As the first three notes of a tune comport many endings, all melodious, but the tune is not named till a particular ending has actually come,—so the parts actually known of the universe may comport many ideally possible complements.
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

Such are precor , rogō , ōrō , petō , hortor , postulō , moneō , cēnseō ; mandō , imperō , praecipiō , dēcernō ; and chiefly in old Latin, iubeō : as, ( a. ) reddās incolumem precor , H. 1, 3, 7, deliver him up safe
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Men of unquestioned respectability and austere asceticism were in the habit of making periodic trips to this pornographic Mecca for the reason that they could there be accommodated with the simultaneous ministrations of two or even three soiled doves of the stripe of her of whom Martial (ix, 69) makes caustic mention: “I passed the whole night with a lascivious girl whose naughtiness none could surpass.
— from The Satyricon — Complete by Petronius Arbiter

As her mountain-sister is faintly shaped out of the clouds that cap Cuhillan, this one is an imaginative outgrowth of the twilight shadows, the silvery glintings of moving clouds mirrored in pools, and her tresses are long luxuriant grasses.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

The deposition of this personage arrived but with her death, which, followed by many changes, made in particular a difference for the young woman in whom Marcher’s expert attention had recognised from the first a dependent with a pride that might ache though it didn’t bristle.
— from The Beast in the Jungle by Henry James

"Were I Abbas Khan," he thought, "they might cut me in pieces ere I would consent to mate with one like Sukeena, while a girl like the saint's granddaughter was within possibility of attainment.
— from A Noble Queen: A Romance of Indian History (Volume 3 of 3) by Meadows Taylor

As a great many counterfeits made in Portugal are in circulation, the government recalls the issue which has been counterfeited, notifying holders, by the provincial papers, that all such bills must be exchanged for a new issue within six months.
— from The Andes and the Amazon; Or, Across the Continent of South America by James Orton

Not very long ago I was standing before one of those meetings in the Faubourg St. Antoine, organized by that wonderful man, Robert McAll, who is carrying on that marvellous City Mission in Paris.
— from The Man with the Book; or, The Bible Among the People. by John Matthias Weylland

Many circumstances make it probable that as Moses and Miriam unitedly led the devotions of the people on this most solemn of national festivals, so they continued to be united in administrative station during that important period when the national code of laws and religious ritual were being crystallized and consolidated.
— from Woman in Sacred History A Series of Sketches Drawn from Scriptural, Historical, and Legendary Sources by Harriet Beecher Stowe

From President Wallace , of Monmouth College, Monmouth, Ill.: Prof. Stowe's History of the Books of the Bible contains a mass of information—a volume of great value to the common reader as well as the Scholar.
— from Men of Our Times; Or, Leading Patriots of the Day Being narratives of the lives and deeds of statesmen, generals, and orators. Including biographical sketches and anecdotes of Lincoln, Grant, Garrison, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Greeley, Farragut, Andrew, Colfax, Stanton, Douglass, Buckingham, Sherman, Sheridan, Howard, Phillips and Beecher. by Harriet Beecher Stowe

The first modern Club mansion in Pall Mall was No. 86, opened as a subscription house, called the Albion Hotel.
— from Club Life of London, Vol. 1 (of 2) With Anecdotes of the Clubs, Coffee-Houses and Taverns of the Metropolis During the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries by John Timbs

'You may cut me in pieces afore I'll say other than what be true to you.'
— from John Herring: A West of England Romance. Volume 2 (of 3) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

The first schools were connected with the cathedrals and monasteries, and although their mission consisted mainly in propagating the new church and faith, they yet cultivated the scanty learning of the age.
— from The story of Hungary by Ármin Vámbéry