PIECES OF EIGHT, Spanish coin: piastre equal to eight reals.
— from Every Man in His Humor by Ben Jonson

There, try his mettle on the creed, An' bind him down wi' caution, That stipend is a carnal weed He taks by for the fashion; And gie him o'er the flock, to feed, And punish each transgression; Especial, rams that cross the breed, Gie them sufficient threshin; Spare them nae day.
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Puis, sur le plan juridique, il y a eu l'affaire Microsoft (qui n'est pas encore terminée en raison des appels).
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

A special revelation dispensed him from the laws which he had imposed on his nation: the female sex, without reserve, was abandoned to his desires; and this singular prerogative excited the envy, rather than the scandal, the veneration, rather than the envy, of the devout Mussulmans.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

He despatched a private envoy to Egmont, representing the grave suspicions manifested by the Duchess in sending Duke Eric into Holland, and proposing that means should be taken into consideration for obviating the dangers with which the country was menaced.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1566-74) by John Lothrop Motley

By all who are interested in the study of early German Poetry and Literature, the name of Von der Hagen must be gratefully remembered for the many curious and valuable works which he has published, sometimes under his sole editorship, at others, in conjunction with Busching, Primisser, &c. But far exceeding in interest any which he has before given to the press, especially to English readers, is one which we received some time since from Messrs. Williams and Norgate, but have only recently had an opportunity of examining.
— from Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 101, October 4, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

"But as the visit was paid especially to Emma," rejoined Elizabeth, "it is quite impossible that she should give up to you.
— from The Younger Sister: A Novel, Vol. I. by Mrs. (Catherine-Anne Austen) Hubback

Strengthening plaster ; Emplastrum thuris , E. roborans , L. Prep.
— from Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II by Richard Vine Tuson

The whole tone of my book is to urge with all possible emphasis the exact reverse of such a doctrine; to urge that the morality which has been by our necessities developed in the society of individuals must also be applied to the society of nations as that society becomes by virtue of our development more interdependent.
— from The Great Illusion A Study of the Relation of Military Power to National Advantage by Norman Angell

Experience teaches you that you can break the threads of the web of thought, arrest the procession of the grand and beautiful, and throw discord into harmony: and where power exists, there exists responsibility.
— from Model Women by William Anderson

It is evident, painfully evident to every reflecting mind, that the means of living, for colored men, are becoming more and more precarious and limited.
— from The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 A History of the Education of the Colored People of the United States from the Beginning of Slavery to the Civil War by Carter Godwin Woodson