315 Accordingly in 1751 a reprint of Dupuy's work appeared with the addition of a number of notes and remarks and mutilated in such a way as to prove not the guilt but the innocence of the Templars.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

they informed us that the creek just above us and two deep ravenes still higher up cut the plain between the river and mountain in such a manner, that in their opinions a portage for the canoes on this side was impracticable.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Thinkest thou, Hortensio, though her father be very rich, any man is so very a fool to be married to hell?
— from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

It is now rendered unwholesome by the Malaria, and the modern Castello di Baja, with numerous ruins, alone marks its site.
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

Durosoy was not yet guillotined when news had come that the Prussians were harrying and ravaging about Metz; in some four days more, one hears that Longwi, our first strong-place on the borders, is fallen 'in fifteen hours.'
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

The negligence arising out of luxury, and the intrigues of the Dhabhais of Rana Arsi, made it spread so as to defeat all attempt at cure.
— from Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, v. 1 of 3 or the Central and Western Rajput States of India by James Tod

Mi esperas ke vi malatentos la falantajn neĝerojn, kaj nepre venos, responde al mia iomete subita invito, ĉar ni ja havos multe da komunaj travivaĵoj por priparoli.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

Winds whose soft-tickling genitals rub against me it shall be you!
— from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

The clouds fast gather, The forest-oaks roar— A maiden is sitting Beside the green shore,—
— from The Poems of Schiller — Third period by Friedrich Schiller

The territorials (men belonging to the older army classes), had installed their mess kitchens in every convenient corner: some in the open court-yards and others beneath rickety stables and sheds, where the sunlight piercing the gloom caught the dust in its rays and made it seem like streams of golden powder, whose brightness enveloped even the most sordid nooks and spread cheer throughout the dingy atmosphere.
— from With Those Who Wait by Frances Wilson Huard

Kirsty did not remain a moment in Steenie's house, but set her face to go home by the shorter and rougher path leading over the earth-house and across the little burn.
— from Heather and Snow by George MacDonald

The river at Memphis is so full of floating ice that the ferry boats cannot run; and that looks as if we might not be able to get our boats towed to St. Louis before late spring—and we want to be free.
— from The Houseboat Book: The Log of a Cruise from Chicago to New Orleans by W. F. (William Francis) Waugh

This distinction of rewards for different avocations is so evident that it has passed into the very terms of our language: we speak of “wages” as due to com mon laborers, of a “salary” as paid to those who render more regular and more intellectual services; of a “fee” as appointed for official and professional actions; and the money paid to a physician or a lawyer is distinguished from ordinary fees by the especial name of “honorary” or “honorarium.”
— from Moral Principles and Medical Practice: The Basis of Medical Jurisprudence by Charles Coppens

Dawling had most submissively sat and who had addressed him his most destructive sniffs; but I remember asking myself if such privileges had been an indispensable preparation to the career on which my friend appeared now to have embarked.
— from Embarrassments by Henry James

The bachelor's degree is meant to mark that a man has made satisfactory progress in introductory studies; the master's degree is meant, as its name implies, to mark that a man is really a master in some subject.
— from The Contemporary Review, January 1883 Vol 43, No. 1 by Various

Chartley had met with her, and gallantly escorted her through the midst of the men; but, to do him all justice, he spoke of her with knightly reverence; and moreover, I should have told you before, that this friar of his, who, as I said blessed the meat, was none other than the good bishop himself, in effecting whose escape Chartley had the principal share.
— from The Woodman: A Romance of the Times of Richard III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

You know also how well it succeeded; how it obtained confidence and stability, and how it won universal respect for its conductors, and how also, after a course of ten years—independent of this institution—they had realised a moderate income; so that they can, if they are so disposed, retire from it, and it will still continue to prosper under the direction of Annette P., who was taken as assistant from the beginning, and who in respect of character and ability has proved herself a person of rare worth.
— from The Home; Or, Life in Sweden by Fredrika Bremer