Omnino meminisse debemus, id quod a nostris hominibus saepissime usurpatum iam in proverbii consuetudinem venit, "largitionem fundum non habere"; etenim quis potest modus esse, cum et idem, qui consuerunt, et idem illud alii desiderent?
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Jorge Hunecus ( Chileno ) Bello, Andrés (1781-1865) Andrés Bello, [11] que aunque nacido en Venezuela vivió y murió en Chile, es uno de esos personajes que honran a todo un continente, [12] y que se granjea el respeto y las simpatías de cuantos le tratan, y aún de aquéllos que solamente le conocen por sus escritos.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
Alas, I blame you not, for you are mortal, And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare
During the five ensuing days Cyrus Harding and his unfortunate companions husbanded their provisions with the most extreme care, eating only what would prevent them from dying of starvation.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne
tou logou sôphronei, poteron en tois sitiois hê cholê periechetai euthys ex archês ê kata tên en tê koilia katergasian egeneto, mêden einai chrêsimon eis iatrikên epeskephthai legôn.
— from Galen: On the Natural Faculties by Galen
[3] ; y cuando me dí cuenta, [4] después de una rápida presentación a algunas personas, me encontré con ellas
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson
My term of actual service to Mr. Edward Covey ended on Christmas day, 1833.
— from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Frederick Douglass
omnis perturbatio miseria et carnificina est dolor.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton
341 Such are: ( a. ) faciō , efficiō (unless they imply purpose, 1951 ); fit , accidit , contingit , ēvenit , est , it is the case ; similarly mōs est , cōnsuētūdō est , &c. ( b. ) proximum est , reliquum est , extrēmum est , relinquitur , restat , accēdit .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
Have you no ideas in your head, that you make me eat chicken every day?”
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant
I often dream of colours, and see the most delightful pictures in the world; nothing that I ever beheld with my eyes can equal them—they’re so brilliant, and clear and beautiful.
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew
Ei nol voluto avea; Ma rise Celia; ei subito La Madre esser credea." E.C.H. Page 348 {348} Anecdote of a Peal of Bells (Vol. i.,
— from Notes and Queries, Number 51, October 19, 1850 by Various
All my extra clothing, equipments, and some little mementoes or valuables were speedily converted into ashes.
— from Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard W. Glazier
Charles Manby Esqre CE etc. PORTION OF ILLUSTRATED LETTER BY JOHN LEECH.
— from Chats on Autographs by Alexander Meyrick Broadley
In support of this assertion he quotes the following words as from St. Jerome: "Ergo cineres suos amant animae martyrum, et circumvolant eos, semperque praesentes sunt; ne forte si aliquis precator advenerit absentes audire non possint," to which he gives the extraordinary reference, "Epistolae, 1. iii. c. 13."
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 05, April 1867 to September 1867 by Various
[595] 'Pero en la Mision de S. Antonio se pudo algo averiguar, pues avisando á los Padres, que en una de las casas de los Neófitos se habian metido dos Gentiles, el uno con el traje natural de ellos, y el otro con el trage de muger, expresándolo con el nombre de Joya (que dicen llamarlos asi en su lengua nativa) fué luego el P. Misionero
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft
Officialibus ac Inquisitoribus prædictis, sub censuris et pœnis præfatis eo ipso incurrendis, mandamus quatinus incolas utriusque sexus Regnorum et Principatus prædictorum qui ad eos aut eorum quemlibet pro confessione et absolutione prædictis recurrerint absque aliqua dilatione seu mora eorum confessiones et cujuslibet eorum audiant et eis de absolutionis beneficio in utroque foro ut præfertur provideant, contradictores per censuram ecclesiasticam appellatione postposita compescendo, invocando ad hoc si opus fuerit auxilio brachii sæcularis, decernentes ex nunc omnes et singulos processus quos haberi
— from A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 by Henry Charles Lea
" "She ain't no rich white folks," answered Mammy, evasively; "caze efn she wuz, she wouldn't be teachin' school fur er livin'; an' den ergin, efn she's so mighty rich, whar's her niggers?
— from Diddie, Dumps, and Tot; Or, Plantation Child-Life by Louise Clarke Pyrnelle
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