And the roguish looks and gestures of our lackeys were also in use amongst them: “O Jane, a tergo quern nulls ciconia pinsit, Nec manus, auriculas imitari est mobilis albas, Nec lingua, quantum sitiat canis Appula, tantum.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

And when they may hold the Book of the Gospels of our Lord written and namely Missus est Angelus Gabriel , that gospel they say, those that be lettered, often-times in their orisons, and they kiss it and worship it with great devotion.
— from The Travels of Sir John Mandeville by Mandeville, John, Sir

"The remains of monkish buildings cumber the ground outside of London walls as well as within.
— from Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea by Tom Bevan

She could not bear to let him go out of life without a Christian word, though Lamberti had told her again and again that his friend believed in nothing beyond death.
— from Cecilia: A Story of Modern Rome by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

This man was the greatest of our local wizards, and I think really the last of the very clever ones.
— from The Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia by K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) Parker

The great objects of life were accomplished, the drama was ready to be closed.
— from Daniel Webster for Young Americans Comprising the greatest speeches of the defender of the Constitution by Daniel Webster

They ride about, they tell me, on the most fantastically labelled vehicles and are always seeing new suburbs swim into their ken, and gazing— 'Out over London with a wild surmise, Silent upon a seat of No. 10,' or whatever the bally thing may be.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-18 by Various

However, it is not for us to say, but certain it is, that no greater military tactician was to be found among the generals of our late war, and as such he deserves credit.
— from Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Harry A. Lewis

He gaed oot only last week awa' back to his ain country, and he was apparently very sorry to leave.
— from The Last of Their Race by Annie S. Swan

He seemed to think the court-house belonged to the sheriff, and thence-forward guarded the door with snaps and growls; being a formidable brute, his idiosyncrasies invested the getting into and getting out of law with abnormal difficulties.
— from The Phantoms of the Foot-Bridge, and Other Stories by Mary Noailles Murfree

The judicial veto served the purpose of preventing majority amendment under the guise of ordinary legislation, while a safeguard against constitutional changes favored by a mere majority was thus provided in the extraordinary majority required in both houses of the legislature to propose or adopt amendments.
— from The Spirit of American Government A Study Of The Constitution: Its Origin, Influence And Relation To Democracy by J. Allen (James Allen) Smith

Go and stand by the grave of one loved when a boy, the little laughing girl you played with at hide-and-seek, through the garden shrubbery and the intricacies of the house and yard, one who was always gentle and kind, she for whom you carried the satchel and books when going to school, who came at noon and divided her blackberry-pie with you, and always gave you the best piece—and see how all these memories will come back; and if the green grass upon the roof-top of her home for eternity does not bear, when you have gone away, a tear-drop to sparkle and exhale, a tribute to endearing memory, your heart is not worth the name.
— from The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by W. H. (William Henry) Sparks