( a ) The first of these is always strikingly effective, sometimes marvellously so.
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

Si el buey brioso y bello, que todos se disputaban por tener en su carreta, ha muerto, en un día abrasante, de cangrina ; si un tacho se ha desfondado; si las coronas del trapiche se han roto; si en los cañaverales ha prendido fuego, y con afanoso trabajo ha sido menester atajar aquel mar de llamas; si las crecidas del río han arrastrado el maíz, el arroz o la caña acabada de sembrar en sus márgenes; si una seca o unos aguaceros horrorosos amenazan las cosechas; si el cerdo ya cebado y pronto a ser vendido al especulador que recorre la finca se ha muerto de repente sin saberse por qué; si el compañero, que solitario en los campos estaba desmochando palmas, se ha caído; si se ha dado por
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The subterranean miner that works in us all, how can one tell whither leads his shaft by the ever shifting, muffled sound of his pick?
— from Moby Dick; Or, The Whale by Herman Melville

"I want to get a situation, uncle, so that I may earn some money," said Tom, who never fell into circumlocution.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Apud eos singulorum morborum sunt singuli medici; alius curat oculos, alius dentes, alius caput, partes occultas alius.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

"They stated that they could no longer suffer a man among them who was so immoral, so irreligious, [502] and who excited so much scandal; and since no Christian court could decide on these Jewish sins, it was requested that the chief rabbi should be heard, and that I should be discharged.
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

I answered, with a simplicity framed to persuade, that he was the first mam that ever served me so.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

C. Mala est fortūna eōrum et saepe miserī servī multīs cum lacrimīs patriam suam dēsīderant.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

"Monsieur le Marquis," interposed the judge, while his voice sounded even sweeter, more silvery than before, "I must remind you of what doubtless in the passage of years you have forgotten: There must be no criticism here, no discussion of those who are, or once were, all-powerful.
— from Denounced: A Romance by John Bloundelle-Burton

"Miss Ida—there's a dozen loaves of cake, and ever so many snow-balls wont get in the big sideboard, no how!"
— from Alone by Marion Harland

"Extraordinary," said Mr. Stanford, with profoundest gravity; "I am the most unlucky fellow in the world.
— from Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

Huber tried an experiment still more satisfactory.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 2 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby

To each successive mode suggested, the objection would be that other modes were practicable, and that, therefore, the particular mode used was not 'necessary.
— from The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 1 by Jefferson Davis

Unlessyes, that might fit well enough: she might stand for "the wicked" in the eighth verse.
— from The Gold of Chickaree by Susan Warner