JULIA RECEIVES A LETTER FROM HIM Iam Pûblius 1 decem annôs habêbat cum M. Cornêlius Lentulus, pater eius, quî quînque annôs 2 grave bellum in Asiâ gerêbat, non sine glôriâ domum 3 revertêbâtur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

And in my disputes with my friends Alypius and Nebridius of the nature of good and evil, I held that Epicurus had in my mind won the palm, had I not believed that after death there remained a life for the soul, and places of requital according to men's deserts, which Epicurus would not believe.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

It is ill-bred to put on an air of weariness during a long speech from another person, and quite as rude to look at a watch, read a letter, flirt the leaves of a book, or in any other action show that you are tired of the speaker or his subject.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

act that it requires at least five planets to attack every one of a square arrangement of sixty-four stars that many of them have, perhaps, got to believe that a larger square arrangement of stars must need an increase of planets.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney

'But I have received a letter from her.'
— from Complete Original Short Stories of Guy De Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant

[132] But the benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody.
— from Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have received a letter from John Arnold, in which he tells me, that his master is preparing for his London journey; and believes, afterwards, he will come into these parts: But he says, Lady Davers is at their house, and is to accompany her brother to London, or meet him there, he knows not which.
— from Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson

I heard nothing from General Hamilton till the 5th of July, when I received a letter from him dated Rienzi, saying that he had been within nineteen miles of Holly Springs and had turned back for Corinth; and on the next day, July 6th, I got a telegraph order from General Halleck, of July 2d, sent me by courier from Moscow, "not to attempt to hold Holly Springs, but to fall back and protect the railroad."
— from Memoirs of General William T. Sherman — Complete by William T. (William Tecumseh) Sherman

“I hope,” said Dr. Mortimer, “that you do not look with suspicious eyes upon everyone who received a legacy from Sir Charles, for I also had a thousand pounds left to me.”
— from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

Dúnay mga táwu nga magsaphag pa sa pagpangítà sa ílang pagkáun, There are people who roam around looking for their food.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

My Dear Madam , You will be surprized to receive another letter from this place, but I have been detained this whole week unpleasantly enough by the daily expectation of a Flanders mail, though considering the state of the winds and weather it is better to be detained in a good house in Downing Street, than at the Ship at Dover.
— from Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 2 (of 2) by Edward Gibbon

Sir Thomas Challoner, the confirmed friend of Essex, received a letter from him; he appealed to the Earl of Northumberland; and became the “humble and much devoted” servant of Lord Southampton, on the eve of that nobleman’s release from the Tower (where Bacon had helped to 14 place him as an accomplice of Essex).
— from Bacon and Shakespeare by Albert Frederick Calvert

A few days after, Abner Dean of Angel's received a letter from him, stating that he was going to Visalia to buy horses.
— from Tales of the Argonauts by Bret Harte

But a Friend of mine, who is now upon the Western Circuit, having promised to give me an Account of the several Modes and Fashions that prevail in the different Parts of the Nation through which he passes, I shall defer the enlarging upon this last Topick till I have received a Letter from him, which I expect every Post.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

"And it was such fun," she said, "that I have ever after had rather a liking for insurrections.
— from Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay. Volume 1 by George Otto Trevelyan

“Do you think you will be safe by running away like frightened deer, while the Macus are looking for just such prey?
— from Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery: A Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure by Andy Adams

I have received a letter from Mr. Say, in which he expresses a thought of removing to this country, having discontinued the manufactory in which he was engaged; and he asks information from me of the prices of land, labor, produce, &c., in the neighborhood of Charlottesville, on which he has cast his eye.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Regnier has just received a letter from London stating that Pichegru dined three days ago at Kingston with one of the King of England's ministers."
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon by Various