clear; famous, renowned; bright, shining classis, -is , f. fleet claudō, -ere, -sī, -sus , shut, close clavus, -ī , m. stripe cliēns, -entis , m. dependent, retainer, client ( § 465.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

3.]—He did not say ill in saying, “could I find”: for though one may almost everywhere meet with men sufficiently qualified for a superficial acquaintance, yet in this, where a man is to deal from the very bottom of his heart, without any manner of reservation, it will be requisite that all the wards and springs be truly wrought and perfectly sure.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Some in the flames bestrew'd with flour they threw; Some cut in fragments from the forks they drew: These while on several tables they dispose.
— from The Odyssey by Homer

Then someone broke into her house and she called in fright for a watchman.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

Nay, since all pleasure is in its nature negative, that is to say, consists in freedom from some form of misery or need, the constant and rapid interchange between setting about something and getting it done, which is the permanent accompaniment of the work they do, and then again the augmented form which this takes when they go from work to rest and the satisfaction of their needs—all this gives them a constant source of enjoyment; and the fact that it is much commoner to see happy faces amongst the poor than amongst the rich, is a sure proof that it is used to good advantage.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; Studies in Pessimism by Arthur Schopenhauer

The various readings here are very numerous and at first sight perplexing; but the result of an investigation into their several claims is far from unsatisfactory.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

clear; famous, renowned; bright, shining classis, -is , f. fleet claudô, -ere, -sî, -sus , shut, close clavus, -î , m. stripe cliêns, -entis , m. dependent, retainer, client ( § 465.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The banker paid, took another pack of cards, and continued his conversation with his lady, shewing complete indifference for four hundred sequins which my friend had already placed on the same card.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

He suggested in desperation that they go on at once to her home in Goldsboro and be married there, but although that would have taken away one of her arguments, the others still continued in full force, and she added another for good measure.
— from Baseball Joe, Home Run King; or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record by Lester Chadwick

The only dream of prosperity ever indulged by these people is ships coming in from foreign parts for lumber.
— from Petals Plucked from Sunny Climes by A. M. (Abbie M.) Brooks

Some call it false forget-me-not.
— from German Fiction by Gottfried Keller

Sufficient time must, however, be allowed; we may judge when it is prudent to try him on any old dangerous subjects, by many symptoms: by observing the degree of alacrity with which he obeys on indifferent occasions; by observing what degree of command he has acquired over himself in general; by observing in what manner he judges of the conduct and temper of other children in similar circumstances; by observing whether the consciousness of his former self continues in full force.
— from Practical Education, Volume I by Richard Lovell Edgeworth

This act shall come into force from and after a date to be named in a proclamation by the Governor-General, which proclamation may be issued when the Governor in council is advised that the privilege of salving any property wrecked or of aiding any vessels wrecked, disabled, or in distress in United States waters contiguous to Canada will be extended to Canadian vessels and wrecking appliances to the extent to which such privilege is granted by this act to United States vessels and wrecking appliances.
— from A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Grover Cleveland

The considerations which led me to call the attention of Congress to that convention and induced the Senate to adopt the resolution referred to still continue in full force.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents