I had expected some extravagant proposition, and remained silent awhile, collecting my thoughts that I might the better combat her fanciful scheme.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Paul was a prisoner at Rome shortly after Caractacus, the British Chief, whose daughter, Claudia, married Pudens, both friends of the Apostle (2 Tim.
— from Highways and Byways in Sussex by E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas

Whatever the consequence of this investigation might in particular cases be, the very fact that it had been demanded, that the right of the existing, as such , was denied, that the authority of tradition was subjected to that of critical reason—this betokened a new epoch in the world's history, and opened out possibilities of hitherto undreamed-of progress in politics and religion, State and Church, material and spiritual culture.
— from The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various

A great and solemn hush pervaded all ranks, sexes, and classes.
— from A Terrible Secret: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming

Soil, position, and tillage may all be made to bear with marked effect on this plant, as regards size and colour of flowers and season of bloom.
— from Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies. by J. G. (John George) Wood

"Uncle Remus's sayings on current happenings are very shrewd and bright, and the plantation and revival songs are choice specimens of their sort."— Boston Journal.
— from The Jews of Barnow: Stories by Karl Emil Franzos

But the passing of a hundred years brought no relief, concessions granted to others were still denied to the children of those who had been the first “protestants” against religious slavery and corruption, and in 1722 a small company of descendants of the ancient Unitas Fratrum slipped over the borders of Moravia, and went to Saxony, Nicholas Lewis, Count Zinzendorf, having given them permission to sojourn on his estates until they could find suitable homes elsewhere.
— from The Moravians in Georgia, 1735-1740 by Adelaide L. (Adelaide Lisetta) Fries

quod picturatas galeae Iunonia cristas 575 ornet avis vel quod rigidos vibrata per armos rubra sub aurato crispentur serica dorso.
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus