She rang, ere long, for aid; which arrived in the shape of a "maîtresse," who had been partly educated in an Irish convent, and was esteemed a perfect adept in the English language.
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Pero` scendemmo a la destra mammella, e diece passi femmo in su lo stremo, per ben cessar la rena e la fiammella.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

After these horrible preliminaries, a rope was attached to each of the limbs of the criminal, one being bound round each leg from the foot to the knee, and round each arm from the wrist to the elbow.
— from Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Here in Ithaca he runs even large flocks of goats on the far end of the island, and they are in the charge of excellent goat herds.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

ANT: Stand, stay, come, remain, persist, abide, rest, endure, lack, fail.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

La collection est publiée sous l'égide FTR&D. Elle réunit des ouvrages rédigés en langue française par des spécialistes de centres de recherches, de l'université et de l'industrie des télécommunications.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

90 Nor was the communication of the Roman empire less free and open by sea than it was by land.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

O, be the Maithil dame restored Ere loosened from the clanging cord [pg 437] The vengeful shafts of Ráma fly, And low in death thy princes lie.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Cabs, hackney-coaches, ‘shay’ carts, coal-waggons, stages, omnibuses, sociables, gigs, donkey-chaises—all crammed with people (for the question never is, what the horse can draw, but what the vehicle will hold), roll along at their utmost speed; the dust flies in clouds, ginger-beer corks go off in volleys, the balcony of every public-house is crowded with people, smoking and drinking, half the private houses are turned into tea-shops, fiddles are in great request, every little fruit-shop displays its stall of gilt gingerbread and penny toys; turnpike men are in despair; horses won’t go on, and wheels will come off; ladies in ‘carawans’ scream with fright at every fresh concussion, and their admirers find it necessary to sit remarkably close to them, by way of encouragement; servants-of-all-work, who are not allowed to have followers, and have got a holiday for the day, make the most of their time with the faithful admirer who waits for a stolen interview at the corner of the street every night, when they go to fetch the beer—apprentices grow sentimental, and straw-bonnet makers kind.
— from Sketches by Boz, Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People by Charles Dickens

Tous ces menagemens, toute cette condescendance, toute cette humilité n’aboutissent a rien: nos ennemis en rient, et les Francais trop confiants sont punis pour avoir cru que la nation Américaine avoit un pavilion, qu’elle avoit quelque egard pours ses loix, quelque conviction de ses forces, et qu’elle tenoit au sentiment de sa dignité.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 by Thomas Jefferson

Quel che giacea, il muso innanzi caccia, e li orecchi ritira per la testa come face le corna la lumaccia; e la lingua, ch'avea unita e presta prima a parlar, si fende, e la forcuta ne l'altro si richiude; e 'l fummo resta.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

He constructs the torso and flanks in such a way that every line, every indentation, every boss appeals so vividly to the sense of touch that our fingers feel as if they had everywhere been in contact with his body, while his face gives to a still heightened degree this convincing sense of reality, every line functioning perfectly for the osseous structure of brow, nose, and cheeks.
— from The Florentine Painters of the Renaissance With An Index To Their Works by Bernard Berenson

But on the very first morning after her return, when she rose early, longing for the blissful air of her own bleak solitude, Mattie Veasey stood there at her door.
— from Tiverton Tales by Alice Brown

"Wouldst woo me for thy wife?" "Thou 'rt ever looking for every man to woo thee, but I'd have thee know there's one man, and his house not so far away, that's as near wooing me as thee."
— from Standish of Standish: A Story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin

Re, et li Fratelli, et altri grandi, che potessero per uia di congiure, et di tradimenti preualersi dell’ entrata della Corona, et del Clero a sostenere solo l’ Imprese cominciate in compagnia del Re, la qual consideratione, sebene paresse lontana non è da
— from The Wars of Religion in France 1559-1576 The Huguenots, Catherine de Medici and Philip II by James Westfall Thompson

301 They had not really enjoyed looking for the smugglers’ cave.
— from The House of Arden: A Story for Children by E. (Edith) Nesbit

When they were through eating their pudding and all the kinds of pies, little Jacob was filled up about to his chin, and [Pg 136] there was just room enough left for an apple and some nuts and raisins.
— from The Sandman: His Sea Stories by William John Hopkins

'Ils en faisaient des rondaches et d'autres insignes, compris sous le nom d' "Apanecayotl," dont rien n'approchait pour la richesse et le fini.' Brasseur de Bourbourg , Hist.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 2, Civilized Nations The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 by Hubert Howe Bancroft