In general present statements, antequam and priusquam regularly introduce the perfect indicative or the present subjunctive: as, membrīs ūtimur priusquam didicimus cuius ea causā ūtilitātis habeāmus , Fin.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

In truth we have only shown that the particular relations, in the matter of length, breadth, number of nails, etc., agree, and hence we regard the positive part of the evidence as sufficient and neglect the whole troublesome negative part, which might establish the fact that at the time and in the region in question, nobody was or could be whose foot could accurately fit that particular footprint.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

A certain German, named Peter Morris, having made an artificial forcier for that purpose, conveyed Thames water in pipes of lead over the steeple of St. Magnus church, at the north end of London Bridge, and from thence into divers men’s houses in Thames street, New Fish street, and Grasse street, up to the north-west corner of Leaden hall, the highest ground of all the city, where the waste of the main pipe rising into this standard, provided at the charges of the city, with four spouts did at every tide run (according to covenant) four ways, plentifully serving to the commodity of the inhabitants near adjoining in their houses, and also cleansed the channels of the street towards Bishopsgate, Aldgate, the bridge, and the Stockes’ market.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

The dear ideas where I fly pursue, Rise in the grove, before the altar rise, Stain all my soul, and wanton in my eyes.
— from Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix'd a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes by Héloïse

Not indeed, forever, strictly speaking this lasts only while it may be assumed that the food partaken remains in the body.
— from Totem and Taboo Resemblances Between the Psychic Lives of Savages and Neurotics by Sigmund Freud

In the Wood THAT same Thursday morning, as Arthur Donnithorne was moving about in his dressing-room seeing his well-looking British person reflected in the old-fashioned mirrors, and stared at, from a dingy olive-green piece of tapestry, by Pharaoh's daughter and her maidens, who ought to have been minding the infant Moses, he was holding a discussion with himself, which, by the time his valet was tying the black silk sling over his shoulder, had issued in a distinct practical resolution.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

There was a tolerably numerous party ready, in times so dangerous, to attach t
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

[ 2 ] At most, the command laid upon us by science to believe nothing not yet verified by the senses is a prudential rule intended to maximize our right thinking and minimize our errors in the long run .
— from The Will to Believe, and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James

in the mean time I wrote a note to Capt. Clark informing him of the occurrences which had taken place, recommending it to him to halt at this place untill my return and informing him of the rout I had taken which from the information of the men on their return seemed to be in favour of the S W or Left hand fork which is reather the smallest.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The salons were filled with the most beautiful women in Paris, resplendent in their toilettes, and radiant with smiles.
— from Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

Consult the articles on potash salts and phosphate rock in the latest volume of "Mineral Resources of the United States," Part II Non-Metals (published free by the U.S. Geological Survey).
— from Creative Chemistry: Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries by Edwin E. (Edwin Emery) Slosson

As the lochia is secreted from the internal surface of the uterus, it will [Pg 197] continue to accumulate in this cavity and that of the vagina so long as the patient remains in the horizontal posture, the direction of the vagina preventing its spontaneous escape: it will, therefore, be desirable to favour its discharge by occasionally altering the position of the patient, and thus prevent its becoming offensive, which it would readily do from the temperature at which it is kept by the surrounding parts, from being in contact with the external air, and from its muco-sanguineous character.
— from A System of Midwifery by Edward Rigby

Roses drop their petals round; In the air a sweet perfume; Till time no longer baffles sound— Eternal love hath burst its bloom!
— from The Loom of Life by Cotton Noe

We shall soon see a curious phenomenon in the progressive rise in the cost of meat.
— from The Village Rector by Honoré de Balzac

So there ought to be some particular reason in the nature of sacred things, which causes this exceptional isolation and mutual exclusion.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

She clasped his hand in both of her own soft, warm palms, raised it to her lips, kissed it, and held it there, and for nearly half an hour there was no sound in the room.
— from The Heatherford Fortune a sequel to the Magic Cameo by Sheldon, Georgie, Mrs.

It was inconsistent with Russia's desire for war, while Austria was anxious to please Russia in the west, so long as she remained pacific in the east.
— from The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by John Knight Fotheringham

If, then, they saved this country, as Mr. Pitt asserted, it was by preventing risings in the counties where they were stationed.
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 2 (of 3) by Horace Walpole

Pope, always sore about theatrical matters, describes this manager’s pompousness in the Dunciad (book iii.):— “At ease ’Midst storm of paper fierce hail of pease, And proud his mistress’ order to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.”
— from Haunted London by Walter Thornbury