E se non fosse che da quel precinto piu` che da l'altro era la costa corta, non so di lui, ma io sarei ben vinto.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

[ L. cepa] cīpelēac n. leek , WW 380 29 . cipersealf f. henna-ointment , WW 205 11 .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Lady Caroline Coventry, niece of Sir Frederick. 2.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

dirigía el siguiente discurso al Concejal y a los curiosos: —Caballeros: ¿no han pagado Vds. nunca contribución?
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

"Each lonely scene shall thee restore, For thee the tear be duly shed; Belov'd till life can charm no more, And mourned till Pity's self be dead."
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

Belief, being a lively conception, can never be entire, where it is not founded on something natural and easy.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

" Laurie certainly could not, and with an answering smile, he gave her his hand, saying heartily, "I promise, Mrs. Brooke!"
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

The priests and the members of the Greek and Latin churches can not come by the same corridor to kneel in the sacred birthplace of the Redeemer, but are compelled to approach and retire by different avenues, lest they quarrel and fight on this holiest ground on earth.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Naturally, among such an official staff a man like Chichikov could not fail to attract attention and remark, since in everything—in cheerfulness of demeanour, in suavity of voice, and in complete neglect of the use of strong potions—he was the absolute antithesis of his companions.
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

light copper colour, not unlike those bronze shepherdesses on yonder clock.
— from Gabriel Conroy by Bret Harte

Clyde L. Cudebec, (9) Fern Cudebec, m. Stevens, Courtland, N. Y., (10) Orlando, Auburn, N. Y., m. Catherine Van Ness, 2 children, Mary Cudebec, Bertha Cudebec, (11) Frank Cudebec, (12) Adelbert Cudebec, (13) Bertha Cudebec, (2) Helen, (3) Harriet, m. James Davis, (4) Jemima, m. William Laurie, Allen, N. Y., had 2 children: Grace Laurie, Madge Laurie, (5) Ernest, Dalton, N. Y., (6) Fred, Mullen, Nebr., (7) Elsie, m. William Hewett, lawyer, Custer Co., Nebr., had 2 children: Ernest Hewett, Mary Hewett, (8) George W., b. Nov. 6, 1858, Dalton, Livingston Co., N. Y., later Cal., (9) Frank F., b. Mar. 4, 1859, teacher, Syracuse, N. Y., (10) Hattie, m. Linus Augustine, farmer.
— from Caudebec in America A Record of the Descendants of Jacques Caudebec 1700 to 1920 by William Louis Cuddeback

Our Lord certainly could not make bad use of His Will, or of His liberty, being the Eternal Wisdom; nevertheless He concealed His knowledge, and all His perfections as God and those of His perfect human intellect, under the swathing bands of infancy.
— from The Month of Mary, According to the Spirit of St. Francis of Sales Thirty-One Considerations With Examples, Prayers, Etc. by Francis, de Sales, Saint

Two massive stone bridges, a pavement, diverse broken walls, and a solid tower standing up above the tops of the tall forest-trees, proclaim the incontrovertible fact that the traces of a large city can not be altogether blotted out in the course of a few centuries.
— from Mexico and Its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Robert Anderson Wilson

The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago New York Printed in the United States of America Copyright, 1929 by The Reilly & Lee Co.
— from The Rope of Gold A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

Lykophron certainly concealed nothing, and setting aside his thieving propensities the Samian is said to be in every respect a capital fellow.”
— from The Emperor — Complete by Georg Ebers

This dainty little creature could not hurt him.
— from Buster the Big Brown Bear by George Ethelbert Walsh

I have indeed made rats talk, feel, and reflect, as those little creatures certainly never did; but the courage, presence of mind, fidelity, and kindness, which I have attributed to my heroes, have been shown by real rats.
— from The Rambles of a Rat by A. L. O. E.