Pompeius, 10 consul me praesente, cum essem tiro in eius exercitu, cum P. Vettio Scatone, duce Marsorum, inter bina castra collocutus est. . . .
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

H2 anchor Chapter 9 TWO PLACES VACATED Set down by the omnibus at the corner of Saint Mary Axe, and trusting to her feet and her crutch-stick within its precincts, the dolls' dressmaker proceeded to the place of business of Pubsey and Co.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

Philip VI., surnamed de Valois , a more astute politician than his predecessor, felt the necessity of gaining the affections of the people by sparing their private fortunes.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

“Are you working?” asks Pavel Vassilitch, sitting down to the table and yawning.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

And yet there is no remedy; whoever will breed a boy to be good for anything when he comes to be a man, must by no means spare him when young, and must very often transgress the rules of physic: “Vitamque sub dio, et trepidis agat In rebus.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

See how different the leaves of the cabbage are, and how extremely alike the flowers; how unlike the flowers of the heartsease are, and how alike the leaves; how much the fruit of the different kinds of gooseberries differ in size, colour, shape, and hairiness, and yet the flowers present very slight differences.
— 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

The talk became personal, Virginia shrewdly deferring to his superior masculinity, with flattering attention.
— from Mountain: A Novel by Clement Wood

Dorsum tuberculate; snout subacuminate; vocal sac flecked with brown; tarsal fold rudimentary; web absent between fingers; black spots absent in scapular region H. boulengeri Dorsum smooth; snout pointed; vocal sac dark gray; tarsal fold absent; trace of web between fingers; two or more elongate dark spots in scapular region H. foliamorta 3.
— from The Systematics of the Frogs of the Hyla Rubra Group in Middle America by Juan R. León

Faber quisque fortune suae Hinc errores multiplices quod de partibus vitae singuli deliberant de summa nemo.
— from Bacon is Shake-Speare Together with a Reprint of Bacon's Promus of Formularies and Elegancies by Durning-Lawrence, Edwin, Sir

Being a person of very decided and consistent political views, she despised and detested the politics of her favourite newspaper, and would sometimes read out a leading article with a string of satirical comments, which, had Miss Jean known a little more about it, or Lilias taken a greater degree of interest, would have been amusing.
— from It was a Lover and His Lass by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

"And such are they who are masters of thy person, Violetta," said Don Camillo: "to these midnight murderers will thy happiness be consigned!
— from The Bravo: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

His famous colleague, de Haën, wrote fifteen volumes without a word on percussion; Van Swieten did it no greater justice; in his great treatise the History of Medicine , Sprengel barely alludes to it; yet the contents of Avenbrugger's booklet were of more practical value than all that these other men ever wrote, or all the results of the vast and bloody campaigns during which it slept.
— from An Epitome of the History of Medicine by Roswell Park

‘It is the reason of my present visit,’ said Dick dryly.
— from Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever

And Elizabeth turns her visions into texts, and preaches vigorous sermons, denouncing the vices of the clergy as well as laity.
— from The Mediaeval Mind (Volume 1 of 2) A History of the Development of Thought and Emotion in the Middle Ages by Henry Osborn Taylor

Ro ... patrem vero suum Dan colle apud Lethram tumulavit Sialandie ubi sedem regni pro eo pater constituit, qvam ipse post eum divitiis multiplicibus ditavit.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers