Hoc erit in votis, modus agri non ita parvus, Hortus ubi et tecto vicinus jugis aquae fons, et paulum sylvae, &c. Hor.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

It will not, I presume, have escaped observation, that it EXPRESSLY confines this supremacy to laws made PURSUANT TO THE CONSTITUTION; which I mention merely as an instance of caution in the convention; since that limitation would have been to be understood, though it had not been expressed.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

The table, at which they sat, was very long, and, Valancourt being seated, with his partner, near the bottom, and Emily near the top, the distance between them may account for his not immediately perceiving her.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Thus, measuring things in Heaven by things on Earth, At thy request, and that thou mayest beware By what is past, to thee I have revealed What might have else to human race been hid; The discord which befel, and war in Heaven Among the angelick Powers, and the deep fall Of those too high aspiring, who rebelled With Satan; he who envies now thy state, Who now is plotting how he may seduce Thee also from obedience, that, with him Bereaved of happiness, thou mayest partake His punishment, eternal misery; Which would be all his solace and revenge, As a despite done against the Most High, Thee once to gain companion of his woe.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

I would die willingly for the king, but supposing I happened to be killed on account of Mazarin, as your nephew came near being to-day, there could be nothing in Paradise, however well placed I might be there, that could console me for it.”
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

The previous children were supposed to be not in purely human form, and not to have been of Adam’s paternity.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

Nothing is permanently helpful to any race or condition of men but the spirit that is in their own hearts, kindled by the love of their native land.
— 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.

Body and soul to me was that discreet maiden: nevertheless I possess her not.
— from The Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson by Snorri Sturluson

she, her Hic, n. a snap; a trick Hiced, n. a trick, cheat Hicell, n. a long handled bill Hicio, v. to snap; to trick Hid, a. aptness to run through Hidl, a. distilling; shedding: n. a strainer, a colander Hidlaid, a. distilling, dropping; n. a distilling, a dropping Hidlion, n. droppings Hidlo, v. to distil, to run Hif, n. a skin, a surface Hifiad, n. the peeling of the skin Hifio, v. to peel off the skin Hifyn, n. the strip of skin Hiff, n. a flake; a drift Hiffiad, n. a flaking; a drifting Hiffiant, n. a drift; a foam Hiffio, v. to cast flakes; to drift Hifl, n. a gush, a spirt Hifflaid, Hifflo, to gush, to spirt Hiffliad, n. a spirting Hiffyn, n. a flake; a drift Hil, n. a fragment; emanation; produce; issue; progency Hilen, n. a bearing female Hiliad, n. a producing, a generating Hiliant, n. issue, progenry Hilig, a. procreate: n. an issue Hilio, v. to yield, to bring forth, to produce Hiogaeth, n. offspring, issue Hiliogi, v. to render prolific Hilus, a. being in particles Hilyn, n. a particle, emanation Hin, n. weather; temperature Hindda, n. fair weather Hinio, v. to change the weather Hiniog, n. a door-frame; a sill Hinon, n. serene weather Hinoni, v. to become serene Hip, n. a sudden tap Hipiad, n. a tapping, a tipping Hipio, v. to tap, to tip Hir, a. long; tedious; dilatory Hiraeth, n. longing; regret Hiraethiad, n. a longing Hiraethlon, a. full of regret Hiraethog, a. longing Hiraethol, a. longing; regretting Hiraethu, v. to long; to regret Hiraethus, a. longing; regretting Hirâu, v. to lengthen Hirbell, a. very far, distant Hirbwyll, n. deliberate caution Hirchwedl, n. a long story Hirder, n. length; longitude Hirdrig, a. of long tarrying Hirddydd, n. a long day Hireinios, n. a long life Hirfod, n. a long abiding Hirfryd, a. of even mind Hirglust, a. long eared Hirglwyf, n. long-sickness Hirglyw, a. being long eared Hirgrwn, n. a cylinder: a cylinderical Hirgul, a. long and narrow Hirgwyn, n. a long complaint Hirgylch, n. an ellipse Hirhoedl, n. longevity Hirhoedlog, a. long-lived Hiriad, n. a lengthening Hirian, n. a tall lank person Hiriannu, v. to prolong Hiriant, n. length, delay Hirio, v. to lengthen Hirlidio, v. to bear anger long Hirnos, n. a long night Hirnych, n. long affliction Hiroddef, n. longsuffering Hiroed, n. long waiting Hirwlydd, n. the maidenhair Hirtrwm, n. a fribble Hityn, n. a ragamuffin Hithau, pron.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

No, sir, not if Panchito had been entered against a field of mules.
— from The Pride of Palomar by Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne

The meaning of the name is perhaps "Hill of the Terebinths, or Wild Pistachioes," "a tree which grows abundantly in the recesses of bleak, stony, and desert mountains, e.g. about Shamákhi, about Shiraz, and in the deserts of Luristan and Lar.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

His lack of training and limited powers of expression did not indeed permit him any distinct reasoning on the matter, but the feeling was there—a dull resentment which found its only vent and satisfaction in stolid rudeness to his stepmother and the persecution of Nance and Bernel whenever occasion offered.
— from A Maid of the Silver Sea by John Oxenham

The alternators for which the new Interborough Power House are designed will deliver to the bus bars 100,000 electrical horse power.
— from The New York Subway, Its Construction and Equipment by Interborough Rapid Transit Company

Nursed in poverty, he acquired a hardiness which enabled him to sustain severe privations.
— from The Story of the Highland Regiments by Frederick Watson

Do you pack nobles into prison, have you no respect for age or services?
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 1 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz

Once the instrument had severed the glass, the portion cut away fell noiselessly into Perks' hand, so that he had no difficulty in placing his arm inside and pulling back the catch.
— from The Midnight Guest: A Detective Story by Fred M. (Fred Merrick) White

It is proper to note in passing, however, that Mr. Lincoln's reputation as a political speaker was no longer bounded by the border lines of Illinois.
— from The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete by Abraham Lincoln

The author spent six years in the land of the Tsars, studied the language, and lived with the people, and now he endeavors to show the origin and composition of the nation, its past history and present struggles, besides making minute studies of the serf system, the communes, emancipation in its methods and results, the peculiar conjunction of autocracy and democracy in the principles and practice of government, the agriculture, the religion, politics, population, and other important factors of a great empire.
— from The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

No internal parasites have been detected.
— from Life History of the Kangaroo Rat by Walter P. (Walter Penn) Taylor