et 4 ca. calls this schooling meliculosam necessitatem , and elsewhere a martyrdom, and confesseth of himself, how cruelly he was tortured in mind for learning Greek, nulla verba noveram, et saevis terroribus et poenis, ut nossem, instabatur mihi vehementer , I know nothing, and with cruel terrors and punishment I was daily compelled.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

On 16 September 1942, General Falkenhausen addressed a letter to him, from which I extract the following passage—it is Document Number 1594-PS, which I submit as Exhibit Number RF-283: “Enclosed is a list of the shootings of hostages which have taken place until now in my area and the incidents on account of which these shootings took place.
— from Trial of the Major War Criminals Before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremburg, 14 November 1945-1 October 1946, Volume 6 by Various

But the old passenger, until now immovable, made a spring more rapid than all those wild whirls.
— from The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 by Various

By and by, when her father died and her family fortune disappeared, she had then opened up her old home as a girls’ boarding school and her aristocratic connections and old name immediately made Primrose Hall both fashionable and popular, until now its mere name lent its students an assured social prestige.
— from The Ranch Girls at Boarding School by Margaret Vandercook

The existing watch shall continue to discharge its duties in the various parishes until notification is made that the new police is appointed, and then all watch-boxes, arms, etc., shall be handed over, and the present watch rates shall cease.
— from A History of Police in England by W. L. Melville (William Lauriston Melville) Lee

The pie under Northwich is made of rock salt, and on the top of the salt is a large amount of juice (or brine), and over it is the earth's crust.
— from The Harmsworth Magazine, v. 1, 1898-1899, No. 2 by Various

And well would they persuade us now, In moments all too dear, That, sinful though our hearts may be, We have our Eden here."
— from The Chainbearer; Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper

If a fellow went there and studied all the papers published up north in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Canada, he might discover a clue.
— from The Galloping Ghost A Mystery Story for Boys by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell