"If there be troutlets enough," said Don Quixote, "they will be the same thing as a trout; for it is all one to me whether I am given eight reals in small change or a piece of eight; moreover, it may be that these troutlets are like veal, which is better than beef, or kid, which is better than goat.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“If there be troutlets enough,” said Don Quixote, “they will be the same thing as a trout; for it is all one to me whether I am given eight reals in small change or a piece of eight; moreover, it may be that these troutlets are like veal, which is better than beef, or kid, which is better than goat.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

" Posesi quì con grande mansuetudine; e io gli distesi il collo, e chinàmi giù, e rammentalli il sangue dell'Agnello.
— from Renaissance in Italy, Volume 4 (of 7) Italian Literature, Part 1 by John Addington Symonds

Thüringia's mountains, for example, bringing, A growth which looks like wine, But it is not; o'er that there is no singing, No glad eyes round it shine.
— from The Student-Life of Germany by William Howitt

Spreading between these streams are the wondrous, beautiful prairies, Billowy bays of grass ever rolling in shadow and sunshine, Bright with luxuriant clusters of roses and purple amorphas.
— from Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by William H. (William Harris) Elson

“The wondrous, beautiful prairies, Billowy bays of grass, ever rolling in shadow and sunshine, Bright with luxuriant clusters of roses and purple amorphas; And over all is the sky, the clear and crystalline heaven, Like the protecting hands of God inverted above them.” Evangeline.
— from What Norman Saw in the West by Anonymous

She paced the great empty rooms in sun and shadow, listening to every sound in the street, and wondering if her husband would see the sickening change that sickening thoughts had made in her face, and question her too closely.
— from Beyond These Voices by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

The condition and characteristics of the various families of man inhabiting this great empire, render its study far more interesting than anything relating to its physical geography or public works.
— from The Middle Kingdom, Volume 1 (of 2) A Survey of the Geography, Government, Literature, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and its Inhabitants by S. Wells (Samuel Wells) Williams

“It is a good enough reason, I suppose,” he replied, reluctantly, for surely he must say a word here; “but one need not talk about killing time, with so much that one could do.”
— from Not Like Other Girls by Rosa Nouchette Carey