The mare soon after my entrance rose from her mat, and coming up close, after having nicely observed my hands and face, gave me a most contemptuous look; and turning to the horse, I heard the word Yahoo often repeated betwixt them; the meaning of which word I could not then comprehend, although it was the first I had learned to pronounce.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

—Morals are constantly undergoing changes and transformations, occasioned by successful crimes.
— from The Dawn of Day by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Add a cupful of hot milk and cook until creamy; add the soft celery and half a pint of oysters, add more salt if needed, one-eighth teaspoon of pepper and a few drops of lemon juice; cook until the oysters curl, when the filling is ready for the ramekins.
— from Civic League Cook Book by North Dakota) Civic League (Williston

It was the love of writing that impelled her, almost without premeditation, to put into words her dreams, meditations, and chimeras under concrete and living forms.
— from Women of Modern France (Illustrated) Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 7 (of 10) by Hugo P. (Hugo Paul) Thieme

Animalcul um animalcul a Mausole um mausole a Arcan um arcan a Medi um medi a Collyri um collyri a Memorand um memorand a Dat um dat a Menstru um menstru a Desiderat um desiderat a Moment um moment a Effluvi um effluvi a Premi um premi a Empori um empori a Scholi um scholi a Encomi um encomi a Spectr um spectr a Errat um errat a Specul um specul a Gymnasi um gymnasi a Strat um strat a Lixivi um lixivi a Succedane um succedane a .
— from A Handbook of the English Language by R. G. (Robert Gordon) Latham

A certain Greek, who was a monk at Constantinople under Constantine and who has been visiting us lately.
— from Fruits of Culture by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Eynsham, in Oxfordshire, an estate belonging to Lord Macclesfield, also came under consideration, as well as Elveden, in Suffolk, and Hatherop, in Gloucestershire.
— from His Most Gracious Majesty King Edward VII by Marie Belloc Lowndes

It was thus with th' man who at that moment strode past me and caught up child and woman into his embrace.
— from A Brother To Dragons and Other Old-time Tales by Amélie Rives

Thus, Mr. Gifford [164] affirms that chuff is always used in a bad sense, and means “a coarse, unmannered clown, at once sordid and wealthy;” and Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps explains it as spoken in contempt for a fat person.
— from Folk-lore of Shakespeare by T. F. (Thomas Firminger) Thiselton-Dyer