Aquí no vienen casi nunca soldados de los Madriles; cuando han estado, 10 todos los días corría la sangre, porque Caballuco les buscaba camorra por un no y por un sí.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

When she had a longing to share her transports, she used to come into my study and say in an imploring tone: “Nikolay Stepanovitch, do let me talk to you about the theatre!”
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Sempre a quel ver c'ha faccia di menzogna de' l'uom chiuder le labbra fin ch'el puote, pero` che sanza colpa fa vergogna; ma qui tacer nol posso; e per le note di questa comedia, lettor, ti giuro, s'elle non sien di lunga grazia vote, ch'i' vidi per quell'aere grosso e scuro venir notando una figura in suso, maravigliosa ad ogne cor sicuro, si` come torna colui che va giuso talora a solver l'ancora ch'aggrappa o scoglio o altro che nel mare e` chiuso, che 'n su` si stende, e da pie` si rattrappa.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

La nuna senco de la vorto, facile trovebla en anglaj vortaroj ( dictionaries ), devenas de la jena greka kutimo: Sepdek jarojn antaŭ ol vivadis Sokrato, oni faris strangan leĝon en lia urbo.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

y mi hijo será el nieto de los Tinieblas ... que tenemos un tenebrario en nuestra casta, y nunca saldremos de la obscuridad, ni poseeremos un pedazo de terruño donde decir: "esto es mío," ni trasquilaremos 10 una oveja propia, ni ordenaremos jamás una cabra propia, ni meteré mis manos hasta el codo en un saco de trigo trillado y aventado en nuestras eras... todo esto a causa de su
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

Never see de like since I was born, Here come a little gal wid a josey on.
— from Twelve Years a Slave Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, from a Cotton Plantation near the Red River in Louisiana by Solomon Northup

She would not, she declared, lose money that belonged to her fatherless boy; “If none of the rest of you dare,” she said, “Jim and I dare.
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

+ scēad (ā) n. separation, distinction , LkL : discretion, understanding, argument , Æ ; CP: reason , ÆP 142 11 : reckoning, account , Mt : accuracy .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

“Though they now seem dead, let them touch but her head, Each hair shall the life-moisture fill; Nor shall malice nor spell
— from Myths of the Norsemen: From the Eddas and Sagas by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

"With everything thus in readiness, we steamed on in silence, except for the stroke of the engines and the beat of the paddle-floats, which in the calm of the night seemed distressingly loud; all hands were on deck, crouching behind the bulwarks, and we on the bridge, namely, the captain, the pilot, and I, were straining our eyes into the darkness.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 02 (of 15), American (2) by Charles Morris

"No, she died long ago; but her story is still told on the plantation and in the neighborhood.
— from Fifteen Days: An Extract from Edward Colvil's Journal by Mary Lowell Putnam

“I fear nothing!” said Donatello, looking into her unfathomable eyes with perfect trust.
— from The Marble Faun; Or, The Romance of Monte Beni - Volume 1 by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The further advances in a yeast culture and in our knowledge of the agencies of fermentation have, however, tended to show that no strict dividing lines can be drawn.
— from Bacteria Especially as they are related to the economy of nature, to industrial processes, and to the public health by Newman, George, Sir

"And while I was making this prayer, traversing the wood, which was very thick and matted with briars and thorns, beneath the large trees where there was neither any road nor path, scarcely had I trailed my way half an hour, when I heard a noise like men weeping and groaning near me; and advancing in the name of God, and in the confidence of His succor, I discovered one of our people, named Sieur de la Blonderie, and a little behind him another, named Maitre Robert, well known to us all, because he had in charge the prayers at the fort.
— from The Spaniards in Florida Comprising the Notable Settlement of the Huguenots in 1564, and the History and Antiquities of St. Augustine, Founded A.D. 1565 by George R. (George Rainsford) Fairbanks

"Nella strada della Licatia vi è una chiesetta mal fornita, ove suole annidarsi uno dei romiti girovagi, ed anni sono vi abitava uno di barba e pelo rosso, che si procacciava il vitto colle spontanee limosine de' passaggieri, conforme a tutti i suoi antecessori.
— from Charles Tyrrell; or, The Bitter Blood. Volumes I and II by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

Et je marche, à présent, fier et heureux, par de nouveaux sentiers, Dans le royaume estival de la grâce....
— from Wagner at Home by Judith Gautier

“‘I don’t care what you has if you’ll only go away out o’ dis now,’ ses de ladybird.
— from Old Hendrik's Tales by Arthur Owen Vaughan

Some new knights were created on this occasion by the constable, from the country of Picardy, namely, Sausse de Lalain and Robert de Neufville, with others of the French.
— from The Chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Vol. 07 [of 13] Containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy, of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English, their expulsion thence, and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries by Enguerrand de Monstrelet

It was a narrow street, dimly lighted, with huge warehouses on both sides.
— from The Unknown Wrestler by H. A. (Hiram Alfred) Cody