Ed elli a me: <ma sforzami la tua chiara favella, che mi fa sovvenir del mondo antico.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

and, if I was a younger man, should like to pass a few weeks in your way exceedingly.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

The Marquis' mortar beams near Ducal wreath, And on the helm and gleaming shield beneath Alternate triple pearls with leaves displayed Of parsley, and the royal robes are made So large that with the knightly harness they Seem to o'ermaster palfreys every way.
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

I do reckon my staff longer than thine, and I would not take vantage of thee by even so much as an inch.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

This, and these pearl, to me sent Longaville; The letter is too long by half a mile.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Dr. John seemed unconsciously to sanction the preference by looking down and saying in his kind voice, "Ay, keep close to my side, Lucy: these crowding burghers are no respecters of persons."
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Indeed, his behavior disappointed every expectation, and proved little in accordance with the views of many a manoeuvering mamma; while his habits and manner, still less than formerly, offered any thing congenial with those of the neighboring aristocracy.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

Imperfectly Proper By P. O'D. (Peter Donovan) Illustrated by R. E. JOHNSTON McCLELLAND & STEWART Publishers - - Toronto COPYRIGHT, CANADA 1920 BY MCCLELLAND & STEWART, LIMITED, TORONTO 1st Edition, Nov., 1920 2nd Edition, Feby., 1921 PRINTED IN CANADA Preface
— from Imperfectly Proper by Peter Donovan

A learned native of India assured Sir William Jones that he had frequently seen the most venomous and malignant snakes leave their holes upon hearing notes from a flute, which, as he supposed, gave them peculiar delight.
— from The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse

Midway Islands about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Moldova slightly larger than Maryland Monaco about three times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Mongolia slightly smaller than Alaska Montenegro slightly smaller than Connecticut Montserrat about 0.6 times the size of Washington, DC Morocco slightly larger than California Mozambique slightly less than twice the size of California Namibia slightly more than half the size of Alaska Nauru about 0.1 times the size of Washington, DC Navassa Island about nine times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Nepal slightly larger than Arkansas Netherlands slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey Netherlands Antilles more than five times the size of Washington, DC New Caledonia slightly smaller than New Jersey New Zealand about the size of Colorado Nicaragua slightly smaller than the state of New York Niger slightly less than twice the size of Texas Nigeria slightly more than twice the size of California Niue 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC Norfolk Island about 0.2 times the size of Washington, DC Northern Mariana Islands 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC Norway slightly larger than New Mexico Oman slightly smaller than Kansas Pacific Ocean about 15 times the size of the US; covers about 28% of the global surface; larger than the total land area of the world Pakistan slightly less than twice the size of California Palau slightly more than 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC Palmyra Atoll about 20 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC Panama slightly smaller than South Carolina Papua New Guinea slightly larger than California Paracel Islands NA Paraguay slightly smaller than California Peru slightly smaller than Alaska Philippines slightly larger than Arizona Pitcairn Islands about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC Poland slightly smaller than New Mexico Portugal slightly smaller than Indiana Puerto Rico slightly less than three times the size of Rhode Island Qatar slightly smaller than Connecticut Romania slightly smaller than Oregon Russia approximately 1.8 times the size of the US Rwanda slightly smaller than Maryland Saint Helena slightly more than twice the size of Washington, DC Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC Saint Lucia 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines twice the size of Washington, DC Samoa slightly smaller than Rhode Island San Marino about 0.3 times the size of Washington, DC Sao Tome and Principe more than five times the size of Washington, DC Saudi Arabia slightly more than one-fifth the size of the US Senegal slightly smaller than South Dakota Serbia slightly larger than South Carolina Seychelles 2.5 times the size of Washington, DC Sierra Leone slightly smaller than South Carolina Singapore slightly more than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC Slovakia about twice the size of New Hampshire Slovenia slightly smaller than New Jersey Solomon Islands slightly smaller than Maryland Somalia slightly smaller than Texas South Africa slightly less than twice the size of Texas South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands slightly larger than Rhode Island Southern Ocean slightly more than twice the size of the US Spain slightly more than twice the size of Oregon Spratly Islands NA
— from The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

You’ve never been in public life and can’t understand it, but you see there are women among the delegates who’ve suffered the tyranny of man so long that they will cook anything their husbands demand; women who believe in eating any kind of food, and hold that the principal trouble lies in bad cooking; women who will give up meat, but still indulge in all sorts of cakes, pastries, and kickshaws; and women who are strong on temperance in drink, but who see no need of temperance in food.
— from Marm Lisa by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin