q u am difficilem exhibet precib us iustis supplicantium, hoc modo.
— 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

Next I essayed a system of sliding the quilt up and down, executing retreats from too copious perspiration.
— from Samurai Trails: A Chronicle of Wanderings on the Japanese High Road by Lucian Swift Kirtland

but the impulse was quite unreasonable and defied explanation.
— from The Wizard's Son, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

She ran her eyes quickly up and down each vista of cobblestones, and, seeing no one that she knew either near or far, put her hand into his.
— from A Woman's Will by Anne Warner

" The thermometer of hope quicksilvered up and down every few minutes, throughout the pregnant hours of afternoon.
— from Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure. by Alan Bott

—"Altogether a book of quite unusual ability, displaying exceptional powers of observation and description."
— from In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula by Clifford, Hugh Charles, Sir

Those who entertained the latter opinion are said by Hyde to be Asses themselves: "Qui unitatem asinum dicunt errant, et ipsi sunt asini."
— from Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards by William Andrew Chatto