For details of life and history, for finely drawn characters, and for tracing the logical consequences of human action, he has usually no inclination.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

First premising that, though the passages of it have been written at widely different times, (it is, in fact, a collection of memoranda, perhaps for future designers, comprehenders,) and though it may be open to the charge of one part contradicting another—for there are opposite sides to the great question of democracy, as to every great question—I feel the parts harmoniously blended in my own realization and convictions, and present them to be read only in such oneness, each page and each claim and assertion modified and temper'd by the others.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

The second person singular imperative active of dīcō , dūcō , and faciō , is usually dīc , dūc , and fac , respectively, though the full forms, dīce , &c., are also used, and are commoner in old Latin.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

This tablet lay upon his breast, wherein Our pleasure his full fortune doth confine; And so, away; no farther with your din Express impatience, lest you stir up mine.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

fruta , f. , fruit; —— de conde , a South American fruit.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Most capital goods and food for domestic consumption are imported.
— from The 2002 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

‘Le combat finit faute de combattans,’ and when everybody came crowding down at nine o’clock the House had been up half an hour, having divided 53 to 41.
— from The Greville Memoirs, Part 1 (of 3), Volume 1 (of 3) A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV by Charles Greville

Comte Pertingue, who has been here about a fortnight, far from disavowing, confirms all that Mr. Harte has said to your advantage.
— from Letters to His Son, 1748 On the Fine Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of

As the first cry of Sergius rang through the halls, the armor bearer appeared at the door; and before many more seconds had elapsed, other slaves, armed and unarmed, swarmed forth from different courts and passages, until the antechamber was filled with them.
— from The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

As an inevitable result we find ourselves involved in an effort to restore to the flotilla some of its old cruiser capacity, by endowing it with gun armament, higher sea-keeping power, and facilities for distant communication, all at the Page 124
— from Some Principles of Maritime Strategy by Julian Stafford Corbett

As they went on circling round the highest parts of the hills, the grey streaks gradually turned into crimson; the dim objects became more defined in the twilight of morning; a few far distant clouds at the edge of the sky, tossed into fantastic shapes, began to glow like the burning masses of a furnace; the crimson floated like the waves of a sea up towards the zenith; the fiery red next became mingled with bright streaks of gold; the forest world, just budding into light green, was seen below with its multitude of hills and dales, and rocks and streams; the air blew warm and sweet, and full of all the balm of spring; and a thousand birds burst forth on every tree, and carolled joyous hymns to the dawning day.
— from Henry of Guise; or, The States of Blois (Vol. 2 of 3) by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

The mob soon fled from Daviess county; and after they were dispersed and the cannon taken, during which time no blood was shed, the people of Caldwell returned to their homes, in hopes of enjoying peace and quiet; but in this they were disappointed; for a large mob was soon found to be collecting on the Grindstone fork of Grand {220} river from ten to fifteen miles off, under the command of Cornelius Gillium, a scouting party of which came within four miles of Far West, in open daylight, and drove off stock belonging to our people.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Volume 3 by Smith, Joseph, Jr.