repeated in full for each market.
— from International Copyright Considered in some of its Relations to Ethics and Political Economy by George Haven Putnam