In the time of Valence the Emperor, saith [6199] St. Austin, one Archidamus, a Consul of Antioch, offered a hundred pounds of gold to a fair young wife, and besides to set her husband free, who was then sub gravissima custodia , a dark prisoner, pro unius noctis concubitu : but the chaste matron would not accept of it.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

In plants under culture and placed under new conditions of life, sometimes the male organs and sometimes the female organs become more or less impotent; now if we suppose this to occur in ever so slight a degree under nature, then, as pollen is already carried regularly from flower to flower, and as a more complete separation of the sexes of our plant would be advantageous on the principle of the division of labour, individuals with this tendency more and more increased, would be continually favoured or selected, until at last a complete separation of the sexes might be effected.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

There is the testimony of the medical certificate to prove the death, and to show that it took place under natural circumstances.
— from The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins

L'une était dirigée par un nommé Carl Strong, l'autre par sa femme, et chacun, d'habitude, travaillait pour son compte.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

In plants under culture and placed under new conditions of life, sometimes the male organs and sometimes the female organs become more or less impotent; now if we suppose this to occur in ever so slight a degree under nature, then as pollen is already carried regularly from flower to flower, and as a more complete separation of the sexes of our plant would be advantageous on the principle of the division of labour, individuals with this tendency more and more increased, would be continually favoured or selected, until at last a complete separation of the sexes would be effected.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

The price of provisions underwent no change, in consequence of the abundance previously laid in.
— from The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 by Livy

And in Him, as the binding and sustaining power, universal nature coheres and consists.’
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

Raconté par un narrateur, ce mail-roman est l'histoire de Stanislas et
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

A few other words in -is have occasionally an ablative in -ī : as, anguis , snake , collis , hill , fīnis , end , postis , post , unguis , nail , &c. sors , lot , imber , shower , and lūx , light , have also -e or -ī ; supellēx , furniture , has supellēctilī or -e ; Arar has -e or -ī ; Liger , -ī or -e .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

In all difficulties it introduced the Divinity; from thence things only became more and more perplexed, until nothing could be explained.
— from The System of Nature, or, the Laws of the Moral and Physical World. Volume 2 by Holbach, Paul Henri Thiry, baron d'

Neither the old Âryan nor the Egyptian psychology is now properly understood; nor can they be assimilated, without accepting the Esoteric septenary, or, at any rate, the Vedântic quinquepartite division of the human inner principles.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

It had been observed that the most personally unattractive newt could advance to within fifty paces of a female of his acquaintance and, by some coup d'œil , bring her to a point where she would, in no uncertain terms, indicate her willingness to go through with the marriage ceremony at an early date.
— from Of All Things by Robert Benchley

And thus it continues until the advice is given successively, Ne prenez pas une noire, Car elles aiment trop à boire, Ne prenez pas une rousse, Car elles sont trop jalouses.
— from Wau-Bun: The Early Day in the Northwest by Kinzie, John H., Mrs.

But Madame Merle’s expansive presence underwent no contraction.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James

So strong, indeed, is the sentiment of modesty in our community that the old-fashioned philosophers used to maintain it was an innate instinct, always present under normal conditions.
— from Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Henry T. Finck