The monkish account of St. Ceyna, one of the daughters of Prince Brychan, of Breconshire, relates that having consecrated her virginity to the Lord by a perpetual vow, she resolved to seek some desert place where she could give herself wholly up to meditation.
— from British Goblins: Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Wirt Sikes

As Poujoulat very sensibly remarks, there are not a great many men now-a-days who will read a work in Latin of twenty-two books.
— from The City of God, Volume I by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

Obsoleto, intempestivo, turpi remedio fatentur se uti; recordatione pristinarum voluptatum se recreant, et adversante natura, pollinctam carnetn et enectam excitant.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

1. "Primigenæ Voces, sui Radices Breves Linguæ Sanctæ" (Paris, 1620).
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

STOMACH, pride, valour. STOMACH, resent.
— from The Alchemist by Ben Jonson

‘Pretty vell, sir,’ responded Sam, looking round him in a disparaging manner.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

After his departure Professor von Stork received a letter from Otto.
— from Two Royal Foes by Eva Annie Madden

What young, pure voice shall read to HIM the Book of Hope in the evening of lonely age?
— from What Will He Do with It? — Volume 11 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

They entered the first hut, and made their way past various small rooms, amid busy people going to and fro.
— from Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

“But I'm in no hurry for it,” he said with a laugh,—the same light laugh and pleasant voice she remembered,—“and I'd rather not come to the house just now.
— from Openings in the Old Trail by Bret Harte

"'Most ready for bed, children?" Persis' voice sounded rich and deep, contrasting with the piping chatter.
— from Other People's Business: The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale by Harriet L. (Harriet Lummis) Smith

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— from Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

It is being unhappy that makes poor Val so ready to cry about her own grievances.
— from Beechcroft at Rockstone by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

The result was, that poor Viotti suddenly received an order from the Government to leave England immediately.
— from The Violin Some Account of That Leading Instrument and Its Most Eminent Professors, from Its Earliest Date to the Present Time; with Hints to Amateurs, Anecdotes, etc. by George Dubourg

On April 1 the party reached Pleasanton via San Ramon and Dublin, and on April 2 arrived near Milpitas.
— from The Aboriginal Population of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, California by Sherburne Friend Cook