If this trinity be harmonious, it may yield excellent results, as in the case of the army of Silesia in 1813.
— from The Art of War by Jomini, Antoine Henri, baron de

It is mean, contemptible, rude, and ill-bred to make your entertainers regret their hospitality by betraying any such confidence; for it is as sacred a confidence as if you were bound over to silence in the most solemn manner.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society by Florence Hartley

37 Pepe Rey no gustaba de entablar vanas disputas, ni era pedante, ni alardeaba de erudito, mucho menos ante mujeres y en reuniones de confianza; pero la importuna verbosidad agresiva del canónigo necesitaba, según él, un correctivo.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Tenía Jacintito semblante agraciado y carilleno, con mejillas de rosa como una muchacha, y era rechoncho de cuerpo, de estatura pequeña, tirando un poco a pequeñísima, y sin más pelo de barba que el suave bozo que lo 5 anunciaba.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

¡Ojalá 221 se emplearan exclusivamente nuestros sabios en la contemplación de aquellas gloriosas edades, para que, penetrados de la substancia y benéfica savia de ellas los modernos tiempos, desapareciera este loco afán de mudanzas y esta ridicula manía de apropiarnos ideas extrañas, que pugnan 5 con nuestro primoroso organismo nacional.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

When Winkel, his guardian, found him not to be moved from his resolution, he told him that he threw up his guardianship from that moment Young Erasmus replied, that he took him at his word, since he was old enough now to look out for himself.
— from In Praise of Folly Illustrated with Many Curious Cuts by Desiderius Erasmus

May Your Excellency return in such health that is wished you; Persiles will be ready to kiss your hand and I your feet, being as I am, Your Excellency's most humble servant.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

'Don't make your eyes red, Oliver, but eat your food and be thankful,' said Mr. Bumble, in a tone of impressive pomposity.
— from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens

—La fama de las tortillas de Méjico y el resto de la América tropical ha llegado a este país. ¿
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

[1] se ilumina con el albor de la mañana, y entonces resaltan más esas sombras, entre las que se mecen suavemente las ramas de la selva.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

With every good wish from me and mine (should I not say 'she and hers'?) to you and yours, believe me yours ever, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
— from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson

James Tyner Mill Haven Ernestown Addington George B. Forward Milliken Markham York, E. R. W. Gorvett Millington Mara Ontario, N. R. John Harrington Mill Point Tyendinaga Hastings, S. R.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1866 by Canada. Post Office Department

It was not missing, yet each revolution seemed more labored than the one preceding it.
— from The Lost Mine of the Amazon A Hal Keen Mystery Story by Hugh Lloyd

James Tyner Mill Haven Ernestown Addington George B. Forward Milliken Markham York, E. R. W. Gorvett Millington Mara Ontario, N. R. John Harrington Mill Point Richmond Lenox James Bowen Milnesville Markham York, E. R.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1865 by Canada. Post Office Department

And now after all this, might one conjecture by a mere inspection of those several sculps, statues, and medals yet exstant, representing the heads of emperors, poets, &c. the wreaths and coronets seem to be compos’d of a more flexible and compliant species than the common bay, and more applicable to the brows, except where the ends and stalks of the tender branch were tyed together with a lemnisc or ribbon.
— from Sylva; Or, A Discourse of Forest Trees. Vol. 1 (of 2) by John Evelyn

"I should tell you, my dear baron, that when David learned from monseigneur of the proposed arrival of Cecily, he was absolutely petrified, and exclaimed, 'I hope that your royal highness will not compel me to see the monster?' 'Make yourself easy,' replied monseigneur; 'you shall not see her, but I may require her services for a particular purpose.'
— from The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6 by Eugène Sue

McDougall [57] Haysville Wilmot Waterloo, S. R. O Margaret Somerville Hazel Grove Number 22 Queen’s P E I Richard Baghall Hazledean Goulbourn Carleton O Adam Abbott Headford Markham York, E. R. O Headingly Headingly Selkirk M John Taylor Head Lake Laxton Victoria, N.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1873 by Canada. Post Office Department

Ham Ham Wolfe E. S. Darche Hamburg Fredericksburg Lenox A. D. Fraser * Hamilton Barton City of Hamilton Edmund Ritchie Hamlet Burgess, N. Lanark, S. R. Patrick Byrne Hammettsholm Markham York, E. R. James Hammett Hammond Elma Perth Jas.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1866 by Canada. Post Office Department