By treaty, not only was Venice established as the most important ally of the empire and as mistress of a large fraction of its territory, but all members of nations at war with her were prohibited from entering its limits.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Of far the greater share this takes possession, For even into love it enters, Which I might prove; but now my story centres Upon a shepherd clothed with lofty powers: The tale belongs to older times than ours.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

" All these interjections breaking from me, in that wildness of expression that justly passes for eloquence in love, drew from him all the returns my fond heart could wish or require.
— from Memoirs of Fanny Hill A New and Genuine Edition from the Original Text (London, 1749) by John Cleland

Loge "Isis Monthyon et Conscience et Volonté": "La Terreur et le Péril Fasciste en Italie, le Fascisme et la F∴-Maç∴ Italienne," impressions de notre F∴ Mazzini, de retour, après un séjour prolongé en Italie.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

And softly through the forest bars Light, lovely shapes, on glossy plumes, Float ever in, like winged stars, Amid the purpling glooms.
— from Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers by Benj. N. (Benjamin Nicholas) Martin

On the other hand, parents should promptly and vigorously object to their children being punished for errors in lessons, or struck on the head.
— from Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia: Their Causes, Symptoms, & Treatment by Isaac George Briggs

Two such polar furrows, equal in length and arranged in a cross, have again been frequently described by the embryologists.
— from On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

For the same reason, if a heap of small pieces of paper, feathers, etc., is laid on the tray, on placing upon it the electrified paper they will jump off in all directions, each being repelled by the others, in the same way as the gold leaves of the electroscope were repelled in the first experiment.
— from How to Make Electrical Machines Containing Full Directions for Making Electrical Machines, Induction Coils, Dynamos, and Many Novel Toys to Be Worked by Electricity by R. A. R. (Reginald Arthur Renaud) Bennett