The birds sweetly sing as they soar in the sky, And the squirrels frisk in the branches high; And it makes me as happy and merry as they To roam in the woods on a bright autumn day.
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

Hiyúra ug maáyu ang hubag arun muguwà ang tanang nánà, Squeeze the boil so all the pus comes out.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

610 Shift your view, and turn your curiosity so as to look inwards: if you delight to study the history of evils, you have copious material at home, "as much as there is water in the Alizon, or leaves on the oak," such a quantity of faults will you find in your own life, and passions in your soul, 239 and shortcomings in your duty.
— from Plutarch's Morals by Plutarch

Up betimes, and by water to White Hall; and thence to Sir Philip Warwick, and there had half an hour’s private discourse with him; and did give him some good satisfaction in our Navy matters, and he also me, as to the money paid and due to the Navy; so as he makes me assured by particulars, that Sir G. Carteret is paid within L80,000 every farthing that we to this day, nay to Michaelmas day next have demanded; and that, I am sure, is above L50,000 snore than truly our expenses have been, whatever is become of the money.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Yes; has not wine an effect the contrary of that which I was just now describing,—first mellowing and humanizing a man, and then filling him with confidence, making him ready to say or do anything? 'Certainly.'
— from Laws by Plato

He accused Maxime of prejudicing his sister Madeleine against him, and Maxime admitted that, though he loved Loria, he did not think he would made a good husband, and did not wish him to marry Madeleine.
— from The Castle Of The Shadows by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

It is supposed that this is a family of painters, which had the surname of Antonj, and that many pictures in S. Francesco, S. Anna, and elsewhere, are by different Antonj, until we come to Salvatore di Antonio, father of the celebrated Antonello di Messina, and himself a master; and there remains by him a S. Francis in the act of receiving the Stigmata, in the church of his name.
— from The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century by Luigi Lanzi

While he was gone on this commission, Favello called upon me, {182} to give me an account of the conversations he had with my relations respecting me, and he assured me all the family were charmed with my person, especially Signor Don Bertrand my uncle.
— from The Life and Adventures of Guzman D'Alfarache, or the Spanish Rogue, vol. 3/3 by Mateo Alemán

My room to-day was 194 a perfect levee; it is Mr. Audubon here, and Mr. Audubon there; I only hope they will not make a conceited fool of Mr. Audubon at last.
— from Audubon and His Journals, Volume 1 (of 2) by John James Audubon

The birds, almost all of them, were killed by myself, after I had examined their motions and habits, as much as the case admitted, and were regularly drawn on or near the spot where I procured them.
— from Ornithological Biography, Volume 1 (of 5) An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America by John James Audubon

He explained why the Brethren spoke so freely on certain moral matters, and contended that while they had sometimes used language which prudish people might condemn as indecent, they had done so from the loftiest motives, and had always maintained among themselves a high standard of purity.
— from A History of the Moravian Church by J. E. (Joseph Edmund) Hutton

Soon I saw a man about half a mile away toward the mountains, gathering corn from the field, with an old gray horse.
— from In Defense of the Flag: A true war story A pen picture of scenes and incidents during the great rebellion.--Thrilling experiences during escape from southern prisons, etc. by David W. Stafford

You do know what it is to have conflicting inclinations and impulses; you have envy and malice and hostility against men; and the world's storms and disasters do strike and disturb you.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: St. John Chapters I to XIV by Alexander Maclaren

Is the author ignorant of the fact that Christianity from the beginning made, and has always made, appeal to man’s reason?
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 23, April, 1876-September, 1876. A Monthly Magazine of General Literature and Science by Various