[4-1] —¿Y tú? —Yo, señorico, me reía también; pero me corrían por las patillas lagrimones como naranjas.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Note 121 ( return ) [ Vade ad Italiam, vade vilissimis nunc pellibus coopertis: sed multis cito plurima largiturus. Anonym.
— 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

Cette étape est menée conjointement par l'auteur et l'équipe éditoriale.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

a clod, MD; clotte , Cath.; clodde , Prompt., Palsg., Manip.; clottes , pl. , lumps, S2; clottis , W2.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Certainly one must not be out of the Fashion—however, I have so much of my country Prejudices left—that—though Sir Peter's ill humour may vex me ever so, it never shall provoke me to—— SURFACE.
— from The School for Scandal by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

But a man can paint like Velasquez and yet be as dull as possible.
— from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

nol potea si` con li occhi seguire, ch'el vedesse altro che la fiamma sola, si` come nuvoletta, in su` salire: tal si move ciascuna per la gola del fosso, che' nessuna mostra 'l furto, e ogne fiamma un peccatore invola.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

It was in conformity with this principle that the Germans themselves, in 1870, refused to admit that the amount of the monetary contributions previously levied in France (thirty-nine million francs) could be deducted from the five milliards imposed on France by the Treaty of Frankfurt, a confirmation as clear as it is unexpected of the principle which they are violating to-day.
— from German Barbarism: A Neutral's Indictment by Léon Maccas

The regiment which forms the subject of this memoir lost many non-commissioned officers and private soldiers, and had the following officers killed and wounded:—Captains Richardson and Vanderstraet, Lieutenants Price, Paul, and Lepingault, and [10] Ensign Drury, killed: Colonel Sir Henry Bellasis, Lieutenant-Colonel Monk, Captain Penford, Lieutenant Lunnemon, and Ensign Nelson, wounded.
— from Historical Record of the Sixth, or Royal First Warwickshire Regiment of Foot Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in the Year 1674, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1838 by Richard Cannon

We had 'em here once before, and Aunt Kate got awful mad 'cause papa licked 'em when they touched a match to the old shed to see how the people on the desert put out fires." "She said they never should come again," added Inez, "but I guess she's forgot.
— from Tabitha's Vacation by Ruth Brown MacArthur

Mrs. Catherine paused long before she answered.
— from Merkland; or, Self Sacrifice by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

[254] In 1221 and the following years, the pope issued mandates to the English bishops bidding them deprive married clerks (“Papal Letters,” vol. i. pp.
— from Parish Priests and Their People in the Middle Ages in England by Edward Lewes Cutts

Perhaps a letter written to his sister will more clearly portray Lee's convictions and motives at the [306] breaking out of hostilities than anything that can be found elsewhere in history:—"The whole South is in a state of revolution into which Virginia has been drawn after a long struggle; and though I recognize no necessity for this state of things and would have forborne and pleaded to the end for redress of grievances, real or supposed, yet in my own person I had to meet the question whether I should take part against my native State.
— from Hidden Treasures; Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Harry A. Lewis