By this correct knowledge the illusion of the multiplicity of phenomena is dispelled, just as the illusion of a snake when there is only a rope.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

Dicimus enim et stabilito tenore firmamus amorem non posse inter duos jugales suas extendere vires, nam amantes sibi invicem gratis omnia largiuntur, nullius necessitatis ratione cogente; jugales vero mutuis tenentur ex debito voluntatibus obedire et in nullo seipsos sibi ad invicem denegare.... Hoc igitur nostrum judicium, cum nimia moderatione prolatum, et aliarum quamplurium dominarum consilio roboratum, pro indubitabili vobis sit ac veritate constanti.
— from On Love by Stendhal

It was pleasant to me to find, that Oats, the food of horses, were so much used as the food of the people in Dr. Johnson's own town.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Pardieu, I decree joy!
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Discourse concerning the Ordination of Priests," &c. This is a kind of preface, which contains the first paper that was given to the Prior, dated June 14, 1645; also another paper, bearing date July 11, 1645, but ending abruptly in the middle of a sentence, and having written below it (probably in Dr. J. Smith's hand) the following note: "The rest of this is not yet found, and that which is written thus far is not in the Bishop's own hand, but the copy is very fair."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 49, October 5, 1850 by Various

"The motion is put and carried," put in Dick just as promptly.
— from The Rover Boys In The Mountains; Or, A Hunt for Fun and Fortune by Edward Stratemeyer

Postscript in Don John's Writing 302 There are several known copies of the dispatch, the postscripts varying from one to two lines, according to the importance of the person addressed.
— from The Story of Don John of Austria by Luis Coloma

I took a dead bluebottle fly, pinned it on to a piece of cork, and put it down just in front of her.
— from The Beauties of Nature, and the Wonders of the World We Live In by Lubbock, John, Sir

put in Davy Jones.
— from The Boy Scouts in the Rockies; Or, The Secret of the Hidden Silver Mine by Carter, Herbert, active 1909-1917

And the next thing was the hissing shriek of a shell—and plump it dropped, just under one of the Natal limbers.
— from From Capetown to Ladysmith: An Unfinished Record of the South African War by G. W. (George Warrington) Steevens

to rumple, put in disorder, jask , a rag, jasket , hjasket left in disordered condition.
— from Scandinavian influence on Southern Lowland Scotch A contribution to the study of the linguistic relations of English and Scandinavian by George T. (George Tobias) Flom