“Whatever your reasons may be, you are perfectly correct,” said she.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

to dispose oneself, endeavour, S, C, PP, S3; shape , PP; schop , pt. s. , S, S2; shop , S; shoop , C2; scop , S; sop , S; schope , S2; shope , S2, H; schapen , pp. , C; shapen , S, S2, C2; shape , C2; y-schape , S2; yshapen , C2; yshape , C3.—AS. sceapan , pt. scóp ( scéop ), pp. sceapen .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

For as Forrestus and Hollerius contend, if [2647] they be black, it proceeds from abundance of natural melancholy; if it proceed from cares, agony, discontents, diet, exercise, &c., they may be as well of any other colour: red, yellow, pale, as black, and yet their whole blood corrupt: praerubri colore saepe sunt tales, saepe flavi , (saith [2648] Montaltus cap.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

It soared, a bird, it held its flight, a swift pure cry, soar silver orb it leaped serene, speeding, sustained, to come, don’t spin it out too long long breath he breath long life, soaring high, high resplendent, aflame, crowned, high in the effulgence symbolistic, high, of the etherial bosom, high, of the high vast irradiation everywhere all soaring all around about the all, the endlessnessnessness... — To me!
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

"It is pretty, certainly," she said.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

pl. cattle, S; see Neet .
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Peu à peu, le petit Chose se sentit moins timide.
— from Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) by Alphonse Daudet

Justitia ,—to be just to all men, without fear or favor, lenient to our enemies, rigid and unyielding, if need be, to our friends; putting aside personal considerations, striving so far as in us lies to be impartial, merciful in the face of prejudice, relentless in that of conviction—fair!
— from The Lieutenant-Governor: A Novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl

In "The Courtier," l. 1, for 'liu'd' the MS. reads 'serued': l. 4, "from them that fall" for "such as fall": l. 5, "my" for "a rich array": in the "Divine," l. 1, "one cure doth me contente" for "and I from God am sent": l. 3, "true kinde" for "kind true": l. 5, "Nor followe princes' Courts" for "Much wealth I will not seeke ": "The Souldier," l. 6, "brag" for "boast": "The Physitian," l. 1, "prolonge" for "vphold" and "life" for "state": l. 2, "I" for "me" ( bis ): l. 6, "time & youth" for "youth and time": "The Lawyer," l. 1, "My practice is the law" for "the Law my calling is": ll. 5-6, [Pg cxx] "Some say I haue good gifts, and love where I doe take Yet never tooke I fee, but I advisd or spake," for "Nor counsell did bewray, nor of both parties take, Nor euer tooke I fee for which I neuer spake."
— from The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 1 of 2. by Davies, John, Sir

Conceivably man may presently contrive some sort of earthworm apparatus, so that he could go through the rocks prospecting very much as an earthworm goes through the soil, excavating in front and dumping behind, but, to put it moderately, there are considerable difficulties.
— from An Englishman Looks at the World Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

"Nous sommes des Messieurs Anglais qui désirent passer d'ici jusqu'à notre jhat," replied P——. "Certainement;" so saying, a second time the officer raised his cap, and, turning to two serjeants who had followed him from the guard-room, gave directions that the gates should be unlocked, and we passed unmolested through.
— from A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross

"The lovely lass of Inverness, Nae joy nor pleasure can she see, For e'en and morn she cries, alas!
— from The Spell of Scotland by Keith Clark

It is said that this man is a murderer Mamomono man quining tao, cono People say that the war is over Natapus na, cono, ang guerra Somebody says you are a proud man Dunay namulong ng̃a palabilabihon ca Somebody says that your daughter went not to school Dunay nagsuguilon ng̃a ang anac
— from Mga Paquigpulong sa Iningles ug Binisaya by Gregorio de Santiago Vela

To you who live now so long under them, have not the aged gentlemen perhaps confided some secrets of their inner life, to which I could give expression on their empty faces?"
— from Klytia: A Story of Heidelberg Castle by Adolf Hausrath