that look so wild, It never, never came from me: If thou art mad, my pretty lad, Then I must be for ever sad.
— from Lyrical Ballads, With a Few Other Poems (1798) by William Wordsworth

6. Tragedia mimeis praxeos spadaias, &c. Tragedia est imitatio actionis seriae. &c. Per misericordiam & metum perficiens talium affectuum lustrationem. —————————————————————————————— —————————————————————————————— LONDON.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

It seems so much more probable.
— from Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde

PARADIGMS amô, amâre monêo, monêre Pres.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

de mail, même, principalement des mails fictifs….
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

It made my position complicated, not to say ludicrous.
— from The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham

"Patience" is a paraphrase of the book of Jonah; "Cleanness" moralizes on the basis of Bible stories; but "The Pearl" is an intensely human and realistic picture of a father's grief for his little daughter Margaret, "My precious perle wythouten spot."
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

"I hope I have not made my painful acknowledgment in vain," she continued.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

Hence the change of the outlet of a stream, often a very easy matter, may promote the construction of a barrier to coast navigation at one point, and check the formation of a reef at another, by diverting a current of fresh water from the former and pouring it into the sea at the latter.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

Science is progressive, developing gradually by the slow process of induction; but the faith was delivered all at once, during the lifetime of our Lord on earth and the ministry of his inspired apostles, and can never be made more perfect than it was in the beginning.
— from Old Wine and New: Occasional Discourses by Joseph Cross

In the struggle (for Mary did struggle at first) which immediately preceded these words, the large cloak and the hat fell off, and then she recognized the forehead and the eyes—then she knew him whom she had loved so well, and mourned so long—then she threw her arms around his neck, in the very abandonment of affection and delight—then she clung close and yet closer to him, as if they never more must part—then, remembering how she was yielding to the warm impulses of her nature, she hid her burning face in his bosom, and then, when he embraced her again and again, she could not find words to protest against the gentle deed.
— from Bits of Blarney by R. Shelton (Robert Shelton) Mackenzie

If she didn't make it quite clear at first that the oath only regarded Gwen, the Madonna might possibly be very angry with her for poisoning Minna, and that of course would be extremely awkward.
— from Babylon, Volume 3 by Grant Allen

I have already made my prayer to Destiny that she concede me love.
— from Chivalry: Dizain des Reines by James Branch Cabell

And the content of this revealed covenant is the Decalogue, the most significant moral code in the world's history, which has exercised an influence upon mankind more profound and beneficent than any other.
— from A Manual for Teaching Biblical History by Eugene Kohn

Yet the worst painting in oils that ever hung at Somerset House resembles the original in many more particulars.
— from Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Her gaieties and friendliness were not reassuring, and in my mind presaged approaching mischief and treachery.
— from Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu