Included are Leeds and Staffordshire examples of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries; a Sino-Lowestoft pot of the eighteenth-nineteenth centuries; an Italian ( capodimonte ) pot of the eighteenth century; German pots of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries; a Vienna coffee pot of the eighteenth century; a French ( La Seine ) coffee pot of 1774–1793, a Sèvres pot of 1792–1804; and a Spanish eighteenth-century coffee pot decorated in copper luster.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

Next twin brothers leave Tibur town, and the people called by their brother Tiburtus' name, Catillus and valiant Coras, the Argives, and advance in the forefront of battle among the throng of spears: as when two cloud-born Centaurs descend from a lofty mountain peak, leaving Homole or snowy Othrys in rapid race; the mighty forest yields before them as they go, and the crashing thickets give them way.
— from The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil

cupiō , studeō ; dēbeō ; cōgitō , meditor , statuō , cōnstituō , dēcernō , parō ; cōnor , nītor , contendō ; audeō ; vereor ; cunctor , dubitō , festīnō , mātūrō , īnstituō , coepī , incipiō , pergō , persevērō , dēsinō , dēsistō , omittō , supersedeō , neglegō , nōn cūrō ; soleō , adsuēscō , cōnsuēscō ; discō , sciō , nesciō , recordor , meminī , oblīvīscor ; videor .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Now Caecilius, a voluminous critic, certainly lived not later than Plutarch, who speaks of him with a sneer.
— from On the Sublime by active 1st century Longinus

This was my reception, which I believe you will not call a very cordial one.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

A disconcerting accident like this in a play like the 'Son of the Night' does not cut any vital current of sympathy, for this is a quality to which the piece could make no claim.
— from A Book About the Theater by Brander Matthews

Madame c'est aujourdhui votre fete, C'est aussi celle de nos coeurs; A vous chanter chacun s'apprete!
— from The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 by Various

The style is freer, and these new combinations are very charming, although they must undoubtedly have been fatal stumbling blocks to the fingers of a pianist trained in Dussek and Hünten.
— from A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews

Nor are the numberless commentators and voluminous comments, agreeing or conflicting, ingenious or absurd, a mean proof of our assertion!
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 08, October, 1868, to March, 1869. by Various

That Dodge, however, still had hopes of being able to hold on was proved by the fact that he was now conducting a vigorous campaign for election to the class presidency.
— from Dick Prescott's First Year at West Point; Or, Two Chums in the Cadet Gray by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

“The Burgomaster’s Breakfast” had been sold to a new customer, a venerable connoisseur, blessed with a great fortune and a large picture-gallery.
— from A Rogue's Life by Wilkie Collins

After a brief interval, she said, in a tolerably quiet tone, "I am afraid you have not chosen a very comfortable seat.
— from Fairy Fingers A Novel by Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie