Si Glurya Sibilya mauy rayna sa pilikulang Binisayà, Gloria Sevilla is the queen of the Visayan screen.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

If mere parsimony could have made a man rich, Sir Pitt Crawley might have become very wealthy—if he had been an attorney in a country town, with no capital but his brains, it is very possible that he would have turned them to good account, and might have achieved for himself a very considerable influence and competency.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

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— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

The first glance at the pillow showed me repulsive sentinel perched upon each end of it—cockroaches as large as peach leaves—fellows with long, quivering antennae and fiery, malignant eyes.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

Ma Riseyasringo soggiunse poscia al re: Tappresterò io un altro rito santissimo, genitale, onde tu conseguisca la prole che tu bramí.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

I have seen in my time a thousand men supple, halfbred, ambiguous, whom no one doubted to be more worldly-wise than I, lose themselves, where I have saved myself: “Risi successus posse carere dolos.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

" To this he said; "You remember it aright and therefore in that I shall say to you, I must reserve some particulars, which it is not lawful for me to reveal; but there will be enough left, to give you satisfaction.
— from New Atlantis by Francis Bacon

“Let your excellencies only leave the matter to me,” returned Signor Pastrini in a tone indicative of unbounded self-confidence.
— from The Count of Monte Cristo, Illustrated by Alexandre Dumas

From its very opening proposition modern religion sweeps past and far ahead of the old Arminian teachings of Wesleyans and Methodists, in its insistence upon the entirely finite nature of God.
— from God, the Invisible King by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

Nor did Monsieur Rambaud seen possessed of his wonted tranquillity that evening; but his agitation manifested itself in a craving to talk and fidget on his chair, which seemed rather inconsistent with his quiet disposition.
— from A Love Episode by Émile Zola

Perhaps we may reach some principles of uniformity and consistency, by observing the several different kinds of phrases thus used.
— from The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown

"I have only the valentines, Mr. Rowlandson" said Phyllis.
— from Old Valentines A Love Story by Munson Aldrich Havens

It merely received some portion of the blessings which were intended for the Town Hall, but which overshot their mark.
— from Over There: War Scenes on the Western Front by Arnold Bennett