Vedi le triste che lasciaron l'ago, la spuola e 'l fuso, e fecersi 'ndivine; fecer malie con erbe e con imago.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

[1] OVA SPHONGIA EX LACTE FOUR EGGS IN HALF A PINT OF MILK AND AN OUNCE OF OIL WELL BEATEN, TO MAKE A FLUFFY MIXTURE; IN A PAN PUT A LITTLE OIL, AND CAREFULLY ADD THE EGG PREPARATION, WITHOUT LETTING IT
— from Cookery and Dining in Imperial Rome by Apicius

Yo no aconsejaría esos procedimientos que, por otra parte, no podrían implantarse sin estudiar la forma en que están hechas las concesiones en estos países.
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

The myopes see minutely, study every line, finding each detail of importance because everything appears to them in isolation; about them is a sort of cloud in which is detached the object in exaggerated proportions.
— from Concerning Lafcadio Hearn; With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould

‘You must not be vexed to have a somewhat excited letter from Edward Churton
— from Hurrell Froude: Memoranda and Comments by Louise Imogen Guiney

There was a little silence; then suddenly Elizabeth leaned forward, eagerly pointing off over the water.
— from The Torch Bearer: A Camp Fire Girls' Story by I. T. (Ida Treadwell) Thurston

"Isn't she!" exclaimed Lord Fitz, eagerly.
— from The Spider and the Fly; or, An Undesired Love by Charles Garvice

“Gladly, Eric; now that your name is cleared, there is—” “My name cleared!” said Eric, leaning forward eagerly.
— from Eric, or Little by Little by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

* Entom ologie, ou histoire naturelle des insectes, avec leur caractères génériques et specifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée.
— from An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. 4 or Elements of the Natural History of the Insects by William Kirby