Avitus, the stranger, whose merit was so nobly rewarded, descended from a wealthy and honorable family in the diocese of Auvergne.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

Did she not rush down, and cling to you to save you from danger?'
— from North and South by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

However, she was not in earnest; she never rested day or night, and she goaded her husband until in his impatience he revealed that all was owing to a wonderful golden fish which he had caught, and to which in return he had given its liberty.
— from Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Wilhelm Grimm

Fama di loro il mondo esser non lassa; misericordia e giustizia li sdegna: non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa>>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

If the spirit of this injunction were carried out in practical life, there would be no grain sown and no seed planted in spring, no reaping done in harvest, and no crop garnered in autumn; and the result would be universal starvation in less than twelve months.
— from The World's Sixteen Crucified Saviors; Or, Christianity Before Christ by Kersey Graves

But much remained buried before that time, sotterrate nelle Rovine d'Italia , [120] and Vasari explains that Brunellesco was delighted with a classical urn at Cortona, about which Donatello had told him, because such a thing was rare in those times, antique objects not having been dug up in such quantities as during his own day.
— from Donatello, by Lord Balcarres by Crawford, David Lindsay, Earl of

The s.s. ——, of Barcelona, had grounded on the Goodwins about three hours [272] before she nearly ran down the trawler.
— from Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace Was Met and Vanquished, with Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships, Nets, Aircraft, &c. &c., Also Describing the Selection and Training of the Enormous Personnel Used in This New Branch of the Navy by Charles W. (Charles William) Domville-Fife

"Still—" "No remarks; do as I order you—I insist on it."
— from The Border Rifles: A Tale of the Texan War by Gustave Aimard

He got a ducking, but, being a strong swimmer, probably suffered no real danger.
— from Dr. Wortle's School by Anthony Trollope

"You may think me rude," said Lyman, "but I should not regard dining at his house a great privilege.
— from Old Ebenezer by Opie Percival Read

There seems no reasonable doubt that Myrtle Hazard might have made a safe thing of it with Gifted Hopkins, (if so inclined,) provided that she had only been secured against interference.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 117, July, 1867 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

SEE Northeastern reporter digest.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1954 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office