The Roman jurist derived his whole sanction from reason and never allowed religious considerations, as such, to influence him when legislating on women.
— from A Short History of Women's Rights From the Days of Augustus to the Present Time. with Special Reference to England and the United States. Second Edition Revised, With Additions. by Eugene A. (Eugene Arthur) Hecker

The distances travelled in 1, 2, 3, 4, &c., seconds by a body dropped from rest and not appreciably resisted by the air, are 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, &c., respectively, each multiplied by the constant 16 feet.
— from Pioneers of Science by Lodge, Oliver, Sir

I fell ill after that journey to the Peak, and although Railton nursed me like a woman—he's a good fellow, Railton, and not as rough as you would expect—I woke up out of my fever at last to find all the money gone.
— from Dead Man's Rock by Arthur Quiller-Couch

The reason I selected Bodfish this week, though I was practically engaged to a man named Stevenson who lives out in Connecticut, was that I felt rundown and needed a real rest.
— from A Wodehouse Miscellany: Articles & Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

In the former— "Respuerent aures, nemo agnosceret, repudiarent," perhaps the word is a gloss upon "respuerunt."
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 96, August 30, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

"Lord," said Mary, kneeling at his feet, "return at noon, and remain with us during the heat of the day."
— from The Prince of the House of David by J. H. (Joseph Holt) Ingraham