(From a sketch by Mr. Ivanoff.) "Samarcan est une grandisme cité et noble."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Después de lo que ha pasado.... —Señor Ramos—dijo Remedios súbitamente enojada,—se me figura que no entiende usted gran cosa en esto de 10 casar a la gente.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

But when this affectionate relation between physician and patient occurs regularly in every new case, under the most unfavorable conditions and even under grotesque circumstances; when it occurs in the case of the elderly woman, and is directed toward the grey-beard, or to one in whom, according to our judgment, no seductive attractions exist, we must abandon the idea of an accidental interruption, and realize that we are dealing with a phenomenon which is closely interwoven with the nature of the illness.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

South Eastern US Genealogy Conference Since FidoNet has links all over the world, these conferences can give contacts in countries that you might otherwise have problems in reaching.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

But as to what he counts upon, as to the actual treatment which he expects under given circumstances, his views are determined by the "custom of the country," by what he sees others insisting on and obtaining, by what has been promised him, and so forth.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Retrograding, they found no difficulty, from a given effect, under given conditions, in determining the value of the original impulse.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Questo e un giuoco che imparai qui, quando verro a casa, ve l'imparero.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Cela est une généralité, certes, mais on peut observer qu'on assiste à un renouveau de l'engagement de fond et de forme, car fatalement, nous finissons, quelle que soit notre irrécupérable indépendance d'esprit, par rejoindre quelques collectifs d'internautes (via des listes de discussions, forums…) pour défendre un certain usage arty qui pourrait être des technologies numériques.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

218 193 Dürer, A. Underweysung der Mesung mit dem Zirkel und Richtscheyd, in Linien ebnen und ganzen Corporen.
— from Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Volume 2 Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy by Edward Luther Stevenson

attribuisca all’effetto la sua natura: e la natura loro era in tale stato d’uomini tutti robuste forze di corpo, che urlando, brontolando, spiegavano le loro violentissime passioni, si finsero il cielo esser un gran corpo animato, che per tal aspetto chiamavano Giove, che col fischio dei fulmini e col fragore dei tuoni volesse lor dire qualche cosa....
— from History of Greece, Volume 01 (of 12) by George Grote

'Qu'il est un grand coquin.'
— from Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Patrick Fraser Tytler

Rè Christianissimo ha ricerco Nostro Sig re di danari contanti, ò di permissioni di cauarne somme maggiori, et grossissime dal Clero di Francia, ò di soccorso di gente Italiana, ò di altro aiuto, che si potesse cauare da sua Beatitudine, tante n’è stato in somma compiaciuto, conciosia, che la bontà del Papa, et la prontezza, et uolontà grande, che Sua Santità ha del continuo hauuto d’ impiegare ogni sua forza, et autorità a salute di quella Corona, et ad esterminatione degli Heretici gli ha fatto prestare più fede alle promesse, che loro M ta , faceuano a parole
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

And see how by this law he has provided us with a means of practising the two cherished virtues of our Congregation to which he so constantly exhorted us: gentle charity towards our neighbour, and love of our own humiliation.
— from Selected Letters of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal by Chantal, Jeanne-Françoise de, Saint

In his monograph—‘A Critico-Biographical Essay upon George Cruikshank’—Professor William Bates, B.A., has elucidated the controversial aspects of these trying questions from his personal impressions: ‘In viewing the representation of The Bottle , as produced on the stage, an adaptation from Cruikshank’s famous series, one was much more struck with the artist’s talent for seizing upon the most dramatic situations of the story for the exercise of the pencil.’
— from Cruikshank's Water Colours by William Harrison Ainsworth

It means demonetizing gold and silver in perpetuity, and substituting a currency of irredeemable paper, based wholly and entirely upon government credit, and depending upon the opinion and the interests of the members of Congress and their hopes of popularity, whether the volume of it shall be large or small.
— from The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes by J. Q. (James Quay) Howard

He discovered their trail on the Yellowstone at the mouth of the Rosebud, and organized an expedition under General Custer with the entire 7th Cavalry to pursue it.
— from My Story by Anson Mills

Our consular representatives in China have strongly urged a place for permanent display of American products in some prominent trade center of that Empire, under Government control and management, as an effective means of advancing our export trade therein.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Theodore Roosevelt

sur la rivière septentrionale du fleuve St. Laurent à six-vingt lieuës de la mer, entre une petite rivière qui porte le nom de St. Charles et un gros cap, qu'on appelle le Cap aux Diamans, parce qu'on y trouvoit alors quantité de diamans assez semblables à ceux d'Alençon."— Fastes Chronologiques , 1608.
— from The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 2 by George Warburton