Sed multî propter vulnera iter difficile trâns montîs facere recûsâbant et Genâvae esse dîcêbantur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge
[251] By a despatch to Sir Charles Fitz Roy, Earl Grey expounded a new constitutional system for the colonies.
— from The History of Tasmania, Volume I by John West
The commonplace writer would use the scene for romantic effect; Galsworthy enhances the beauty of the setting by a homely but sincere realism.
— from Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories by H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight
It may even be found that the weather has chipped off the edges of the stones which now appear so jagged, shapeless, and grotesque; but, from recent evidences gathered elsewhere, it is but too probable that these rude pillars have been, and still are, set up as they [pg 80] come from the quarry, without dressing and free from any carving or attention whatever.
— from In Search of Gravestones Old and Curious by W. T. (William Thomas) Vincent
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