In some kinds of verse a long syllable may be, as it were, broken up ( Resolution ) into the equivalent two shorts; and conversely two short syllables may in some cases be united ( Contraction ) into the equivalent long.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

He had no confidence in his own knowledge of values, and liked to watch the course of competition.
— from The Confessions of a Collector by William Carew Hazlitt

Since earliest childhood I have consorted with princesses and ladies of high degree,—mentally, of course,—and my bosom companions have been knights of valour and longevity.
— from A Fool and His Money by George Barr McCutcheon

"Because there is among us," he says, "such a shameful mixture and the very dregs of all kinds of vice and lewdness, this commandment is also directed against all manner of impurity, whatever it may be called; and not only is the external act forbidden, but every kind of cause, incitement, and means, so that the heart, the lips, and the whole body may be chaste and afford no opportunity, help, or persuasion for impurity.
— from Luther Examined and Reexamined A Review of Catholic Criticism and a Plea for Revaluation by W. H. T. (William Herman Theodore) Dau

"Partly because of the length of time that has elapsed since its last eruption in 1680; partly from the fact that that eruption—judging from appearances—must have been a very tremendous one, and partly because my knowledge of volcanic action leads me to expect it; but I could not easily explain the reason for my conclusions on the latter point.
— from Blown to Bits; or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

No Mathematical Demonstration is more true, than that to prohibit Navigation, and all Commerce with Strangers, is the most effectual Way to keep out Vice and Luxury: It is almost as true, that Citizens, and Men of Worth, who defend their own, and fight pro Aris & Focis , when once disciplin'd and inur'd to Hardship, are more to be depended upon than hired Troops and mercenary Soldiers.
— from A Letter to Dion by Bernard Mandeville

The keeps of Vincennes and Loches are still remarkable for their 186 height, though they hardly retain any features which can be called strictly architectural.
— from A History of Architecture in All Countries, Volume 2, 3rd ed. From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by James Fergusson

We crossed the Po an hour after leaving Ferrara, and here passed out of the Papal into the unequivocally Austrian territory—the Kingdom of Venice and Lombardy.
— from Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley

The clerk of the court read the Queen's proclamation against vice and immorality; solemnly called upon the magistrates and sheriffs of counties to use all their power to suppress all kinds of vice and lewdness, especially Sabbath breaking; and yet the judge could not allow the double rap at his door to cease on a Sunday.
— from The Life of Roger Langdon, Told by himself. With additions by his daughter Ellen. by Ellen Langdon