Es imposible recorrer la historia de Cuba durante casi medio siglo, o, cuando menos, desde 1880 hasta los días que corren, sin encontrar el nombre de Enrique José Varona asociado, de un modo u otro, a los acontecimientos más salientes que se sucedieron en tan agitado y tormentoso período.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

But the juleps spread balm on the sting of jealousy, and trickled hope to the blighted, and when Selby said he must go, Clifford went too, and when Selby, not to be outdone, insisted on accompanying Clifford back to his door, Clifford determined to see Selby back half way, and then finding it hard to part, they decided to dine together and "flit."
— from The King in Yellow by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

When he did come down, it was to attend to business: his agent and some of his tenants were arrived, and waiting to speak with him.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Deduit , sb. delight, pleasure, MD, HD; deduyt , C; dedut , MD; dute , MD.—AF. deduit ; cp.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

As bold Sir Plume had drawn Clarissa down, Chloe stepped in, and killed him with a frown; She smiled to see the doughty hero slain,
— from The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems by Alexander Pope

Joe Clausin ventured to remark, after they had done considerable dodging, to avoid a mass of rocks that blocked the way in a direct line.
— from The Banner Boy Scouts Afloat; or, The Secret of Cedar Island by George A. Warren

Histoire du Collège de France depuis ses origines jusqu' à la fin du premier empire.
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

“Otro, del 25, nombrando á D. Sebastian Ossorio de Mendoça, hijo del capitan D. Juan Ossorio de Mendoça, y soldado do la Compañia de cauallos lanças de que es capitan Francisco Rodriguez de Castilla, para que asista cerca de su persona” ibid.
— from Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Spanish Language in the British Museum. Vol. 4 by Pascual de Gayangos

A list of the plants that the Larzac produces will be found in Fabre (A.), Histoire du Canton du Caylar , Montpellier, 1895.
— from A Book of the Cevennes by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Admiral Beardslee’s Description of the Hurricane 203 Relief Work South of Broad River 211 Report by John McDonald 211 Hiltonhead District Clothing Department.
— from The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton