It is, blockhead, pro tibiis meis, and therefore I will carry it, Egomet, sicut suppositum portat appositum.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

I am not sure what you are trying to do, but it is evidently something she doesn't want done."
— from The Gay Cockade by Temple Bailey

"That is enough," she said with polite tartness.
— from A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
— from The Iliad by Homer

IRREGULAR COMPARISON OF ADJECTIVES Positive Comparative Superlative bon us, -a, -um , good mel ior , mel ius , better opt imus, -a, -um , best mal us, -a, -um , bad pe ior , pe ius , worse pess imus, -a, -um , worst magn us, -a, -um , great ma ior , ma ius , greater max imus, -a, -um , greatest mult us, -a, -um , much ——, plūs, more plūr imus, -a, -um , most parv us, -a, -um , small min or , min us , smaller min imus, -a, -um , smallest sen ex , sen is , old sen ior max imus nātū iuven is, -e , young iūn ior min imus nātū vet us , vet eris , old vetust ior, -ius veter rimus, -a, -um facil is, -e , easy facil ior, -ius facil limus, -a, -um difficil is, -e , difficult difficil ior, -ius difficil limus, -a, -um simil is, -e , similar simil ior, -ius simil limus, -a, -um dissimil is, -e , dissimilar dissimil ior, -ius dissimil limus, -a, -um humil is, -e , low humil ior, -ius humil limus, -a, -um gracil is, -e , slender gracil ior, -ius gracil limus, -a, -um exter us , outward exter ior , outer, exterior extrē mus ext imus outermost, last īnfer us , below īnfer ior , lower īnf imus īmus lowest poster us , following poster ior , later postrē mus post umus last super us , above super ior , higher suprē mus sum mus highest [cis, citrā, on this side ] citer ior , hither citi mus , hithermost [in, intrā, in, within ] inter ior , inner int imus , inmost [prae, prō, before ] pr ior , former prī mus , first [prope, near ] prop ior , nearer prox imus , next [ultrā, beyond ] ulter ior , further ult imus , furthest 238 476.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

It is evil seen, said the knights, that thou art a true man that thou wilt not tell thy name.
— from Le Morte d'Arthur: Volume 1 by Malory, Thomas, Sir

In this fearful state of things, distracted by the sudden appearance of Kit, and fascinated by the eyes of the preacher, the miserable Jacob sat bolt upright, wholly incapable of motion, strongly disposed to cry but afraid to do so, and returning his pastor’s gaze until his infant eyes seemed starting from their sockets.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members of chosen every second Year by the People of the several States, and the Electors in each States shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors of the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

“He’s the worst lookin’ Indian I ever see,” said Jane.
— from Julius, the Street Boy; or, Out West by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

If you mean to resist every wish I express, say so and defy me.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

all unconscious of thy tree, With which indissolubly The tyrannous time shall one day make thee whole; Whose frank arms pass unfretted through its bole: Who wear'st thy femineity Light as entrailèd blossoms, that shalt find It erelong silver shackles unto thee.
— from Selected Poems of Francis Thompson by Francis Thompson

Supposing the cortex to contain parts, liable to be excited by changes in each special sense-organ, in each portion of the skin, in each muscle, each joint, and each viscus, and to contain absolutely nothing else, we still have a scheme capable of representing the process of the emotions.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 2 (of 2) by William James

"I don't believe he knows anything about it, Edith," she said.
— from The Ladies Lindores, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

“You’re the greatest wheedler I ever saw,” she said.
— from The Indifference of Juliet by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond

A thing said partly in French became at once in her view elucidated, even though the words meant no more than the same in English; so she consoled Lillie as follows:— “Oh, ma chère!
— from Pink and White Tyranny A Society Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe