And then I surely heard a priestly voice Cry Subvenite ; and they knelt in prayer.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

[Pg viii] CONTENTS STAVE ONE—MARLEY'S GHOST 3 STAVE TWO—THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS 37 STAVE THREE—THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS 69 STAVE FOUR—THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 111 STAVE FIVE—THE END OF IT 137 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR
— from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The panchāyat (village council) system is in vogue, but, in some places, a headman is selected, as occasion requires.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston

Es desolador ver que tantas personas están dispuestas a hacer estas películas voluntariamente, como si se tratase de un rito de iniciación.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

Up by three, and going by four on my way to London; but the day proves very cold, so that having put on no stockings but thread ones under my boots, I was fain at Bigglesworth to buy a pair of coarse woollen ones, and put them on.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Second Invasion of Britain, 54 B.C. Cassivellaunus, omni deposita spe contentionis , dimissis amplioribus copiis, milibus circiter quattuor essedariorum relictis itinera nostra servabat: paulumque ex via excedebat locisque impeditis ac silvestribus sese occultabat, atque eis regionibus quibus 5 nos iter facturos cognoverat pecora atque homines ex agris in silvas compellebat; et cum equitatus noster liberius praedandi vastandique causa se in agros eiecerat, omnibus viis semitisque essedarios ex silvis emittebat; et magno cum periculo nostrorum 10 equitum cum eis confligebat atque hoc metu latius vagari prohibebat.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Acori, Veri, Perigrini, vulgaris, &c. See Calamus Aromaticus .
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

[948] Me primigenii Phryges Pessinuntiam nominant Deûm Matrem: hinc Autochthones Attici Cecropiam Minervam: illinc fluctuantes Cyprii Paphiam Venerem: Cretes sagittiferi Dictynnam Dianam.
— from A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Jacob Bryant

[116] ingenii magnitudine aut praeclara eruditione atque doctrina aut utraque re ornati spatium etiam deliberandi habuerunt, quem potissimum vitae cursum sequi vellent; in qua deliberatione ad suam cuiusque naturam consilium est omne revocandum.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The color of the plastering varies considerably, sometimes showing red, often yellow or white, depending on the different colored sand or mud employed.
— from Antiquities of the Mesa Verde National Park: Cliff Palace by Jesse Walter Fewkes

Heard that the King's warrant had issued to Sir James Coventry, under date of July 23, to prepare a Patent for the Council for the Affairs of New England to supersede the Plymouth Virginia Company, Sir Ferdinando Gorges and Sir Robert Rich the Earl of Warwick among the Patentees.
— from The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Volume 6 by Azel Ames

The title is as follows: Æschyli P. V. cum Stanl.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 139, June 26, 1852 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

Yes, Diego,—since thou obligest me to say it in its harshness, I do so, and I glory for her in every contemptuous word I use!—The woman I speak of was but a poor Venetian courtesan; some drab's child, sold to the Infidels as to the Christians; and my cruel pirate master's—shall we say?—mistress.
— from Limbo, and Other Essays; To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee

His nerves are naturally acutely sensitive, and the present very critical state of his health has exaggerated sensitiveness into irritability.
— from Charlotte Brontë and Her Circle by Clement King Shorter

He announced the proposition afterwards established by the Supreme Court, that, as the Constitution proprio vigore carried slavery into all the Territories, neither the territorial legislatures nor Congress itself had power to interfere with the right of holding slaves within them.
— from The Life of Stephen A. Douglas by William Gardner

ut fidem hosti datam conservaret non duos Scipiones, qui iter Poenis vel corporibus suis obstruere voluerunt, non avum tuum L. Paulum, qui morte luit collegae in Cannensi ignominia temeritatem, non M. Marcellum, cuius interitum ne crudelissimus quidem hostis honore sepulturae carere passus est, sed legiones nostras, quod scripsi in Originibus, in eum locum saepe profectas alacri animo et erecto, unde se redituras numquam arbitrarentur.
— from Cato Maior de Senectute with Introduction and Notes by Marcus Tullius Cicero

And then poor Virginia, courageous, strong-minded, kind-hearted, passionate Virginia, having sustained the frightful nervous strain till the last moment, swayed, and sank to the floor in a swoon.
— from An Oregon Girl: A Tale of American Life in the New West by Alfred Ernest Rice