There must be ample room in it for every real comfort.
— from Emma by Jane Austen

The new king submitted all authority in government to a descendant of the former line of kings, and to him also he intrusted his sons for education, reposing confidence in him as capable of maintaining the royal authority over all the tributary provinces.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

He treats the subject with remarkable accuracy: and after admitting that there cannot be any crime where there is no consent, he adds, Sed quia non solum quod ad dolorem, verum etiam quod ad libidinem, pertinet, in corpore alieno pepetrari potest; quicquid tale factum fuerit, etsi retentam constantissimo animo pudicitiam non excutit, pudorem tamen incutit, ne credatur factum cum mentis etiam voluntate, quod fieri fortasse sine carnis aliqua voluptate non potuit.
— 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

“French, eh?” repeated Carton, musing, and not appearing to notice him at all, though he echoed his word.
— from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

The first engineer ran cautiously across the bridge to tug at his sleeve.
— from Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad

For example: Roasting Coffee Beans Put the beans in the roaster, set this before a moderate fire, and turn slowly until the Coffee takes a good brown colour; for this it should require about twenty-five minutes.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Existence in the abstract can have no cause; for every real condition would have to be a factor in absolute experience, and every cause would be something existent.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

fameux, euse , renommé; célèbre; illustre; extraordinaire.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Besides the freedom of a safe and plentiful market on the banks of the Danube, they required that the annual contribution should be augmented from three hundred and fifty to seven hundred pounds of gold; that a fine or ransom of eight pieces of gold should be paid for every Roman captive who had escaped from his Barbarian master; that the emperor should renounce all treaties and engagements with the enemies of the Huns; and that all the fugitives who had taken refuge in the court or provinces of Theodosius, should be delivered to the justice of their offended sovereign.
— 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

A frigate of 30 guns is not expected to engage a ship of eighty guns, for every rational calculation is against her, and to strike her colours would be no dishonour.
— from Torpedo War, and Submarine Explosions by Robert Fulton

He was removed to the hospital and lived until about six o'clock the following evening, retaining consciousness most of the time.
— from The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry by D. H. Fletcher

'And for excellent reasons, child.
— from Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore

He could only hope to succeed; and his hope was no doubt founded on his experience of the progressive developement of his mind in former efforts; rationally concluding, that the originally seeming blank from which had arisen so many admirable forms was still teeming with others, that only wanted the occasion, or excitement, to come forth at his bidding.
— from Lectures on Art by Washington Allston

Another common French expression, Résolu comme Barthole ("as decided as Barthole"), is a sort of punning allusion to his Resolutiones Bartoli , a work in which the knottiest questions are solved with ex cathedra peremptoriness.
— from Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

There were, I believe, a brace and a-half of cubs on foot; they were to me invisible, but they were viewed about twice in every minute by Flurry and his subordinates, and continuously by a few early rising countrymen, who had posted themselves along the edges of the ravine.
— from Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by E. Oe. (Edith Oenone) Somerville

and from every room childish voices chimed in.
— from Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half by Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis

The head of his fallen enemy Rodrigo carried home in triumph to the proud Diego.
— from With Spurs of Gold: Heroes of Chivalry and their Deeds by Dolly Williams Kirk

Even the meager social interest which Jefferson concealed under cover of his demand for equal rights could not be promoted without some effective organ of social responsibility; and the Democrats of to-day are obliged, as we have seen, to invoke the action of the central government to destroy those economic discriminations which its former inaction had encouraged.
— from The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly

Tum vero sibi viam facit et respersus cruore ad exercitum profugit et milites
— from Selections from Viri Romae by C. F. L'Homond