I arose at once, and putting the parchment securely away, dismissed all farther reflection until I should be alone.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 by Edgar Allan Poe

Stems in -r- and -s- are declined as follows:
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

After he had visited many Christian countries, it chanced that, as they rode through Lombardy, thinking to pass beyond the mountains, [471] they encountered, about vespers, on the road from Milan to Pavia, a gentleman of the latter place, by name Messer Torello d'Istria, who was on his way, with his servants and dogs and falcons, to sojourn at a goodly country seat he had upon the Tesino, and no sooner set eyes on Saladin and his company than he knew them for gentlemen and strangers; wherefore, the Soldan enquiring of one of his servants how far they were yet distant from Pavia and if he might win thither in time to enter the city, he suffered not the man to reply, but himself answered, 'Gentlemen, you cannot reach Pavia in time to enter therein.'
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

He did not examine it, but putting his hand into an antique coffer hard by, he pulled out a quantity of metal pieces apparently at random, and handed them over without counting them; neither did Zulora count them, but put them into her purse and went back to her seat after dropping a few pieces of the other coinage into an alms box that stood by the cashier’s side.
— from Erewhon; Or, Over the Range by Samuel Butler

I equally flatter myself that a further and more critical investigation of the system will serve to recommend it still more to every sincere and disinterested advocate for good government and will leave no doubt with men of this character of the propriety and expediency of adopting it.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

O such a deed As from the body of contraction plucks The very soul, and sweet religion makes A rhapsody of words.
— from Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare

PASCUAL: Mirad bien lo que decís, Take care what you say in this manner porque yo sirvo a doña Ana for I’ve served Doña Ana desde que nació, y mañana since she was born, and I guarantee seréis su esposo, don Luis.
— from Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla

Sin and Death amain Following his track, such was the will of Heav'n, Pav'd after him a broad and beat'n way Over the dark Abyss, whose boiling Gulf Tamely endur'd a Bridge of wondrous length From Hell continu'd reaching th' utmost Orbe Of this frail World; by which the Spirits perverse 1030
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

When the heroes and the manners of antiquity are frequently brought upon the stage, and dramatic authors faithfully observe the rules of antiquated precedent, that is enough to warrant a conclusion that the democratic classes have not yet got the upper hand of the theatres.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

“I will conduct your——” “You’ll do nothing of the sort,” said Armand, dismounting and flinging his rein to his orderly; “where is the lady?”
— from The Princess Dehra by John Reed Scott

On leaving we were told that a few years since a difficulty arose from a very slight cause between two families in the town, and, spreading to others, the spirit of strife and revenge grew higher and higher till in their murderous fury forty-four persons lost their lives, and since then the spirit of revenge had shown itself in other ways.
— from Eli and Sibyl Jones, Their Life and Work by Rufus M. (Rufus Matthew) Jones

It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and feeds on frogs and fish.
— from Illustrative Anecdotes of the Animal Kingdom by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

At last one of his grooms ran away with some horses, and took refuge at Megalopolis, and this Nabis made a cause for attacking both that city and Messenia; but at last Philopœmen was made general of the Achaian League, and gave the wretch such a defeat as forced him to keep at home, while Philopœmen ravaged Laconia.
— from Aunt Charlotte's Stories of Greek History by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

After the death of the elector Frederick in 1464, Albert and Ernest ruled their lands together, but in 1485 a division was made by the treaty of Leipzig, and Albert received Meissen, together,with some adjoining districts, and founded the Albertine branch of the family of Wettin.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The necessity for such a division, and for forming at least two subterranean arms—the first of it, described as ‘the principal branch,’ going very deep into ground, into perennial water, and the second, ‘the secondary branch,’ running nearer the surface—was explained by Professor Pouillet very clearly in this last report.
— from Lightning Conductors: Their History, Nature, and Mode of Application by Anderson, Richard, F.C.S.

All is for our profit; but if that object fails through our perverseness, we are instructed, by our experience, that if God can look on mental anguish and not relieve it, because he seeks an ulterior good, the punishment of sin, the natural and just consequences of disobedience to the great laws of the universe, may be, in their extended impression, another ulterior good, which will warrant the same mental sufferings after death, and forever.
— from Catharine by Nehemiah Adams

Altogether, however, the establishment of Singapore has very much injured Penang, and thinned its population, rendering its houses of little or no value, and giving to its streets a deserted appearance from which they will never recover.
— from Trade and Travel in the Far East or Recollections of twenty-one years passed in Java, Singapore, Australia and China. by G. F. Davidson