che la voce fu restata e queta, vidi
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

La razón de esta fertilidad reside en que, al sur del paralelo de los cuarenta grados de latitud sur, soplan constantemente vientos del oeste, que proporcionan humedad a las faldas occidentales de los Andes.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

All common highways, bridges, banks, corrivations of waters, aqueducts, channels, public works, buildings, &c. out of a [618] common stock, curiously maintained and kept in repair; no depopulations, engrossings, alterations of wood, arable, but by the consent of some supervisors that shall be appointed for that purpose, to see what reformation ought to be had in all places, what is amiss, how to help it, et quid quaeque ferat regio, et quid quaeque recuset , what ground is aptest for woo
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Demogorgone (Non so se mai l'odiste raccontare) E giudica tra loro e fa ragione, E quel che piace a lui può di lor fare.
— from The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley

CHAPTER VII The Misses Ponsonby speedily came to a conclusion about Catharine, and she was forthwith labelled as a young lady of natural ability, whose education had been neglected, a type perfectly familiar, recurring every quarter, and one with which they were perfectly well able to deal.
— from Catharine Furze by William Hale White

The existing masters were mostly worthy folk, Republicans even, quite capable of teaching reading, writing, arithmetic, and a little history, but absolutely incapable of forming citizens and men.
— from Truth [Vérité] by Émile Zola

échappés à tous les fléaux réunis, et qui avoient vu descendre tous leurs parens, tous leurs amis, dans ces
— from The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Francis Douce

Quand la cavalerie fut rentrée, et que l'artillerie anglaise, qui avait cessé de tirer
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

The brain which contrived all this cunning machinery, can go to rest and take its needed sleep, but the wires and traps set to catch the shakes of the old globe, are always wide awake, animated ever by the intelligence of the brain which sleeps, and can sleep in peace; for, when the brain wakes, it will find that the machine has faithfully recorded every quiver of this old, trembling world.
— from A Flight in Spring In the car Lucania from New York to the Pacific coast and back, during April and May, 1898 by J. Harris (John Harris) Knowles

Quand la cavalerie fut rentrée, et que l'artillerie anglaise, qui avait cessé de tirer pendant une demi-heure, eut recommencé son feu, on donna ordre
— from The Life of Napoleon I (Complete) by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose