Speaking of animals in general, including the dog, he says, [502] "C'est toujours la partie la plus sensible de leurs corps qui recherche les caresses ou les donne.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

Nothing, in this scorching, desolate land could look so refreshing as this pure water flashing in the lamp-light; nothing could look so beautiful, nothing could sound so delicious as this mimic rain to ears long unaccustomed to sounds of such a nature.
— from The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

Lo ciel poss'io serrare e diserrare, come tu sai; pero` son due le chiavi che 'l mio antecessor non ebbe care".
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Why it should have been written by the Marquis de Luchet, who is said to have collaborated with Mirabeau in the Galerie de Portraits published in the following year, why it should have been appended to Mirabeau's Histoire Secrète de la Cour de Berlin , and accordingly attributed to Mirabeau himself, why Barruel should have denounced it as dust thrown in the eyes of the public, although it entirely corroborated his own point of view, are questions to which I can find no reply.
— from Secret Societies And Subversive Movements by Nesta Helen Webster

You shall dine like Charles the Tenth; all is going well!” Then he added:— “The mouse-trap is open.
— from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

Hallábase el Sultán rodeado de todos los Cadíes de la ciudad en el Salón del Trono, cuando se presentó Tamburí, y, de hinojos ante el Sultán, le dijo: —Soberano Señor de los creyentes, soy el hombre más infortunado del mundo; una serie inconcebible de circunstancias fatales ha venido a causar casi mi ruina y hacer
— from A First Spanish Reader by Erwin W. (Erwin William) Roessler

Il intègre une architecture de type "base de données", et donc un véritable moteur de recherche, qui permet de faire des recherches spécifiques (auteur, titre, éditeur, et bientôt sujet) dans les catalogues en ligne des différents libraires.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

J'ai déjà rendu compte, dans un précédent rapport, de l'opinion de ce jeune homme, qui a l'habitude de s'exprimer librement et avec franchise, mais qui, j'en ai la certitude, est incapable de nuire au gouvernement du roi Louis-Philippe, ni à aucun ministère; ce jeune homme, qui a du talent, est recherché des meilleures sociétés de la capitale, et même d'opinions très-opposées; il appartient, comme je l'ai déjà dit, à une famille de distinction; un grand vicaire de Lisieux est son oncle.
— from My Memoirs, Vol. VI, 1832 to 1833 by Alexandre Dumas

Sœur de la Charité 7.
— from The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821 by Mary Browne

It is obvious, therefore, that England, even after the Norman conquest, when, for a time, the upper and the lower classes spoke different languages, contained a more homogeneous population than France did at the same, or any subsequent epoch.
— from The Moral and Intellectual Diversity of Races With Particular Reference to Their Respective Influence in the Civil and Political History of Mankind by Gobineau, Arthur, comte de

Saving Dr. Long came in the line of duty.
— from The Deadly Daughters by Winston K. Marks

Plowmen transformed to heroes, such as shall forever put Cincinnatus in the shade; day laborers, carriers of the hod, claiming—and rightfully, too—high places in the Pantheon of heroic demi-gods.
— from Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story by Paschal Beverly Randolph

His English is splendid, but as Pop says a little unexpected sometimes because he's got some of his words out of a slang dictionary, like corker for instance.
— from Harper's Round Table, April 28, 1896 by Various

a des glas qui sonnent dans les clochers, Où tintent des cloches vagues: Vers quels fleuves de mort Les vierges ont-elles marché, Les vierges qui avaient
— from The Book of Masks by Remy de Gourmont