Illo non validus subiit iuga tempore taurus, Non domito frenos ore momordit equus, Non domus ulla fores habuit, non fixus in agris 44 Qui regeret certis finibus arva, lapis.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

d'Épinay, etc. etc. 'Tis a picture in which everything, to the very shadows, should be rose-colour, in which may enter nothing disagreeable under any pretext whatsoever, at the cost of a lapse of etiquette, of good taste, of refinement, etc.
— from On Love by Stendhal

The old miser evinced no dislike, until he recollected the doctor might expect a fee; this alarmed him, and immediately raising himself in the bed, he addressed his “medical friend” in the following words: “Doctor, I am a strong man, and know my disorder, and could cure myself, but as Mr. Nangle has sent you to my assistance, I shall not exchange you for any other person, if we can come to an understanding; in fact, I wish to know what you will charge for your attendance until I am recovered.”
— from The Every-day Book and Table Book. v. 3 (of 3) Everlasting Calerdar of Popular Amusements, Sports, Pastimes, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs and Events, Incident to Each of the Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days, in past and Present Times; Forming a Complete History of the Year, Month, and Seasons, and a Perpetual Key to the Almanac by William Hone

Cet enfant tout aimable, In nocte mediâ , Est né dans une étable, De castâ Mariâ .
— from Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles

Rescripsi ad Trebatium (nam ad ipsum Caesarem, qui mihi nihil scripsisset, nolui), quam illud hoc tempore esset difficile; me tamen in praediis meis esse neque dilectum ullum neque negotium suscepisse.
— from Cicero: Letters to Atticus, Vol. 2 of 3 by Marcus Tullius Cicero

He made emotional notes, dwelt upon the “eight anna daily pittance,” and felt a still more poignant private grief that there was no cause for louder sorrow.
— from The Simple Adventures of a Memsahib by Sara Jeannette Duncan