His lolæ floris should read lolii —from lolium —darnel rye grass or ray grass which was supposed to have intoxicating qualities, injurious to the eye sight.—Ovid and Plautus.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

There, too, was his tobacco-box, which proves that he was a rival smoker of Sir Walter Raleigh: the sword also with which he played Hamlet; and the identical lantern with which Friar Laurence discovered Romeo and Juliet at the tomb.
— from The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon by Washington Irving

Then he darted across the mountain, falling among the stones, overcome by the most frightful anguish that can wring a child's heart, and with a face like death reached the sitting-room, where his parents were waiting.
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

XLVI At last yledd with farre reported praise, Which flying fame throughout the world had spred, Of doughty knights, whom Faery land did raise, That noble order ° hight of Maidenhed, 405 Forthwith to court of Gloriane ° I sped Of Gloriane great Queene of glory bright, Whose Kingdomes seat Cleopolis ° is red, There to obtaine some such redoubted knight, The Parents deare from tyrants powre deliver might.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

She was a cousin of Mme. de Bargeton, who was rehabilitated by her on her arrival from Angouleme in 1821, and whom she introduced into Paris, showing her all the secrets of elegant life and taking her away from Lucien de Rubempre.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

Many physicians, I confess, have written copious volumes of this one subject, of the nature and qualities of all manner of meats; as namely, Galen, Isaac the Jew, Halyabbas, Avicenna, Mesue, also four Arabians, Gordonius, Villanovanus, Wecker, Johannes Bruerinus, sitologia de Esculentis et Poculentis , Michael Savanarola, Tract 2. c. 8 , Anthony Fumanellus, lib. de regimine senum , Curio in his comment on Schola Salerna, Godefridus Steckius arte med. , Marcilius Cognatus, Ficinus, Ranzovius, Fonseca, Lessius, Magninus, regim. sanitatis , Frietagius, Hugo Fridevallius, &c., besides many other in [1349] English, and almost every peculiar physician, discourseth at large of all peculiar meats in his chapter of melancholy: yet because these books are not at hand to every man, I will briefly touch what kind of meats engender this humour, through their several species, and which are to be avoided.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Facta la debita reuerentia linterprete li diſſe como lo ſuo ſigniore lo rengratiaua molto deL ſuo pñte et
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

]; she felt a liking for Lucien de Rubempre, whom, indeed, she came near marrying; though this circumstance did not prevent her from aiding the poet's mistress, Coralie, the actress; for, at the time of their amours, Felicite des Touches was in high favor at the Gymnase.
— from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr

You'll repent too late If she doe you hate, For loves delight refusinge.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Le Maître de Forges — Le Docteur Rameau — La Grande Marnière —Reflections—Édouard Rod— La Vie Privée de Michel Teissier — La Sacrifiée —Note on La Seconde Vie de M. T. —
— from A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury

There, too, was his tobacco box; which proves that he was a rival smoker of Sir Walter Raleigh; the sword also with which he played Hamlet; and the identical lantern with which Friar Laurence discovered Romeo and Juliet at the tomb!
— from Elementary Composition by George R. (George Rice) Carpenter

Doors seemed to open; in imagination I saw the interiors of a thousand realms—homes, factories, laboratories, dens, resorts of pleasure.
— from Twelve Men by Theodore Dreiser

A few large drops rolled quickly down her crimson cheeks, but were soon brushed away, and half smiling, she begged her cousin's forgiveness for speaking so hastily—in a few more seconds, she was again gentle and submissive as a child.
— from Mabel: A Novel. Vol. 1 (of 3) by Newby, C. J., Mrs.

"Never know fear, Little dear; Rub-a-Dub's dead." "Come this way," said Orion, taking her hand.
— from A Little Mother to the Others by L. T. Meade

Linnæus had walked so much that he could hardly stand; and, being ready to faint with fatigue, lay down, resolving rather to endure the cold and boisterous wind than proceed any farther.
— from Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by William MacGillivray

Then, while several people carefully watched her, she repeated her former long distance run, leaping over a five-bar gate "as nimbly as a greyhound."
— from A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 by Wallace Notestein

If you feel like drivin' round a bit to get the air, Thomas'll take good care o' you.
— from The Web of Time by Robert E. (Robert Edward) Knowles

SCANDINAVIAN POWERS Hochschild, C. F. L. Désirée, reine de Suède et de Norvège.
— from The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Vol. 4 (of 4) by William Milligan Sloane