At what time the Salic law was framed or interpreted is not of the slightest consequence; it does exist, it is respectable, it is useful; and
— from A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 07 by Voltaire

Dyonisio, ‘habita seorsum collacione, invenirem discordes et de vobis diversa elicerem.’
— from The Grey Friars in Oxford by A. G. (Andrew George) Little

The Superintendent of the Seventh Census is diligently employed, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, in classifying and arranging in tabular form all the statistical information derived from the returns of the marshals, and it is believed that when the work shall be completed it will exhibit a more perfect view of the population, wealth, occupations, and social condition of a great country than has ever been presented to the world.
— from State of the Union Addresses by Millard Fillmore

An example of such an insect is the so-called “silverfish” ( Lepisma saccharina ), common in dwellings, especially in damp places, dark and dusty corners, flour and sugar bins, while not uncommonly it causes some considerable damage by devouring the paste and glaze from wallpapers and the binding and leaves of books.
— from Garden Pests in New Zealand A Popular Manual for Practical Gardeners, Farmers and Schools by David Miller

Till my eyes shall close in death: Ever by that cross be standing, Willingly with thee demanding But to share each mournful breath.
— from The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Various

The direct electrical excitation of 79 the spinal cord in dogs evokes vigorous erections.
— from Love: A Treatise on the Science of Sex-attraction for the use of Physicians and Students of Medical Jurisprudence by Bernard Simon Talmey

1. the old notes of tithes for wine that yet remaine in the accompts of some parsons and vicars in Kent, & elsewhere, besides the records of sundrie sutes, commensed in diuerse ecclesiasticall courts, both in Kent, Surrie, &c: also the inclosed parcels almost in euerie abbeie yet called the vineyardes, may be a notable witnesse, as also the plot which we now call east Smithfield in London giuen by Canutus sometime king of this land, with other soile there about vnto certeine of his knights, with the libertie of a Guild which therof was called Knighten Guild.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

[27] See e. g. Galiani, “Della Moneta,” in vol. 3 of Scrittori Classici italiani di Economia politica (Published by Custodi).
— from A Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx