The next said that he had found a mantle, and that whenever he put it on, he was invisible, but the third said he had found a horse on which a man could ride everywhere, even up the glass-mountain.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

There was finally an opening at college where I had a chance to pay my way by taking care of the fires, milking cows, running errands, etc., for a gentleman who lived near the college and who had to be away from home most of the time.
— from College Men Without Money by Carl Brown Riddle

Et si sit intolerabilis excessus tyrannidis, quibusdam visum fuit, ut ad fortium virorum virtutem pertineat tyrannum interimere, seque pro liberatione multitudinis exponere periculis mortis: cujus rei exemplum etiam in veteri Testamento habetur.
— from Protestantism and Catholicity compared in their effects on the civilization of Europe by Jaime Luciano Balmes

This gave rise to dissatisfaction, and it was decided that the secretary should complete the list of candidates with remarks on their political attachments, so that the Bourses might choose representatives expressing exactly their opinions.
— from Syndicalism in France by Lewis L. (Lewis Levitzki) Lorwin

It is possible the weather may have unfitted me for appreciating this famous river, for a more cloudy, misty, chilly, rainy, execrable, English day I have seldom encountered.
— from Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Horace Greeley

The Bois de Boulogne had been simulated by the artifice of transplanting whole trees, especially those which more closely resembled European evergreens.
— from Babes in the Bush by Rolf Boldrewood

Unfortunately not even Marcy could remain entirely exempt from political and partizan considerations.
— from The History of Cuba, vol. 3 by Willis Fletcher Johnson

Our birth, mid Chaos rude, Ere Earth had formed its shell; And nursed we were, in solitude, Where hoary night did dwell.
— from The Bay State Monthly — Volume 1, No. 4, April, 1884 by Various

By an obvious association I may say that if any words of mine could reach episcopal ears, I should like to ask why a first charge is called a primary charge, for it does not appear that this mode of expression is continued.
— from Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, April 1885 by Various