But as wee in our Ile emprisoned, Where cattell onely,'and diverse dogs are bred, The pretious Vnicornes, strange monsters call, 50
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

[5511] Non sum adeo informis, nuper me in littore vidi, Cum placidum ventis staret mare——— 'Tis the common humour of all suitors to trick up themselves, to be prodigal in apparel, pure lotus , neat, combed, and curled, with powdered hair, comptus et calimistratus , with a long love-lock, a flower in his ear, perfumed gloves, rings, scarves, feathers, points, &c. as if he were a prince's Ganymede, with everyday new suits, as the fashion varies; going as if he trod upon eggs, as Heinsius writ to Primierus,
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Pase, vuecelencia, señor marqués, y verá que todo se ha preparado para el recibimiento del caballero más ilustre, piadoso, distinguido y rico de España.
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Man. Are you phrenticke, Sir, Or what graue dotage moues you, to take part VVith so much villany?
— from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson

“Well, I found my plans very seriously menaced.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Illustrated by Arthur Conan Doyle

itaque post mortem patris non hereditatem percipere videntur, sed magis liberam
— from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes

eōrum ut quisque prīmus vēnerat, sub mūrō cōnsistēbat , 7, 48, 2, as they successively arrived, each man of them took his stand under the wall .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

well w.; —— MARINA, sea w.; —— NITRATA, soda w. for the cooking of vegetables; —— RECENS; fresh, i.e., not stale w.; —— PLUVIALE, rain w. AQUALICUS lower part of belly, paunch, ventricle, stomach, maw Archetypus Fuldensis, manuscript, see Apiciana Diagram ARCHIMAGIRUS, principal cook, chef, cf. Cooks’ names ARIDA (—US, —UM) dry; —— MENTHA, dry mint ARTEMISIA, the herb mugwort, motherwort, tarragon ARTOCREAS, meat pie ARTOPTES, Torinus’ title of Book II ; better: SARCOPTES, minces, minced meats ARTYMA, spice; cf.
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Accipe parva tuae, princeps venerande, sororis munera, quae manibus texuit ipsa suis, dumque auro phalerae, gemmis dum frena renident, hac uterum zona cinge frementis equi, sive illum Armeniis aluerunt gramina campis
— from Claudian, volume 2 (of 2) With an English translation by Maurice Platnauer by Claudius Claudianus

The flight of the soul, conscious of nakedness and peril, to the safe shelter of God's breast is a description of faith which, in practical value, surpasses much learned dissertation.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 3 Psalms XC.-CL. by Alexander Maclaren

The music plays; vouchsafe some motion to it.
— from Love's Labour's Lost by William Shakespeare

" "Prove it!" "As you have all my papers there, may I suggest that you have the proof?" Von Stein mumbled an ejaculation through his moustache, while the corrugations between the bushy brows and the grey line of closely-clipped hair twitched.
— from The Old Blood by Frederick Palmer

They were now approaching the estancia of Don de Estuaray, who lived in a pleasant valley several miles from any settlement, and as they advanced Jack could not help noticing the tall growth of a patch of vegetation on their right hand, as they were entering the spacious grounds.
— from Jack North's Treasure Hunt; Or, Daring Adventures in South America by Roy Rockwood