And what have I to give you back whose worth May counterpoise this rich and precious gift? DON PEDRO.
— from Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare

In my relation to the Faculty of Letters of the University of Rennes, I shall always remember the friendly individual assistance offered to me there during the year 1908-9 by Professor Joseph Loth, then Dean in that University, but now of the College of France, in Paris, particularly with respect to Brythonic mythology, philology, and archaeology; by Professor Georges Dottin, particularly with respect to Gaelic matters; and by Professor Anatole Le Braz, whose continual good wishes towards my work have been a constant source of inspiration since our first meeting during March 1908, especially in my investigation of La Légende de la Mort , and of the related traditions and living folk-beliefs in Brittany—Brittany with its haunted ground of Carnac, home of the ancient Brythonic Mysteries.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

We find elsewhere, perhaps, greater delicacy phrase, greater softness and harmony of language; but imaginative grace, and in the store of pointed wit, I do not think he has been surpassed; and we should take the account that he made these things neither his occupation nor his study, and that he scarcely took a pen in his hand more than once a year, as is shown by the very slender quantity of his remains.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Richard de Wilehale, 1295, confirmed to Paul Butelar this house and edifices in the parish of St. Michael Paternoster church and St. John’s upon Walbrooke, which sometime Lawrens Gisors and his son Peter Gisors did possess, and afterward Hugonis de Hingham, and lieth between the tenement of the said Richard towards the south, and the lane called Horseshew bridge towards the north, and between the way called Paternoster church on the west, and the course of Walbrooke on the east, paying yearly one clove of Gereflowers at Easter, and to the prior and convent of St. Mary Overy six shillings.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

In the small bay at Salamis,—and yet, the page grows dim, p. 197
— from Poems, with The Ballad of Reading Gaol by Oscar Wilde

In Wales there are processions, grand dinners; places of business are closed; the poor are banqueted; speeches are made and songs are sung.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

ON NE PEUT PAS SIFFLER QUAND ON BÂILLE Zaïre, tragédie de Voltaire, ne fut point goûtée du public à sa première représentation, et l'auteur en était fort mécontent.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

On the summit, in what was regarded as an impregnable position, Gregorio del Pilar, little more than a boy, but a [ 304 ] brigadier-general, with a small force of soldiers, the remnant of his command, attempted to cover the retreat of his president.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I Produced by Juliet Sutherland and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders HUNG LOU MENG, BOOK I OR, THE DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER, A CHINESE NOVEL IN TWO BOOKS BY CAO XUEQIN
— from Hung Lou Meng, or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel, Book I by Xueqin Cao

Gifford Pinchot David R. Porter George D. Porter Perry Edwards Powell Frederic B. Pratt George D. Pratt Frank Presbrey G. Barrett Rich, Jr. Jacob A. Riis Clarence C. Robinson Edgar M. Robinson Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Lincoln E. Rowley Oliver J. Sands Dr. D. A. Sargent Henry B. Sawyer Mortimer L. Schiff Charles Scribner George L. Sehon Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver Selfridge Jefferson Seligman Jesse Seligman Ernest Thompson Seton Samuel Shuman Rear Admiral Charles Dwight Sigsbee William F. Slocum Fred.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Learned, Marion D.: The Pennsylvania German Dialect, Part
— from The American Language A Preliminary Inquiry into the Development of English in the United States by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 E-text prepared by Joshua Hutchinson, Tonya Allen, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 A Magazine Of Literature, Art, And Politics by Various

For the present, goodbye, dear Princess," said Johann, with his heart in his voice.
— from Joan of the Sword Hand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The sad Fall days, like maidens auburn‑tressed And amber‑eyed, in purple garments dressed, Passed by, and dropped their tears upon the tomb Of fair Queen Summer, buried in her bloom.
— from Maurine and Other Poems by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

L. von Pastor: Geschichte der Päpste seit dem Ausgang des Mittelalters .
— from The Age of the Reformation by Preserved Smith

The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories E-text prepared by Paul Murray, Charles Bidwell, and Project Gutenberg Distributed Proofreaders THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
— from The Country of the Blind, and Other Stories by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

OLD MORALITY promptly gave desired pledge.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, December 20, 1890 by Various

Meanwhile the prince gave daily proofs of daring almost beyond human, and always in honor of her.
— from The Deluge: An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. Vol. 2 (of 2) by Henryk Sienkiewicz