Mi ankaŭ restis en la domo, kaj parolis al mia juna frato.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

To Corvus was added Marcus Atilius Regulus as colleague; and lest any disappointment might by any chance occur, a request was made of the consuls, that, without drawing lots, that province might be assigned to Corvus.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

To set the mind of his mistress at rest, he took a sip (amounting in quantity to a pint or thereabouts) from the stone bottle, and then smacked his lips, winked his eye, and nodded his head.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

Justina was persuaded, that a Roman emperor might claim, in his own dominions, the public exercise of his religion; and she proposed to the archbishop, as a moderate and reasonable concession, that he should resign the use of a single church, either in the city or the suburbs of Milan.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Of an ancient style, massy and rusty in link, shackle and bolt, they seemed even more fit for the ship's present business than the one for which she had been built.
— from The Piazza Tales by Herman Melville

Gherardi to the salt mines of Hallein.... Princess Crescenzi said to me at Rome....
— from On Love by Stendhal

In turn she told me about Rosalie, who was quite a rich woman.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

When hail-hurling gales arise Of blustering Equinox, to fan the strife, It stands erect, with martial ardor rife, A joyous soldier!
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Don Quixote was comforted by the prophecy he heard, for he at once comprehended its meaning perfectly, and perceived it was promised to him that he should see himself united in holy and lawful matrimony with his beloved Dulcinea del Toboso, from whose blessed womb should proceed the whelps, his sons, to the eternal glory of La Mancha; and being thoroughly and firmly persuaded of this, he lifted up his voice, and with a deep sigh exclaimed, “Oh thou, whoever thou art, who hast foretold me so much good, I implore of thee that on my part thou entreat that sage enchanter who takes charge of my interests, that he leave me not to perish in this captivity in which they are now carrying me away, ere I see fulfilled promises so joyful and incomparable as those which have been now made me; for, let this but come to pass, and I shall glory in the pains of my prison, find comfort in these chains wherewith they bind me, and regard this bed whereon they stretch me, not as a hard battle-field, but as a soft and happy nuptial couch; and touching the consolation of Sancho Panza, my squire, I rely upon his goodness and rectitude that he will not desert me in good or evil fortune; for if, by his ill luck or mine, it may not happen to be in my power to give him the island I have promised, or any equivalent for it, at least his wages shall not be lost; for in my will, which is already made, I have declared the sum that shall be paid to him, measured, not by his many faithful services, but by the means at my disposal.” Sancho bowed his head very respectfully and kissed both his hands, for, being tied together, he could not kiss one; and then the apparitions lifted the cage upon their shoulders and fixed it upon the ox-cart.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Dust , a disturbance, or noise, “to raise a DUST ,” to make a row.
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

In the above case, the œdema of the penis, scrotum, and perineum was as much a result of the distension of the bladder by the retained urine interfering with the return circulation from the œdematous parts as the different appearances of diseased conditions were a result of the primary phimosis; yet this case, if seen during its early infancy, when probably the contraction of the [288] preputial orifice was as yet not so well marked, would have been pronounced one in which it would be needless and barbarous to perform circumcision upon.
— from History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance by P. C. (Peter Charles) Remondino

“We haven’t many acquaintances,” rejoined Mary, with a timidity that was almost trepidation.
— from Dr. Sevier by George Washington Cable

But he did not dare to make any remarks, as he would have done if his master had been well.
— from To Leeward by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

We learn, however, from Major Rogers that he has found a pass through the Selkirk range which we can take, and he proposes to accompany us part of the distance and to send his nephew, Mr. Albert Rogers the entire route.
— from England and Canada A Summer Tour Between Old and New Westminster, with Historical Notes by Sandford Fleming

The only case that offers an exception to this rule arises when it is necessary to make a remark that is in some way improper.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; The Art of Literature by Arthur Schopenhauer

Dismounting with the alacrity of the occasion, silent as the mole, and swift as the greyhound, he made a rush forward, and, contrary to his expectation, he found himself, unchallenged or unnoticed, close to the coach.
— from The Comical Adventures of Twm Shon Catty (Thomas Jones, Esq.), Commonly known as the Welsh Robin Hood by T. J. Llewelyn (Thomas Jeffery Llewelyn) Prichard

"Wa-al, I'll allow thet you fellers know whut thet means all right," drawled Old Rocks, whimsically; "but dog my cats ef I do!
— from Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Burt L. Standish

Its name comes from that of its possessor in Madrid, Sr Tro y Ortolano, and nothing whatever is known of its origin; two or three other old American manuscripts are reported to have been brought to light in Spain since the publication of this.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

The simple life of the parsonage is more accurately reflected in a comparison between the house of the Austens and that of the Knights at Godmersham.
— from Jane Austen and Her Country-house Comedy by W. H. (William Henry) Helm