Cicero adds the following reflection:—‘ Ita nobilissima Graeciae civitas, quondam vero etiam doctissima, sui civis unius acutissimi monumentum ignorasset, nisi ab hoimine Arpinate didicisset. ’
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Thy firm resolve is nobly great, And high success on thee shall wait.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

This would not have been possible for me, had I not received much help from residents in New Guinea.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

The shorter form rise is now generally preferred to the longer form arise , except in poetic or elevated style.
— from English Synonyms and Antonyms With Notes on the Correct Use of Prepositions by James Champlin Fernald

"It's my opinion yer fancy Russians is no good, Hilt," said Garvin, the younger brother.
— from Animal Heroes by Ernest Thompson Seton

A week after Paul's departure Cardinal Ravenna returned to Slavowitz, coming from Rome in no good humor.
— from The Shadow of the Czar by John R. Carling

"Two years ago," he began, in reminiscent tones, "I was camped on a tributary of the Fly River in New Guinea, which was a most unhealthy district to camp in, owing to the fact that two rival cannibal tribes had their quarters close handy.
— from The Lost Explorers: A Story of the Trackless Desert by Alexander MacDonald

" This document so adroitly drawn and worded, this protest pruned of any offensive allusions, and cautiously framed so as to suit the temper of the times, stripped of its verbal foliage reveals in naked grandeur the solemn truth that "the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy."
— from Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life, Volume 1 (of 2) by William Henry Herndon

A foreigner who knows England well, and has observed it more carefully than we ourselves do, remarked to me that the fraternal relationship is not generally a cause of attachment in England, though there may be cases of exceptional affection.
— from Human Intercourse by Philip Gilbert Hamerton

The kindest and best feelings of the human heart, unless they are directed and controlled by prudence and discretion, frequently result in no good to the possessor, and too often in positive injury to the object of his solicitude.
— from A Review of Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, An Essay on Slavery by A. Woodward