— N. grammar, accidence, syntax, praxis, punctuation; parts of speech; jussive[obs3]; syllabication; inflection, case, declension, conjugation; us et norma loquendi[Lat]; Lindley Murray &c. (schoolbook) 542; correct style, philology &c. (language) 560.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

E come quei ch'adopera ed estima, che sempre par che 'nnanzi si proveggia, cosi`, levando me su` ver la cima d'un ronchione, avvisava un'altra scheggia dicendo: <>.
— from Divina Commedia di Dante: Inferno by Dante Alighieri

Cari sunt parentes, cari liberi, propinqui, familiares; sed omnes omnium caritates, patria una complexa est
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

Light, line, and color as sensual pleasures, came later and were as crude as the rest.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

sōl , sun , pecten , comb , liēn , spleen , rēnēs , kidneys , plural, and furfur , bran , are masculine.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

I set out with Serjt Pryor, Geo Shannon Peter Crusat & Labiech at half past 5 P.M. for the Enesher Village at which place I arrived at 8 P.M. Several Showers of rain in the after part of to day, and the S W wind very high.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Lode-menage , sb. pilotage, C. Lodesman , sb. pilot, Palsg.; lodezmon , S2; lodysmanne , ‘vector, vehicularius,’ Prompt.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

655 Atque his auratis volitans argenteus anser Porticibus Gallos in limine adesse canebat; Galli per dumos aderant, arcemque tenebant, Defensi tenebris et dono noctis opacae; Aurea caesaries ollis, atque aurea vestis; 660 Virgatis lucent sagulis; tum lactea colla Auro innectuntur; duo quisque Alpina coruscant Gaesa manu, scutis protecti corpora longis.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

("Vous qui ne savez pas combien l'enfance est belle.")
— from Poems by Victor Hugo

Thirty-six formulas were selected with careful regard to the percentage of components, including several paints containing lithopone combined with whiting and zinc oxide, [22] two pigments which gave promise of supporting the lithopone for outside use.
— from Paint Technology and Tests by Henry A. (Henry Alfred) Gardner

His lust was inferior only to his ambition; but, as for what simple people call love, he knew not what it was.
— from The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great by Henry Fielding

“Oh, I wish I could go into either of those speculations—I only wish I had money—I wish I wasn’t cramped and kept down and fettered with poverty, and such prodigious chances lying right here in sight!
— from The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today by Charles Dudley Warner

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— from The Catacombs of Rome, and Their Testimony Relative to Primitive Christianity by W. H. (William Henry) Withrow

In fact he was astonished not to see poker chips littering the sidewalks.
— from Introducing the American Spirit by Edward Alfred Steiner

[33] He was buried in the old St Pancras cemetery, London; but, in 1889, his remains were exhumed and conveyed to Corsica for re-interment.
— from The Life of a Regimental Officer During the Great War, 1793-1815 by A. F. (Augustus Ferryman) Mockler-Ferryman

176 Then fit a piece of oak along the lower edge of each side plank, cutting little notches in it to fit around the end of each rib.
— from The Book of the Sailboat: How to rig, sail and handle small boats by A. Hyatt (Alpheus Hyatt) Verrill

Guess it's something Peter Cooper left over when he died.” .007 quivered; his steam was getting up, but he held his tongue.
— from The Day's Work - Volume 1 by Rudyard Kipling

non vi bugio, vuole andar su`, pur che 'l sol ne riluca; pero` ne dite ond'e` presso il pertugio>>.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri