—Véndamela—continuó el joven muy serio,—le doy seis pesetas por ella. —¿La cabra?—continuó repitiendo el lugareño, moviendo la cabeza de un lado a otro.—Yo pensaba que era mi vaca la que llevaba a la feria, y aún ahora mismo, después de mirarla bien, creo que es la vaca
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Peu avant l'attaque, le long de leur ligne courut un message répétant, en le modifiant légèrement, celui de Nelson à Trafalgar: "'L'Angleterre compte que chaque tank fera aujourd'hui son devoir sacré.'
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 5, 1917 by Various

As for Mrs. Titus, that really engaging lady made life so easy for me that I wondered why I had ever been apprehensive.
— from A Fool and His Money by George Barr McCutcheon

"There's not a star that shines above But pours on her a partial ray; Endearments, like maternal love, Her love to Nature's self repay.
— from The Lay of Marie and Vignettes in Verse by Matilda Betham

The countless tombs in the immediate vicinity of this ruined edifice led M. Laborde to remark on the extraordinary taste of the people of Petra, in selecting a place of amusement, encircled on all sides by the mansions and memorials of death!
— from Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. 2 of 2) With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition by Charles Bucke

The above-mentioned volume contains, also, the Fourth Voyage, bound in at the end, with the following title:— Qvatriesme Voyage du Sr de Champlain Capitaine ordinaire povr le Roy en la marine, & Lieutenant de Monseigneur le Prince de Condé en la Nouuelle France, fait en l'année 1613.
— from Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Samuel de Champlain

Pepper certainly grew very white, and weak, and thin; old Trusty's ribs stuck out more and more, his one remaining eye looked more longingly every day at the morsel of food with which he was provided; and Tom himself knew but too
— from The Little Princess of Tower Hill by L. T. Meade