These were the Egyptians, they said, and then other cavalry, other bowmen; all were in national divisions, each nation marching in densely-crowded squares.
— from Anabasis by Xenophon

Properly guarded by the provisions of law, it can run into no dangerous evil, nor can any abuse arise under it but such as the Legislature itself will be answerable for if it be tolerated, since it is but the creature of the law and is susceptible at all times of modification, amendment, or repeal at the pleasure of Congress.
— from State of the Union Addresses by John Tyler

Hes sene streke furth my handis humylly; Lavinia is thy spows, I not deny: Extend na forthir thy wraith and matalent.
— from The Æneid of Virgil Translated Into Scottish Verse. Volumes 1 & 2 by Virgil

Estre ce memes celuy Richard a tort greve e distreint les genz auaunt nomes pur office de prouosterie e de coylure (collector) ne ils ne deyuent estre ne soleyent, mes les viles de Costeseye et de Banburg seruent et deyuent servir de tel office pur lur tenaunce charge de tel seruise.
— from Villainage in England: Essays in English Mediaeval History by Paul Vinogradoff

Non prophetabis in nomine Domini, et non morieris in manibus nostris.
— from The Thoughts of Blaise Pascal by Blaise Pascal

It is confessed, however, that there is neither direct evidence nor implicative authority for any assumption that the view herein outlined affords any justification for the notion of the n-dimensionality of space.
— from The Mystery of Space A Study of the Hyperspace Movement in the Light of the Evolution of New Psychic Faculties and an Inquiry into the Genesis and Essential Nature of Space by Robert T. Browne

With every effort for a strong central government, there is no despotism; each nation retains its laws, its hereditary chiefs, its free popular assemblies.
— from The Holy Roman Empire by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

"Oh, Pierrot is here for the very purpose," answered Jargeau: "he will guide you, and though, by one way or another, he will find means to make all you leave of the brandy disappear, you know he is never drunk enough not to find his way."
— from Lord Montagu's Page: An Historical Romance by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James