Mag-úngud mu sa pagtuun arun mu makapasar, You must be diligent in your studies so that you [ 1099 ] can pass.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff
[Pg 145] Thomas Duthie's foundation throve under the influence of royal favour, and from all parts of the country, pilgrimages to the shrine were performed, as Sir David Lyndsay testifies: "I have seen pass ane marvellous multitude Young men and women flingand on thair feit, Under the forme of feinzeit sanctitude, For till adore ane image in Laureit."
— from In Byways of Scottish History by Louis A. Barbé
It would be but natural that you should prefer a much more youthful and finer-looking man.”
— from Elsie at Ion by Martha Finley
The vestiges of such points and marks may yet be seen deeply indented on the surface of nearly all manuscripts, those on one side of each leaf being usually sufficiently visible to guide the scribe when he came to write on the reverse.
— from A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
"I believe you are about to confess your sins, Pollnitz, and make me your father confessor.
— from Frederick the Great and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
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