Cuando esto último ocurrió, los institutos secundarios no ligaron su suerte a la de la escuela primaria, ni progresaron al paso de ella como ocurrió en los Estados Unidos, sino que conservaron sus viejas relaciones con la Universidad, de la cual muchos son anexos hoy día. —¿Ocurre eso en todos los países latinoamericanos?
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

“And if there isn’t Mrs. Peter coming up the lane this blessed minute!” exclaimed Mrs. Spencer, bustling her guests through the hall into the parlor, where a deadly chill struck on them as if the air had been strained so long through dark green, closely drawn blinds that it had lost every particle of warmth it had ever possessed.
— from Anne of Green Gables by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Even my long explanatory preface was not thought improper.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

cartucho no llegaba a su destino, empujándose, pateándose por agarrar la codiciada presa, mientras los jugadores hacían toda clase de esfuerzos para barajar las coronas que en cambio de los confites les llovían, retribuyendo ellos todavía el obsequio con cajas especiales, de antemano destinadas a fulana y a zutana, a quienes las enviaban por medio de sus sirvientes, no atreviéndose a correr el albur de que
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

ĉi tiun metodon por montri la falsadon de la malhonestaj kronfaristoj, li eksaltetis pro ĝojo kaj ekkriis "eŭreka," kiu estas la greka vorto por "mi estas trovinta."
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

[172] nor had the said consul in any of his letters, either public or private, made any mention of such a thing to any one; nor did any person whatever come forward who said that he saw or heard any thing which could vitiate the auspices.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

Indeed, wheresoever Chichikov looked, every page presented to his vision some such words as “phenomenon,” “development,” “abstract,” “contents,” and “synopsis.”
— from Dead Souls by Nikolai Vasilevich Gogol

Sin cuidarse de completar sus frases, las enuncia por medio de comparaciones y de referencias, que a pesar de su sencillez vulgar
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Frank and Nick now took their stations in the middle of the litter, each placing one shoulder under the pole.
— from Hair-Breadth Escapes: The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa by H. C. (Henry Cadwallader) Adams

Not the least effective part of the design is formed by the group of Geryon’s cows on the reverse, which show that Euphronios was a keen observer of nature and anatomy, and the varied poses and skilful grouping of the herd are striking instances of his art in composition.
— from History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 1 (of 2) by H. B. (Henry Beauchamp) Walters

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 11 years male: 11 years female: 12 years (2006)
— from The 2009 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

He arrived on the evening of the day before his leave expired, put up at the auberge of the Pome d'Or, and early the next morning took his way to The Sc
— from Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Conceive a stream or river fed by springs rising in a country intersected by auriferous reefs, and consequently in this case carrying gold in solution; the drift of such a country must be to a greater or lesser extent pyritous, so that the debris forming the beds of these streams or rivers will certainly contain nodules of such matters disseminated or even stopping them in actual contact with the flow of water.
— from Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners and Students by J. C. F. (Joseph Colin Francis) Johnson

presbytres auturs estat Et y ont soubsigne les eschevins & procureurs de la ville plusieurs des officiers du Roy et des bourgeois avec menasses a ceulx qui nont voulu signer destre tenuz suspectz.
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

Though she heard Donal at work within, and knew Simmons must soon come, though the room behind her was her own, and familiar to her from childhood, the long empty passage in front of her appeared frightful.
— from Donal Grant by George MacDonald

Now, if we represent the Medium by A, and the head of any one consulting her by B, there can be no doubt that the latter is an absolute vacuum; but it is demonstrable that nothing like light ever passed from the former to the latter.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics by Various

We add this year to the series the following volumes, viz:— Longfellow (Early Poems).
— from Poems by Matthew Arnold