[Political Verse, Signed [Greek: Maenin AEIDE]] ( St. James' Gazette , 1st Feb. 1886.) —— William Kay,
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

" The maid--a pale, very slim girl with an indifferent expression --found several telegrams in the basket under the table, and handed them to the doctor without a word; but all these were telegrams from patients.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

: weybrede , plantain, Prompt., Voc. (see Grimm, p. 1215).
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

[3938] ———non hoc primum mea pectora vulnus Senserunt, graviora tuli——— The commonwealth of [3939] Venice in their armoury have this inscription, Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war, a fit motto for every man's private house; happy is the man that provides for a future assault.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Then let crabs' eyes with pearls for virtue try, Or Highgate Hill with lofty Pindus vie; So glowworms may compare with Titan's beams, And Hare Court pump with Aganippe's streams.
— from Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science, Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 by Various

Harness , if not carefully preserved, very soon gets a shabby tarnished appearance.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

"When I grow to be a man" (So the wee one's prattle ran), "I shall build a castle so— With a gateway broad and grand; Here a pretty vine shall grow, There a soldier guard shall stand; And the tower shall be so high, Folks will wonder, by and by!" Shuffle-Shoon quoth: "Yes, I know; Thus I builded long ago!
— from Love-Songs of Childhood by Eugene Field

"Seein' like-es-how her partner vamoosed, she grabbed me to do the Grand March with her.
— from Polly and Eleanor by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

By degrees, finding that Mr. Harmer did not concern himself greatly with what was said about him, and that he showed no sign of changing his declared intentions in deference to the popular voice, society gave up talking so much about it; but its opinion was, it declared, unchangeable as to the objectionable nature of his conduct.
— from A Search For A Secret: A Novel. Vol. 1 by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

I there, at a fair price, very soon got the things I wanted, and, going into a back room, rigged myself out in them; while my hunting costume I did up in a bundle, to carry with me, for I was unwilling to part from so old and tried a friend.
— from Peter the Whaler by William Henry Giles Kingston

"What is the nature of the pull?" "Votes," said Gantry succinctly.
— from The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Francis Lynde

Couplings above are sometimes apt to confuse the reading; for example, the cross-bar of t (though the most natural coupling for the scribe to use—see petatis , Plate VII. ) should generally be made to pass over or fall short of the succeeding letter (see fig. 52 ).
— from Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering by Edward Johnston