Aedes Orientem spectantes vir nobilissimus, inhabitet, et curet ut sit aer clarus, lucidus, odoriferus.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The fate of Suwaroff after the victory of Novi, especially in the expedition to Switzerland, and that of Hermann's corps at [Pg 171] Bergen in Holland, are examples which should be well studied by every commander under such circumstances.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

I was perfectly idle, and with the temperament which nature and habit had given me, was it likely that I could feast my eyes constantly upon such a charming object without falling desperately in love?
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

When one feels, from the bottom of his feet to the top of his head, that he has something to say that is going to help some individual or some cause, then let him say it; and in delivering his message I do not believe that many of the artificial rules of elocution can, under such circumstances, help him very much.
— from Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington

All were to retain the rank of colonels of cavalry till the last day, February 8, 1884; but meantime each secured places, as follows: Colonel O. M. Poe was lieutenant-colonel of the Engineer Corps United States Army, and was by his own choice assigned to Detroit in charge of the engineering works on the Upper Lakes, which duty was most congenial to him.
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

11.—PERSONIFICACIÓN DE LAS AVES (to the vocabulary section) Ciertos animales, y en especial las aves, por su aspecto, por sus instintos o por su manera de vivir, parecen imitar las cualidades de la persona o ejecutar aquellas cosas de que sólo es capaz un ser racional.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Cut that! be quiet, or stop; CUT OUT OF , done out of; CUT OF ONE’S JIB , the expression or cast of his countenance [ see JIB ]; TO CUT ONE’S COMB , to take down a conceited person, from the practice of cutting the combs of capons [ see COMB CUT ]; CUT AND COME AGAIN , plenty, if one cut does not suffice, plenty remains to come at again; CUT UP , to mortify, to criticise severely, or expose; CUT UP SHINES , to play tricks; CUT ONE’S STICK , to be off quickly, i.e. , to be in readiness for a journey, further elaborated into AMPUTATE YOUR MAHOGANY [ see STICK ]; CUT IT FAT , to exaggerate or show off in an extensive manner; to CUT UP FAT , or CUT UP WELL , to die, leaving a large property; CUT UNDER , to undersell; CUT YOUR LUCKY , to run off; CUT ONE’S CART , to expose unfair tricks; CUT AN ACQUAINTANCE , to cease friendly intercourse with him; “ CUT UP ROUGH ,” to become obstreperous and dangerous; to have “ CUT ONE’S EYE-TEETH ,” i.e. , to be wide awake, knowing; to DRAW CUTS , to cast lots with papers of unequal lengths.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

35 Quare suscipienda quidem bella sunt ob eam causam, ut sine iniuria in pace vivatur, parta autem victoria conservandi ii, qui non crudeles in bello, non immanes fuerunt, ut maiores nostri Tusculanos, Aequos, Volscos, Sabinos, Hernicos in civitatem etiam acceperunt, at Carthaginem et Numantiam funditus sustulerunt; nollem Corinthum, sed credo aliquid secutos, opportunitatem loci maxime, ne posset aliquando ad bellum faciendum locus ipse adhortari.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

What eloquence could unite so many discordant and hostile powers under the same standard? Could they be assembled in arms, who would dare to assume the office of general?
— 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

We were old acquaintances, but the neighborhood and a certain conformity of experience connected us still more.
— from The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Complete by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Tales, B 480 (and elsewhere), Chaucer uses such rimes as clerkes , derk is , and the like; but not very frequently.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

At the same time, the will appointed him my guardian, desiring that I might be received within his house, and reside with his family, and under his care, during the term of my minority; and in consideration of the increased expense consequent upon such an arrangement, a handsome annuity was allotted to him during the term of my proposed residence.
— from The Purcell Papers — Volume 2 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Instead of presenting herself as a woman consumed with blazing sensuality but in whom the erotic fire is transmuted into religious passion, she affects us like an enacted commentary upon such a most extraordinary experience.
— from Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy by Otto Heller

There was nothing left; there would be nothing more until—the end came, unless Sandy succeeded.
— from A Son of the Hills by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock

This part of the undertaking was of the most painful and trying character, and its execution cost us six months of an agony which even now I shudder to think of.
— from Wonderful Escapes by Frédéric Bernard

“I merely lit that fire because I was dull, and thought I would get a little excitement by calling you up and triumphing over you as the Witch of Endor called up Samuel.
— from The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy

Until then, we had executed our own laws in our own way; but, yielding to this application, and departing from our former principle of avoiding European combinations upon subjects not American, we stipulated in a solemn treaty that we would carry into effect our own laws, and fixed the minimum force we would employ for that purpose."
— from The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin Percy Whipple

Chief Explosives Chemist, U. S. Geological Survey.
— from Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 Federal Investigations of Mine Accidents, Structural Materials and Fuels. Paper No. 1171 by Herbert M. (Herbert Michael) Wilson

(b) Conditions.--The Director, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission and the Secretary of Commerce, shall ensure that the project is carried out as soon as adequate spectrum is available as a result of the 800 megahertz rebanding process in border areas, and shall ensure that the border projects do not impair or impede the rebanding process, but under no circumstances shall funds be distributed under this section unless the Federal Communications Commission and the Secretary of Commerce agree that these conditions have been met. (c) Program Requirements.--Consistent with the responsibilities of the Office of Emergency Communications under section 1801, the Director shall foster local, tribal, State, and Federal interoperable emergency communications, as well as interoperable emergency communications with appropriate Canadian and Mexican authorities in the communities selected for the demonstration project.
— from Homeland Security Act of 2002 Updated Through October 14, 2008 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security