A few years later a Portuguese traveller visited Abyssinia.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Then, accosting me in Latin, which he spoke very well, the conversation was maintained full two hours, on a variety of subjects, in that language; and indeed he spoke so judiciously, that I was convinced, notwithstanding his whimsical appearance and attention to trifles, that he was a man of extensive knowledge, especially in books; he looked upon me, as I afterwards understood from Mr. Medlar, as a prodigy in learning, and proposed that very night, if I were not engaged, to introduce me to several young gentlemen of fortune and fashion, with whom I had an appointment at the Bedford coffee house.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

As if they had laid a plot to vex and annoy me, Clementine had made room for him.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Quanto quam Lucifer aurea Phoebe, tanto virginibus conspectior omnibus Herce.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

This view, which admonishes me where the sources of wisdom and power lie, and points to virtue as to "The golden key Which opes the palace of eternity," carries upon its face the highest certificate of truth, because it animates me to create my own world through the purification of my soul.
— from Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Then emulous the royal robes they lave, And plunge the vestures in the cleansing wave (The vestures cleansed o'erspread the shelly sand, Their snowy lustre whitens all the strand); Then with a short repast relieve their toil, And o'er their limbs diffuse ambrosial oil; And while the robes imbibe the solar ray, O'er the green mead the sporting virgins play (Their shining veils unbound).
— from The Odyssey by Homer

When we came, at last, within a stage of London, and passed the veritable Salem House where Mr. Creakle had laid about him with a heavy hand, I would have given all I had, for lawful permission to get down and thrash him, and let all the boys out like so many caged sparrows.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

He loved and practised the virtues of domestic life, which seldom hold their residence in the palaces of kings.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

But how could I, could YOU, sir, witness Count Morano's deplorable condition, and not wish to relieve it?' 'You add hypocrisy to caprice,' said Montoni, frowning, 'and an attempt at satire, to both; but, before you undertake to regulate the morals of other persons, you should learn and practise the virtues, which are indispensable to a woman—sincerity, uniformity of conduct and obedience.'
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

In this faith he immediately began his career of Brotherly love, and published three volumes of sermons; [73] the first and third published at Frankfort, and the second at Heidelberg, but without his name.
— from Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Religions and Governments of Europe carried on in the secret meetings of Free Masons, Illuminati, and reading societies. by John Robison

To sophisticate white lead, and produce the various inferiors named, dry powdered white lead is needed as a starting point, and for this purpose principally arises the necessity for its production.
— from Pigments, Paint and Painting: A practical book for practical men by George Terry

Modern criticism, no longer accepting primitive traditions, venal eulogiums, partisan pamphlets, and highly wrought romances as equal and trustworthy evidence, merely because of their age, is teaching us to sift the testimony of ancient authors, to ascertain the sources and relative value of their information, and to discern those special aims which may determine the light in which their works should be viewed.
— from A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer

He also visited the Holy House at Loretto, and, passing through Venice and Milan to see the great churches of these cities, "the despair of all modern church-builders," as he says, he came finally to Genoa.
— from Life of Father Hecker by Walter Elliott

I wished her luck, and promised to vote for Bragdon at the election for state senator.
— from The Treasure of Hidden Valley by Willis George Emerson

Seraphina was not insensible to the worth of Julian Fitzorphandale; and when she received from him a letter, asking permission to visit her, she felt some difficulty in replying to his ?
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete by Various

All you have to do is to drop a line to the Director of Public Prosecutions in Paris, and say that Monsieur Lemarque is masquerading in London as Padini, the violinist.
— from The Yellow Face by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

Yet the Texans were compelled to load and pull trigger very fast, as they retreated slowly upon the mission.
— from The Texan Scouts: A Story of the Alamo and Goliad by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler