Un roi qi est apelés par tout tens Davit Melic, que veut à dir en fransois Davit Roi.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

An invention of the middle ages, it was a process by which warriors could expiate their crimes, apologize for errors, escape from disgrace, redeem their friends, or prove their sincerity.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

Second: To the native Indian of Peru, the continual sight of the snow-howdahed Andes conveys naught of dread, except, perhaps, in the mere fancying of the eternal frosted desolateness reigning at such vast altitudes, and the natural conceit of what a fearfulness it would be to lose oneself in such inhuman solitudes.
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Take of Aloes, Diacrydium, of each five drams, red Roses, Smallage seeds, of each two drams and an half, the seeds of Annis and Fennel, of each one dram and an half, Mastich, Saffron, Troch, Alhandal, of each one dram, with a sufficient quantity of Honey Roses, make it into a mass according to art.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

= KEY: Set, \a.\. SYN: Fixed, established, firm, determined, regular, formal, be.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

His angry eyes flashed darkly red, And all his native brightness fled, As when, by swift eclipse assailed, The glory of the sun has failed.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

there are some, lukewarm and undisciplined, who willingly find excuses for delaying repentance, and desire to defer Holy Communion, lest they should be bound to keep stricter watch upon themselves.
— from The Imitation of Christ by à Kempis Thomas

"What reward may we expect for delivering Rome from a monster?" was the question asked by Maximus, in a moment of freedom and confidence.
— 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

“No, it’s not a slander.” “Madam, there are circumstances that force one to endure family disgrace rather than proclaim the truth aloud.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Of the places of worship— The Established Church furnished 1,180 Nonconformists 2,826 4,006 Of the sittings (including estimates for defective return)— Established Church furnished 301,897, or 30 per cent.
— from British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Vol. LIII January and April, 1871 by Various

Philosophia Sacra, or the principles of natural Philosophy. Extracted from Divine Revelation.
— from A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Augustus De Morgan

Industries: light consumer goods such as blankets, shoes, soap; assembly of imported components; public works construction; food processing Industrial production growth rate: NA% Electricity - capacity: 55,000 kW (1991) Electricity - production: 105 million kWh (1991) note: imports some electricity from Democratic Republic of the Congo Electricity - consumption per capita: 18 kWh (1991 est.)
— from The 1997 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

H2 anchor ON THE DECAY OF THE ART OF LYING ESSAY, FOR DISCUSSION, READ AT A MEETING OF THE HISTORICAL AND ANTIQUARIAN CLUB OF HARTFORD, AND OFFERED FOR THE THIRTY-DOLLAR PRIZE.
— from Alonzo Fitz, and Other Stories by Mark Twain

Full satisfaction shall be rendered to the English for damages received.
— from King Philip Makers of History by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

So it happened that they were going one day down a pleasant road which led along a river valley, when an exclamation from Dolly roused her mother out of a half nap.
— from The End of a Coil by Susan Warner