Then where the stream that swiftly flowed A pure pellucid shallow showed, The funeral drops they duly shed, And “Father, this be thine,” they said.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

"It is a dull place, Phoebe," she said, "though it doesn't do to say so to my dear old husband.
— from Lady Audley's Secret by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

It is not necessary that the spoiled, pampered pet should say this; any child has this prejudiced attitude.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

Adj. affected, full of affectation, pretentious, pedantic, stilted, stagy, theatrical, big-sounding, ad captandum; canting, insincere. not natural, unnatural; self-conscious; maniere; artificial; overwrought, overdone, overacted; euphuist &c. 577.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Proof.—A man, for instance Peter, can be the cause of Paul's feeling pain, because he (Peter) possesses something similar to that which Paul hates (III. xvi.), or because Peter has sole possession of a thing which Paul also loves (III. xxxii.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

nauta pecûnia puella pugna sagitta silva terra tuba via victôria Adjectives alta bona clâra grâta lâta longa magna mala nova parva pulchra sôla Verbs amat dat est habitat labôrat laudat nârrat necat nûntiat parat portat pugnat sunt vocat Prepositions Pronouns Adverbs Conjunctions Interrogative Particle â or ab ad cum dê ê or ex in
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

"You have quite forgotten us, Pyotr Petrovitch," she said to Byelokurov as she shook hands with him.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

‘You have such strong passions, Parfen,’ she said, ‘that they’d have taken you to Siberia in no time if you had not, luckily, intelligence as well.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Poor Polly sighed: she thought what she should do if young Mr. Tomkins, at the surgery, who always looked at her so at church, and who, by those mere aggressive glances had put her timorous little heart into such a flutter that she was ready to surrender at once,—what she should do if he were to die?
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

[58] The vote was as follows: Ayes: Messrs. Bohnett, Callan, Cattell, Cogswell, Collum, Costar, Flavelle, Gerdes, Gibbons, Gillis, Hinkle, Holmquist, Irwin, Johnson of Placer, Juilliard, Kehoe, Maher, Mendenhall, Odom, Otis, Polsley, Preston, Sackett, Stuckenbruck, Telfer, Whitney, Wilson, Wyllie and Young - 29.
— from Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909 by Franklin Hichborn

Similarly from: ákap, alìs, bálot, díne, díto, dulàs, doòn, haràp, kublì, kulòŋ, lákad, lugmòk, padpàd, panhìk, sakày, sísid, tabì, tágoʾ, tayòʾ, tirà, tuŋtòŋ .
— from Tagalog Texts with Grammatical Analysis by Leonard Bloomfield

Our author argues against the supposition of the "breeding of birds by trees," which, he says, is as absurd as to believe that an elm tree can yield pears; and he charitably suggests that the expression is, perhaps, a manière de dire , a popular phrase, signifying simply that trees harbor birds.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

If a night attack or close approach by the enemy is expected, troops in a prepared position should strengthen the outguards and firing line and construct as numerous and effective obstacles as possible.
— from Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by United States. War Department

VEGETABLES.—Beetroot, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, celery, chervil, cresses, cucumbers (forced), endive, lettuces, parsnips, potatoes, savoys, spinach, turnips,—various herbs.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

“Nihil,” writes St. Augustine, “est ordinatum quod non sit pulchrum.” “Pulchra,” says St. Thomas, “dicuntur quae visa placent; unde pulchrum in debita proportione consistit” ( Summa Theol.
— from Ontology, or the Theory of Being by P. (Peter) Coffey