Least village boasts its blacksmith, Whose anvil's even din Stands symbol for the finer forge
— from Poems by Emily Dickinson, Three Series, Complete by Emily Dickinson

Con que cómo estamos de salud, Sr. D. José?
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

At last the Cat malignant mischief made; She climbed up to the Eagle: "Ma'am, our peace Is ended, death," she says, "is threatening; I'm dismayed.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Apostolus vero non [ ad ] Laodicenses dicit sed ex Laodicea ; quam illi scripserunt ad apostolum, in quam aliqua reprehensionis digna inferebantur, quam etiam hac de causa jussit apud eos legi, ut ipsi reprehendant seipsos discentes quæ de ipsis erant dicta ’ (see Spic.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Io son colui che tenni ambo le chiavi del cor di Federigo, e che le volsi, serrando e diserrando, si` soavi, che dal secreto suo quasi ogn'uom tolsi: fede portai al glorioso offizio, tanto ch'i' ne perde' li sonni e ' polsi.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Foolish and indiscreet, at earliest dawn, She seeks her neighbour, and she thus avers: "My gossip, such a thing took place last night!
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine

Thence to my Lord Burlington’s houses the first time I ever was there, it being the house built by Sir John Denham, next to Clarendon House; and here I visited my Lord Hinchingbroke and his lady; Mr. Sidney Montagu being come last night to town unexpectedly from Mount’s Bay, where he left my Lord well, eight days since, so as we may now hourly expect to hear of his arrival at Portsmouth.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

‘She sold it,’ cried Monks, with desperate eagerness; ‘did she sell it?
— from Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. Illustrated by Charles Dickens

She was cryin' 'Moo—moo' at every dog she see, 'n' I give her a nickel to keep her quiet, 'n' then she up 'n' lost it.
— from Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop by Anne Warner

In the early days, State street, and then Bowling Green, offered to this class attractions superior to those of any other portion of the city.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 10, October, 1869 to March, 1870 by Various

The subject was generally ' effets '— Effet de brouillard , Effet du soir , Soleil couchant .
— from The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art? by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

But his was on an entirely different scale, since he was to play the part of Othello.
— from Left Behind; Or, Ten Days a Newsboy by James Otis

Desire of it destroyed it Despises hostile elements and goes unpunished Despises the pomades and curling-irons of modern romance Determine that the future is in our debt, and draw on it Detestable feminine storms enveloping men weak enough Detested titles, invented by the English Developing stiff, solid, unobtrusive men, and very personable women Dialectical stiffness Dialogue between Nature and Circumstance Did not know the nature of an oath, and was dismissed Didn't say a word No use in talking about feelings Dignitary, and he passed under the bondage of that position Dignity of sulking so seductive to the wounded spirit of man Discover the writers in a day when all are writing!
— from Quotations from the Project Gutenberg Editions of the Collected Works of George Meredith by George Meredith