Vides venustam mulierem, fulgidum habentem oculum, vultu hilari coruscantem, eximium quendam aspectum et decorem praese ferentem, urentem mentem tuam, et concupiscentiam agentem; cogita terram esse id quod amas, et quod admiraris stercus, et quod te urit, &c., cogita illam jam senescere jam rugosam cavis genis, aegrotam; tantis sordibus intus plena est, pituita, stercore; reputa quid intra nares, oculos, cerebrum gestat, quas sordes, &c. 5744 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Do you suppose that an ideal figure conjured up by her own fancy could, in a perfectly sound, healthy woman of my age, so happy in her children, so busy & content, practical, earnest, produce such real & tremendous effect—saturating her whole life, colouring every waking moment—filling her with such joys, such pains that the strain of them has been well nigh too much
— from The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman

The great zeal with which the new master continued his propaganda, and the marvellous way in which subjects the most diverse, passing events, political, social, religious, were caught up and turned into arguments for, or proof of the truth of naturalism astonished me wholly.
— from Confessions of a Young Man by George Moore

O. W. J. "Navita Erythræum," &c. —Running the risk of being smiled at for my ignorance, I wish to have a reference to the following lines: "Navita Erythræum pavidus qui navigat æquor, In proræ et puppis summo resonantia pendet Tintinnabula; eo sonitu prægrandia Cete, Balenas, et monstra marina a navibus arcet."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

He was the calmest of those present, except perhaps Silas Rocket.
— from The One-Way Trail: A story of the cattle country by Ridgwell Cullum

Parmi ces interlocuteurs, Socrate lui-même, le plus naturel et le plus ordinaire interprète de la pensée de son disciple, use fort souvent des libertés de cette forme toute dramatique, pour se jouer dans les distinctions subtiles, pour exagérer certains arguments, pour couper court à une discussion embarrassante, au moyen de quelque plaisanterie, et pour se retirer d’un débat sans conclure; en un mot, il a — ou, ce qui est plus vrai, Platon a, sous son nom — des opinions de circonstance et des ruses de dialectique , à travers lesquelles il est souvent difficile de retrouver le fond sérieux de sa doctrine.
— from Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume 1 by George Grote

The following highly valuable testimonials are from President Edwards , Professor Stuart , Rev. Dr. Woods , and Professor Emerson , of the Andover Theological Seminary .
— from A Disquisition on the Evils of Using Tobacco and the Necessity of Immediate and Entire Reformation by Orin Fowler

Faced with high rates of inflation, however, the government began to reform in mid-1994, by introducing tighter monetary policies, expanding privatization, slightly reducing the role of the state in the economy, and improving the environment for foreign investors.
— from The 2000 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The level plains, (excepting perhaps, such regions as the Arabian deserts of sand) would appear of a somewhat darker color than the more elevated and mountainous regions, as we find to be the case on the surface of the moon.
— from Scientific American magazine Vol 2. No. 3 Oct 10 1846 The Advocate of Industry and Journal of Scientific, Mechanical and Other Improvements by Various