[soaked in water, cooked] SHREDDED FINE AND SEASONED WITH GROUND PEPPER, LOVAGE, ORIGANY, PARSLEY, CORIANDER, CUMIN, RUE SEEDS AND DRY MINT.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

She cared nothing for his cotton-mill—the Goodwood patent left her imagination absolutely cold.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 1 by Henry James

In the case of those species which have undergone, during whole geological periods, little modification, there is not much difficulty in believing that they have migrated from the same region; for during the vast geographical and climatical changes which have supervened since ancient times, almost any amount of migration is possible.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

scendere e 'l girar per li gran mali che s'appressavan da diversi canti.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Oh how far asunder hath God put light from darkness!
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

Not to be acted, emulated here, by us again, that role till now foremost in history—not to become a conqueror nation, or to achieve the glory of mere military, or diplomatic, or commercial superiority—but to become the grand producing land of nobler men and women—of copious races, cheerful, healthy, tolerant, free—to become the most friendly nation, (the United States indeed)—the modern composite nation, form'd from all, with room for all, welcoming all immigrants—accepting the work of our own interior development, as the work fitly filling ages and ages to come;—the leading nation of peace, but neither ignorant nor incapable of being the leading nation of war;—not the man's nation only, but the woman's nation—a land of splendid mothers, daughters, sisters, wives.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

He proved an admirable stallion; grew passionately lewd on the splendid person of my wife, and became in fact cunt-struck upon her, probably the strongest bond that can entangle a man.
— from The Romance of Lust: A classic Victorian erotic novel by Anonymous

= hefigian hefig (æ) ‘ heavy ,’ Met, Mt : important, grave, severe, serious , A, Bl, Mt : oppressive, grievous , Ps, LL .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

But he knew what a distance their ages seemed just now to put between them,—a distance which would grow practically less and less with every year, and he did not wish to risk anything so long as there was no danger of interference.
— from The Guardian Angel by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Rather let us keep our tears for those who, in a colourless grey world, have seen the dull days go past laden with trifling duties, unnecessary cares and ever-narrowing ideals, and have reached old age and the grave—no narrower than their lives—without ever having known a fulness of happiness, such as the Olympians knew, or ever having dared to reach upwards and to hold fellowship with the Immortals.
— from A Book of Myths by Jean Lang

If the expulsion takes place within four months after impregnation, it is termed abortion ; if between the fourth and seventh month, miscarriage ; if after the seventh month, but before the completion of the full period of gestation, premature labor .
— from The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand by Ray Vaughn Pierce

The general shifting of boundaries which ensued on the break-up of a great power like Rome brought about various changes in government, which are easier to recognise than changes in sentiment and circumstance.
— from Outlines of Jewish History from B.C. 586 to C.E. 1885 by Magnus, Katie, Lady

Is the ground practicable Le terrain est-il praticable?
— from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by United States. War Department

Quelque ravage affreux qu'etale ici la peste, L'absence aux vrais amans est encore plus funeste; Et d'un si grand peril l'image s'offre en vain, Quand ce peril douteux epargne un mal certain.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by John Dryden

Hab. Prairies and plains of northern U. S., from Wisconsin and Illinois to Oregon … var. columbianus . /genera PLATE LX.
— from A History of North American Birds; Land Birds; Vol. 3 of 3 by Robert Ridgway

The first of these was scarcely in the hands of the public when Grote’s History of Greece , published, like its predecessor, volume by volume, began to make its appearance.
— from Old Friends at Cambridge and Elsewhere by John Willis Clark

end poetry block end rend The singing and fighting Cavalier was most nobly represented by James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, a hero of romance and a great partisan leader.
— from The Connecticut Wits, and Other Essays by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers