The niece or daughter of Maxixcatzin received the name of Doña Elvira.
— from The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Bernal Díaz del Castillo

The victory was so narrow that the Republicans did not feel themselves strong enough for aggressive action, and the party was composed of a number of diverse elements not yet sufficiently united to agree upon a distinctive policy.
— 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

Now, I promise you never to leave her either night or day, except to bring you news.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

A number of different explanations have been offered to account for this disproportion.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Wadi′yăhĭ—A feminine name of doubtful etymology.
— from Myths of the Cherokee Extract from the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology by James Mooney

“There was so much the more reason for them to make a regulation in this matter, because they are the only people of those parts that neither allow of polygamy nor of divorces, except in the case of adultery or insufferable perverseness, for in these cases the Senate dissolves the marriage and grants the injured person leave to marry again; but the guilty are made infamous and are never allowed the privilege of a second marriage.
— from Utopia by More, Thomas, Saint

“It not only defies explanation, it’s even beyond conjecture.”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins

Signifies death of one you hold near or dear, either father, husband, brother, son, or intended.
— from Bliss, and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

Nunc ager Umbreni sub nomine, nuper Ofelli Dictus, erit nulli proprius, sed cadet in usum Nunc mihi, nunc alii.
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

At that time, however, each watchman had his beat, to leave which was neglect of duty, except with a prisoner, and then it was neglect of all the householders within the magic compass.
— from Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire by Edward Jenkins

The bully's face never expressed one feeling; so it was now: feigned indifference, coarse delight, consciousness of his own superiority... a number of different emotions were playing over his features.
— from The Jew and Other Stories by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev

Between the Blue line and the Black line there were no organised defences, except the communication trenches and [151] a few sections of fire trench connecting one communication trench with another.
— from The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 by F. W. (Frederick William) Bewsher

But unto me how sad their lays, For then I know my days are brief, 'Tis hectic flush upon my leaf; True poets then should mournful sing When the destroyer's on the wing, For then I know my leaves of gold Will all soon mingle with the mould, No one does ever think to praise The fell destroyer when he slays, None rejoice in the flushed cheek When the poor girl is low and weak, Perhaps they'll say and it is true
— from Poems of James McIntyre by James McIntyre

If the nuclei were vesicles like soap-bubbles they might burst, the one within the other; but the nucleus contains a great number of differentiated elements, the chromatic reticulated substance, the nuclear substance, the nucleoli, etc.: what becomes of all these elements during the conjugation of the two nuclei?
— from The Monist, Vol. 1, 1890-1891 by Various

"For my part," observed Madame Palffy majestically, "I have no desire to overhear anything in the nature of double entendre ."
— from The Transgression of Andrew Vane: A Novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl

Within his limitations he was an accomplished man, and before me lie not only documentary evidence of his M.D. and his legal status, but several printed pamphlets that bear
— from George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters of Borrow and His Friends by Clement King Shorter

"You will hear from my landlady that I was here on the night our dear Edgar was killed."
— from The Crimson Cryptogram: A Detective Story by Fergus Hume