The Latin chronicle of the Benedictine Amato of Monte Cassino was translated into French early in the 13th century by another monk of the same abbey, at the particular desire of the Count of Militrée (or Malta), " Pour ce qu'il set lire et entendre fransoize et s'en delitte.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Other observers, Hitzig, Goltz, Luciani, Loeb, Exner, etc., find, whatever part of the cortex may be ablated on one side, that there usually results a hemiopic disturbance of both eyes, slight and transient when the anterior lobes are the parts attacked, grave when an occipital lobe is the seat of injury, and lasting in proportion to the latter's extent.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

of cōpia forest , silva, -ae, f. fort , castellum, -ī, n. ; castrum, -ī, n. fortification , mūnitiō, -ōnis, f. fortify , mūniō, 4 fortune , fortūna, -ae, f. fourth , quārtus, -a, -um free , līber, -era, -erum free, liberate , līberō, 1 frequent , crēber, -bra, -brum friend , amīcus, -ī, m. friendly ( adj. ), amīcus, -a, -um friendly ( adv. ), amīcē friendship , amīcitia, -ae, f. frighten , perterreō, 2 from , ā or ab, dē, ē, ex, with abl.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

O, Laughing Eyes, emerge forth into the, uh, the ultimates and bring hither the spirit of Dante, that we mortals may list to his words of wisdom.”
— from Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis

hacienda , f. , landed estate; estate, fortune, wealth; public treasury, finances; Ministerio de —— , Treasury Department; ( Sp. A. ) cattle and sheep taken collectively.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

[4] Se preocupó, y no se engañaba al preocuparse, en recoger y en difundir los datos de la estadística escolar, fundándola y manteniéndola con solícito empeño.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

“How do you know?” “Oh! like everyone else, from photographs, no two of which are alike, but each of them leaves the impression of a face....
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

of côpia forest , silva, -ae, f. fort , castellum, -î, n. ; castrum, -î, n. fortification , mûnitiô, -ônis, f. fortify , mûniô, 4 fortune , fortûna, -ae, f. fourth , quârtus, -a, -um free , lîber, -era, -erum free, liberate , lîberô, 1 frequent , crêber, -bra, -brum friend , amîcus, -î, m. friendly ( adj. ), amîcus, -a, -um friendly ( adv. ), amîcê friendship , amîcitia, -ae, f. frighten , perterreô, 2 from , â or ab, dê, ê, ex, with abl.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

It is three o’clock; at four we shall be dead.” As they could no longer eat, Enjolras forbade them to drink.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

To Isola it was an ordeal to have to walk the length of the drawing-room, navigating her course amidst an archipelago of expensive things—Florentine tables, portfolios of engravings, Louis Seize Jardinières, easels supporting the last expensive etching from Goupil's—to the window where Mrs. Crowther waited to receive her, rising with her lap full of wools, to shake hands with simple friendliness and without a vestige of style.
— from All along the River: A Novel by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

It costs a great deal to advertise, and as the announcements we refer to can be seen in every paper in the land, it is safe to say that the "retired physician" and "clergyman," or the "nervous lady," expend each from five to ten thousand dollars per annum in advertising.
— from The Secrets of the Great City A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the Mysteries, Miseries and Crimes of New York City by James Dabney McCabe

Brian Walton , who died A.D. 1661, aided by the English scholars, issued an edition of the “London Polyglott” in six vols., in A.D. 1657, which, in completeness of material and apparatus, as well as in careful textual criticism, leaves earlier editions far behind.
— from Church History, Volume 3 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

None of them live nigh to a railroad station, and if they did, and could take ye back with 'em, they wouldn't leave early enough for ye to ketch the last train: so the best thing ye can do is to stick by me, and I'll guarantee to git ye over to Brimley in time for the mornin' train on Saturday."
— from The House of Martha by Frank Richard Stockton

It may be remarked here that the animal has a peculiar language on occasions like this; it emits a succession of short bellowing cries, like excited exclamations, followed by a very loud cry, alternately sinking into a hoarse murmur, and rising to a kind of scream that grates harshly on the sense.
— from The Naturalist in La Plata by W. H. (William Henry) Hudson

Nevertheless, in the little villages surrounded by a dreary wilderness have been produced as beautiful rugs as in those more favoured spots where prevailed cultured influences that could develop an Omar Khayyam and produce the sacred shrine of Meshed. Even before the Mongolian invasion several hundred looms, each employing four or five women, were busy in the town of Toon in Central Khorassan.
— from Oriental Rugs, Antique and Modern by W. A. (Walter Augustus) Hawley

The bathing establishment is a very large edifice, especially fitted up for the external application of the water, very little being drunk.
— from The South of France—East Half by C. B. Black