It is not many years since there lived (and belike yet liveth) at Bologna a very great and famous physician, known by manifest renown to well nigh all the world.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

The last made me realize the great disappointment to the dear child more than before.
— from The Story of My Life With her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy by Helen Keller

“Thou dost reckon me thy friend, and thou wouldst rob me of honour, a thing wholly inconsistent with friendship; and not only dost thou aim at this, but thou wouldst have me rob thee of it also.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

A tax, indeed, may render the goods upon which it is imposed so dear, as to diminish the consumption of them.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Rumour has been busy upon this theme, but here again I must refer to the lady of the store, and say, that if many of the sister Shakers resemble her, I treat all such slander as bearing on its face the strongest marks of wild improbability.
— from American Notes by Charles Dickens

So he sent ambassadors to Hebron to David, and desired that he would give him security upon oath that he would esteem him his companion and his friend, upon condition that he should persuade the people to leave Saul's son, and choose him king of the whole country; and when David had made that league with Abner, for he was pleased with his message to him, he desired that he would give this as the first mark of performance of the present league, that he might have his wife Michal restored to him, as her whom he had purchased with great hazards, and with those six hundred heads of the Philistines which he had brought to Saul her father.
— from Antiquities of the Jews by Flavius Josephus

It has therefore been my rule to bring vouchers for every thing, which I maintain; and though I might upon the renewal of my argument refer to another volume, and a distant page, yet I many times choose to repeat my evidence, and bring it again under immediate inspection.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

It seemed to him that the cold that had suddenly come on had destroyed the order and harmony of things, that nature itself felt ill at ease, and that was why the evening darkness was falling more rapidly than usual.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Margaret rose, to encounter a man with a heavy black moustache.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

The latter zones are more resistant, the former are softer.
— from The Industries of Animals by Frédéric Houssay

We more readily, therefore, yield to the illusion which seems to remove this suspense: and are happy to think, however falsely, that we have now completed our inquiry, and that, without attempting any more elementary analysis, we may content ourselves with simply classing the results which we have already obtained.
— from Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) by Thomas Brown

Then Sir Tristram made ready to joust, but ere he had his spear in rest, Sir Palomedes took him at advantage, and struck him on the shield so that he fell.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

“All right, man,” replied the undersecretary.
— from Cæsar or Nothing by Pío Baroja

But we may recall the behaviour of Mimosa in the North, where the sun does not set, and the complete inversion of the daily movements by artificial light and darkness.
— from The Power of Movement in Plants by Darwin, Francis, Sir

Beyond this distance I dared not prolong my rambles to find a crossing place for fear the raft might pass me on the river, so I returned to its mouth and waited, fighting mosquitoes, for the raft to come along, when the canoe would pick me up.
— from Along Alaska's Great River A Popular Account of the Travels of an Alaska Exploring Expedition along the Great Yukon River, from Its Source to Its Mouth, in the British North-West Territory, and in the Territory of Alaska by Frederick Schwatka

This chapel contains many royal tombs.
— from The Youthful Wanderer An Account of a Tour through England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, Italy, and Egypt, Adapted to the Wants of Young Americans Taking Their First Glimpses at the Old World by George H. Heffner

His feelings received a severe wound from the notice of his Poems in the Monthly Review, the writer of which, not satisfied with saying that the production did not "justify any sanguine expectations," selected four of the worst lines in support of his opinion, and showed himself insensible of the numerous beauties scattered through the various pieces.
— from The Poetical Works of Henry Kirk White : With a Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas by Henry Kirke White

[236] At the age of sixteen, he again went to live with his father, who had once more returned to the shoemaker’s stall, and lived in London.
— from Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers by W. E. (William Edward) Winks

The Queen's contribution was only to be spent by permission of this treasurer, and if the enterprise fell through for want of subscribers she was to have her money returned to her or the munitions of war which had been purchased with it.
— from The Year after the Armada, and Other Historical Studies by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume