Nothing was wanting, chemises, embroidered shoes with high heels, superb garters, and, to relieve us of the trouble of having our hair done, exquisite caps with rich lace coming over the forehead.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Le prestidigitateur alla trouver les autorités et proposa de donner une séance au bénéfice des pauvres, si la ville voulait consentir à payer la location de la salle, etc. L'amorce philanthropique fit son effet, la recette remplit la caisse et l'envoyé de la Municipalité se présenta le lendemain matin pour toucher.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

] Note 61 ( return ) [ Leonardus Chiensis very properly observes, that the Turks, had they known the emperor, would have labored to save and secure a captive so acceptable to the sultan.
— 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

Se puede decir que Francia realizó la conquista de América con sus libros.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

“What terrible tragedies real life contrives for people,” said Mitya, in complete despair.
— from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Pardon me.” Jean Valjean quitted the room, leaving Cosette stupefied at this enigmatical farewell. H2 anchor CHAPTER II—ANOTHER STEP BACKWARDS On the following day, at the same hour, Jean Valjean came.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

One has regarded life carelessly, if one has failed to see the hand that—kills with leniency.
— from Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

The Baronet lives entirely at Queen's Crawley, with Lady Jane and her daughter, whilst Rebecca, Lady Crawley, chiefly hangs about Bath and Cheltenham, where a very strong party of excellent people consider her to be a most injured woman.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

This, alas! was but the sunshine of a few short moments; recollections rose, like clouds, upon her mind, and, darkening the illusive image, that possessed it, she again beheld Valancourt, degraded—Valancourt unworthy of the esteem and tenderness she had once bestowed upon him; her spirits faltered, and, withdrawing her hand, she turned from him to conceal her grief, while he, yet more embarrassed and agitated, remained silent.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

It is rather less certain and requires more practice.
— from Section Cutting and Staining A practical introduction to histological methods for students and practitioners by Walter S. Colman

The Costa Ricans live chiefly by hunting and fishing, and many of them cultivate maize, beans, and bananas; the Talamancas, especially, are agriculturists.
— from The Native Races [of the Pacific states], Volume 1, Wild Tribes The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 1 by Hubert Howe Bancroft

The real length can only be determined, if at all, by a physical reference.
— from An Introduction to Philosophy by George Stuart Fullerton

The motivo of the Kyrie Eleison in Mozart's 'Requiem:'— [ Listen ] Chri-ste e-le- Ky-ri-e e-le ——— i-son!
— from Musical Myths and Facts, Volume 1 (of 2) by Carl Engel

"I would use any one, I would, I will, at any cost to them, to me, if the outcome be a piece of art, a work that in its truth, its immortal beauty, shall stand a lasting testimony that I, Lawrence Gordon, have mastered blindness and registered life correctly."
— from Claire: The Blind Love of a Blind Hero, by a Blind Author by Leslie Burton Blades

Then Dulcibel was taken into another, though rather larger cell, and the jailor said, "Now she will not trouble other people for a while, my masters."
— from Dulcibel: A Tale of Old Salem by Henry Peterson