“No, but I say,” said Pierre, calming down, “you are a wonderful fellow!
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

* La poudre à canon et d'autres compositions inflammantes, dont ils se servent pour construire des pièces d'artifice d'un effet suprenant, leur étaient connues depuis très long-temps, et l'on croit que des bombardes et des pierriers, dont ils avaient enseigné l'usage
— 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

12 See the Act of the U. S. Philippine Commission of July 17, 1901, entitled, “An act restoring the provinces of Batangas, Cebu, and Bohol, to the executive control of the military governor,” in Public Laws, U. S. Philippine Commission, Division of Insular Affairs, War Department.
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

then swords, and knives, Poison, guns, halters, and envenom'd steel Are laid before me to despatch myself; And long ere this I should have slain myself, Had not sweet pleasure conquer'd deep despair.
— from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe

Dent , sb. blow, S, S2, PP, CM; dynt , S3; dint , S, S2; dunt , S, S2.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

Mitukal (natukal) ang mga sawug paglúbag, Cracks developed between the floor boards when they shrunk.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

They will have sovereignty, pro conjuge dominam arcessis , they will have attendance, they will do what they list.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

—Desmerecerías a mis ojos, te despojarías de tu aureola de pureza y de prestigio, si dieras crédito a tal necedad. 116 —Oyéndote calificar de ateo, y sin poder convencerme de lo contrario por ninguna razón, he protestado desde el fondo de mi alma contra tal calumnia.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

It is, like the capstern , furnished with strong pauls , c , d , to prevent it from turning backwards by the effort of the cable, when charged with the weight of the anchor, or strained by the violent jerking of the ship in a tempestuous sea.
— from An Universal Dictionary of the Marine Or, a Copious Explanation of the Technical Terms and Phrases Employed in the Construction, Equipment, Furniture, Machinery, Movements, and Military Operations of a Ship. Illustrated With Variety of Original Designs of Shipping, in Different Situations; Together With Separate Views of Their Masts, Sails, Yards, and Rigging. to Which Is Annexed, a Translation of the French Sea-terms and Phrases, Collected from the Works of Mess. Du Hamel, Aubin, Saverien, &c. by William Falconer

Here I bought some pumelos (Citrus decumana), kanary-nuts, and coffee, and let my men have a night's sleep.
— from The Malay Archipelago, Volume 2 The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise; A Narrative of Travel, with Studies of Man and Nature by Alfred Russel Wallace

Some people can do these things and you forgive them.
— from Anne Severn and the Fieldings by May Sinclair

Some people came down to the water edge and hallooed to us, as we did to them; but the wind was so high and the surf so loud that we could not hear so as to understand each other.
— from Stories of Authors, British and American by Edwin Watts Chubb

“In Congregatione generali die 13 h. m. habitâ, dedimus suffragia nostra super schemate primæ Constitutionis dogmaticæ de Ecclesiâ Christi.
— from Letters From Rome on the Council by Johann Joseph Ignaz von Döllinger

Mme Eyssette bondit de joie en me voyant, et, comme vous pensez, elle embrassa son petit Chose de toutes ses forces.
— from Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant) by Alphonse Daudet

Hoc enim nobis est salutare, proficuum, gloriosum, perpetuum, quod nulla mors, nulla mobilitas, nulla possit separare oblivio; sed in illa suavitate patriae, cum Domino faciet aeterna exsultatione gaudere.
— from The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Senator Cassiodorus

These ideal affinities, although grounded like the others on material relations (for sympathy presupposes communication), do not have those relations for their theme but rest on them merely as on a pedestal from which they look away to their own realm, as music, while sustained by vibrating instruments, looks away from them to its own universe of sound.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana