[89] 98 Quocirca poëtae in magna varietate personarum, etiam vitiosis quid conveniat et quid deceat, videbunt, nobis autem cum a natura constantiae, moderationis, temperantiae, verecundiae partes datae sint, cumque eadem natura doceat non neglegere, quem ad modum nos adversus homines geramus, efficitur, ut et illud, quod ad omnem honestatem pertinet, decorum quam late fusum sit, appareat et hoc, quod spectatur in uno quoque genere virtutis.
— from De Officiis by Marcus Tullius Cicero

An uncompensated portion of the direct motion, arising from this cause, conspires with that already impressed by the radial force, and in some cases even nearly doubles the direct motion of these points.
— from On the Connexion of the Physical Sciences by Mary Somerville

Jean was so excited that she declared she could eat no dinner, and hurried to her room to lie down and rest until the finals, which were to begin at three o'clock.
— from Jean Cabot at Ashton by Gertrude Fisher Scott

Built before the days of turbine engines she could even now develop nineteen knots.
— from A Sub. of the R.N.R.: A Story of the Great War by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

After leaving the spinal cord, each nerve divides again and again into finer and finer threads.
— from A Practical Physiology: A Text-Book for Higher Schools by Albert F. (Albert Franklin) Blaisdell

Either the legislature or the Governor may direct a scire facias to issue against it for this cause; and, if the fact be found by a jury, the Supreme Court of the State can exercise no discretion on the subject, but must, under the express terms of the act creating it, adjudge its charter to be forfeited and annulled.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis