2922 The ‘Hercynia Silva,’ Hercynian Forest or Range, is very differently described by the writers of various ages.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

It is violent, dangerous, difficult to accomplish perfectly, on one side repulsive to a man of honour and sensitive feeling, on another side involved in a certain mystery (here come in thus, in their subordinate place, various causes of inaction assigned by various theories).
— from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. (Andrew Cecil) Bradley

post seriam meditationem in vigila dici dominicae visionem habuit de purgatorio.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

From this it follows, that though the conformity betwixt love and hatred in the agreeableness of their sensation makes them always be excited by the same objects, yet this other contrariety is the reason, why they are excited in very different degrees.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

But after a time even he became anxious and confused in his judgment of my works, when he saw the systematic and increasingly virulent detraction, depreciation, and scorn to which they were subjected.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Sub Furiae larva circumivit urbem, dictitans se exploratorem ab inferis venisse, delaturum daemonibus mortalium pecata.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Ich verfolge diese Diskussionen nicht.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

MONA: Was it very dull, dearest? BUZZ:
— from The Marching Morons by C. M. (Cyril M.) Kornbluth

These two diverse responses—to the tone of voice and to the meaning of the utterance; to the appearance of a person and to his individuality; to the attraction or repulsion of his personality and to the impulsive judgment upon his character as well as many times upon his grade of culture—are present in any perception in very different degrees and combinations.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

But knowledge is changeable, and often vacillates between truth and error, yet, as a rule, is rectified more and more in the course of life, though certainly in very different degrees.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

It is very difficult doing the station work from Dunkirk, as it is 16 kilometres from Adinkerke; but the place itself is nice, and I just have to trust to lifts.
— from My War Experiences in Two Continents by S. (Sarah) Macnaughtan

chiamaſſe chinga Queſto chinga e lo ſigilo deL dito re de chijna et tucti q e lli q̃ vanno ala chijna Conuieneno hauere Queſto animale ſcolpito in cera in vn dente de elephante ꝓ che altramente nõ potrianno intrare neL ſuo porto Quando alguno Signiore he in hobediente
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 34 of 55, 1519-1522; 1280-1605 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

Draghignazzo anco i volle dar di piglio giuso a le gambe; onde 'l decurio loro
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

Trembling is excited in different individuals in very different degrees and by the most diversified causes,—by cold to the surface, before fever-fits, although the temperature of the body is then above the normal standard; in blood-poisoning, delirium tremens, and other diseases; by general failure of power in old age; by exhaustion after excessive fatigue; locally from severe injuries, such as burns; and, in an especial manner, by the passage of a catheter.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Different persons are affected in very different degrees by electricity, according to their peculiar constitutional susceptibility.
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 372, May 30, 1829 by Various

It is very difficult duly to delineate a bore in a narrative, for the very reason that he is a bore.
— from Loss and Gain: The Story of a Convert by John Henry Newman

Or its immortal vitality? Dead, dormant, departed, she knew not which, she was dully aware of its loss—dimly and childishly troubled that she could remember nothing to be sorry for.
— from Between Friends by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers