As I waited I heard in the distance a gipsy song sung by merry voices coming closer, and through their song the rolling of heavy wheels and the cracking of whips; the Szgany and the Slovaks of whom the Count had spoken were coming.
— from Dracula by Bram Stoker

<mi volvi>>, cominciai, <<com'a te piace, parlami, e sodisfammi a' miei disiri.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

[Mr. Vissering ( Chinese Currency , Addenda, I.-III.) gives a facsimile and a description of a Chinese banknote of the Ming Dynasty belonging to the collection of the Asiatic Museum of the Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Characteristics North America Mexico Vera Cruz Coatepec Huatusco Orizaba Greenish to yellow bean; mild flavor.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

As to our neighbor and rival France, in addition to what I have here suggested, I say, and when the author chooses formally to deny, I shall formally prove it, that her subjects pay more than England, on a computation of the wealth of both countries; that her taxes are more injudiciously and more oppressively imposed; more vexatiously collected; come in a smaller proportion to the royal coffers, and are less applied by far to the public service.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

M. Vis comica —Comic power, or a talent for 10 comedy.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Further, the Excellence of the Moral character is thought to result in some points from physical circumstances, and to be, in many, very closely connected with the passions.
— from The Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle

Cf. iter viâtor, -ôris , m. [ via ], traveler victor, -ôris , m. [ vincô , conquer ], conqueror, victor .
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The time flew by rapidly, imperceptibly, and so it seemed as though the train were stopping at stations every minute, and metallic voices crying continually: “Is the mail ready?” “Yes!” was repeatedly coming from outside.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

On the possession of this skill depends the whole art of sophistry and all finer fallacies; for logical fallacies such as mentiens , velatus , cornatus , &c., are clearly too clumsy for actual use.
— from The World as Will and Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) by Arthur Schopenhauer

―Martin V. commissioned Cardinal Julian Cesarini to look after the Hussite controversy in the Basel Council , A.D. 1431-1449.
— from Church History, Volume 2 (of 3) by J. H. (Johann Heinrich) Kurtz

Taken in conjunction with the previous volume published last year by Mr. Edward Arnold, this instalment of “Eye-Witness’s” Narrative provides the most valuable current commentary on the events of the war in Flanders which has yet appeared.
— from Verdun to the Vosges: Impressions of the War on the Fortress Frontier of France by Gerald Campbell

Incidentally, I’m told that if man very carefully controls the breeding of certain animals over generations—dogs, cattle, chickens—he might achieve a “pure” race of animals.
— from Prehistoric Men by Robert J. (Robert John) Braidwood

My voman cry continually for him.’
— from Boyhood by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

By the time the soup had been eaten and the glasses filled with wine, the noise in the schoolroom had already become deafening, and no person of moderate vocal calibre could have heard himself speak.
— from A Bride of the Plains by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

A Portrait by John S. Sargent 139 XVI A Modern Portrait By John W. Alexander 149 XVII A Portrait of Mrs. Philip M. Lydig By I. Zuloaga 159 XVIII Mrs. Langtry (Lady de Bathe) in Evening Wrap 169 XIX Mrs. Condé Nast in Street Dress Photograph by Baron de Meyer 179 XX Mrs. Condé Nast in Evening Dress 189 XXI Mrs. Condé Nast in Garden Costume 199 XXII Mrs. Condé Nast in Fortuny Tea Gown 209 XXIII Mrs. Vernon Castle in Ball Costume 219 XXIV Mrs. Vernon Castle in Afternoon Costume--Winter 229 XXV Mrs. Vernon Castle in Afternoon Costume--Summer 239 XXVI Mrs. Vernon Castle Costumed À La Guerre for a Walk 249 XXVII Mrs. Vernon Castle--A Fantasy 259 XXVIII Modern Skating Costume--1917 Winner of Amateur Championship of Fancy Skating 269 XXIX A Modern Silhouette--1917 Tailor-Made.
— from Woman as Decoration by Emily Burbank

Dum hic maritus moritur, vxor comburitur cum marito, nisi de illo habeat sobolem cum quo viuere solet, et vilet.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 08 Asia, Part I by Richard Hakluyt

Because dey know vat it means ven capitalists come to make new governments for Russia.
— from Jimmie Higgins by Upton Sinclair