The English adventurer among the Tartars, whose account of them is given by Archbishop Ivo of Narbonne, in Matthew Paris ( sub. 1243), says: "De coriis bullitis sibi arma levia quidem, sed tamen impenetrabilia coaptarunt."
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

"That would not improve my prospect," said Lydgate, rising and speaking bitterly, "even if it were a more agreeable thing in itself.
— from Middlemarch by George Eliot

[ 207 ] thence southwest, crossing Ocoee river near its mouth, passing south of Cleveland, through the present Ooltewah and across Chickamauga creek into Georgia and Alabama.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

Quibus autem rationibus hanc facultatem assequi possimus, ut hominum studia complectamur eaque teneamus, dicemus, neque ita multo post, sed pauca ante dicenda sunt.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

This news instantly made Pyotr Stepanovitch anxious.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

"Nothing is more possible," said Cacambo, "since she scours the dishes in the service of a Transylvanian prince."
— from Candide by Voltaire

He thus describes the operation of suturing the abdominal parietes: Sutura autem neque summae cutis neque interioris membranae per se satis proficit; sed utriusque: et quidem duobus linis iniicienda est, spissior quam alibi; quia et rumpi facilius motu ventris potest, et non aeque magnis inflammationibus pars ea exposita est.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

“That is not in my power,” said the genie; “I am only the Slave of the Ring; you must ask him of the lamp.”
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Now I must push straight on.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

"Oh no, indeed, Mr. Poulter," said Tom, delightedly handing him the crown-piece, and grasping the sword, which, he thought, might have been lighter with advantage.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

If their brows come well for’ard, and they seems to be lookin’ at the ground they walk on, I knows their brains is firm stuff, and in good workin’ order; but when I sees them carryin’ their noses high out o’ the water, as if they wos afeard o’ catchin’ sight o’ their own feet, and their chins elewated so that a little boy standin’ in front o’ them couldn’t see their faces nohow, I make pretty sure that t’other end is filled with a sort o’ mush that’s fit only to think o’ dress and dancing.”
— from The World of Ice by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

I therefore do denounce all amorous writing, Except in such a way as not to attract; Plain—simple—short, and by no means inviting, But with a moral to each error tacked, Formed rather for instructing than delighting, And with all passions in their turn attacked; Now, if my Pegasus should not be shod ill, This poem will become a moral model.
— from The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 6 by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

Now, it may perhaps seem to some readers that as the other men had been disposed of so summarily, it was strange that Erling the Bold should be so long in dispatching this one; but for our hero’s credit, we must point out several facts which may have perhaps been overlooked.
— from Erling the Bold by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne

But the weekly offertory is quite a novelty in most places still.
— from The Vicar of Morwenstow: Being a Life of Robert Stephen Hawker, M.A. by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Then I dug my nails into my palms, standing very still there, and tried to breathe.
— from Anthony the Absolute by Samuel Merwin

Sed in supradicto casali intellexi, quod Talas erat post nos iuxta montes per sex dietas.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 02 by Richard Hakluyt