my infancy died long since, and I live.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

[page 218] I bid thee not doe this to be my spie; 50 Nor to make my selfe her familiar; But so much I doe love her choyce, that I Would faine love him that shall be lov'd of her.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

News from the humming city comes to it In sound of funeral or of marriage bells; And, sitting muffled in dark leaves, you hear The windy clanging of the minster clock; Although between it and the garden lies A league of grass, wash'd by a slow broad stream, That, stirr'd with languid pulses of the oar, Waves all its lazy lilies, and creeps on, Barge-laden, to three arches of a bridge Crown'd with the minster-towers.
— from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron

procès , m. , instance devant la justice.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Depuis 1989, il réalise des logiciels d'écriture principalement utilisés lors d'expositions ou de manifestations publiques, notamment Un roman inachevé pour le stand du ministère de la Culture au MILIA (Marché international du livre illustré et des nouveaux médias)
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

'On one occasion, when the regiment were going through their exercise, he went quite close to the men at one of the extremities of it, and watched all their practices attentively; and, when he came away, his remark was, "The men indeed do load their muskets and fire with wonderful celerity.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

You must awhile be patient: What I can do I will; and more I will Than for myself I dare: let that suffice you.
— from Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare

Whiles you chid me, I did love; How then might your prayers move!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The father worked in the mines in Deer Lodge valley and also in the Butte mines for six years and the family went through the usual experiences of the mining camp in the west.
— from Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 2 Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin counties by William Denison Lyman

It's thick when it's cold; and when it was froze, maybe it did look like pie-meat with a good deal of apple in it; but it ain't no such thing.”
— from Half-A-Dozen Housekeepers: A Story for Girls in Half-A-Dozen Chapters by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

[ 106 ] The last named victim was a mere lad when put to death, "not more than a little above eleven years of age, if so much," is Dr. Lardner's own description of him.
— from History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Volume 1 Period 1. History of Joseph Smith, the Prophet by Smith, Joseph, Jr.

Southey, the most amiable of men in domestic life, gentle, generous, serene, and playful, grew absolutely ferocious about politics, as his articles in the "Quarterly Review" showed all the world.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

Oh Mother, I did love him so!
— from The Princess Virginia by A. M. (Alice Muriel) Williamson

—May I die, ladies, if there be A star in heaven I will not give you!
— from The Symbolist Movement in Literature by Arthur Symons

—The red suits marry in descending line; the black, in ascending line.
— from Lady Cadogan's Illustrated Games of Solitaire or Patience New Revised Edition, including American Games by Cadogan, Adelaide, Lady