But doing my business at the Privy Seal pretty soon, I took boat and went to my uncle Fenner’s, and there I found my mother and my wife and Pall (of whom I had this morning at my own house taken leave, and given her 20s.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

; also (on saiga ) see Pertz , Script.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Naglangkub ku sa ákung hunàhúnà sa paglikay sa sugal, I am determined to avoid gambling.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Life sometimes performs such 'salto mortale,' one can only stare and blink in amazement.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

During all this period of economic depression, the public utterances and State papers both of President Roosevelt and Mr. Taft are full of such preposterous stuff as the following:
— from The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. (James Henderson) Blount

Spellien , v. to relate, speak; spellen , S, PP; spealie , S; spilien , S.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

( Plate 35 , p. 356 ), 358 Norman, 67 from Pamplona ( Plate 22 , p. 240 ), 357 by Picinino ( Pl. 19 , p. 212 ), 357 Roman Republican, 36 Savoy, Duke of ( Plate 36 , p. 358 ), 358 King Sebastian ( Plate 20 , p. 232 ), 356 slashed, 291 tegulated, 74 tilting, 233 Armourers’ Hall, 294 gauntlet, 298 Arms, towns renowned for, 359 Arquebus, 306 , 367 wall ( Plate 39 , p. 364 ), 368 Arquebusier, 260 , 315 Maximilian, 30 Arrow-heads, 4 bronze, 16 Saxon, 55 Assyrians, the, 20 Artilleryman, 365 Audley, Lord, brass of, 269 Augsburg armour ( Plate 30 , p. 340 ), 353 Colman family of, 353 Axe, Danish, 64 Edinburgh Castle ( Plate 27 , p. 322 ), 322 Saxon, 53 Bacon, Sir — de, brass of, 118 Balista, 343 Bamberg, effigy at, 169 Banded mail, 70 , 134 construction of ( Plate 14 , p. 136 ), 134 introduction of, 97 Banner, 110 Banneret, knight, 110 Barbute, 172 Bardiche, 210 Bardwell, William, brass of, 270 Bascinet (British Museum MSS.), 150 , 153 , 172 , 173 , 209 Lord St. Amand, 151 Thomas de Beauchamp, 150 Sir William Burgate, 174 Camail and Jupon Period, 170 Sir John de Creke, 142 Cyclas Period, 142 Parham Park, 171 St. Albans, Camail and Jupon Period, 170 Sir Humphrey de Stafford, 216 Studded and Splinted Period, 149 Surcoatless Period, 195 , 208 Tower of London, 171 Ulrich Landschaden, 173 Wallace Collection, 171 Baselard, 338 Bases or lamboys, 289 Basket-hilted sword, 337 Bastard sword, 197 , 261 Battle-axes, 8 Bavière (British Museum MSS.), 208 , 266 Surcoatless Period, 195 Tabard Period, 220 Bayard, Chevalier, armour of ( Plate 8 , p. 64 ), 272 Bayeux Tapestry, 65 , 67 Bear’s-paw sabbatons, 280 Beauchamp Chapel, 244 Richard de, 211 effigy of, 244 Thomas, Earl of Warwick, 160 Thomas de, bascinet, 150 Belt, bronze, Greek, 31 Berkeley, Lord, 169 Bifid beard, Saxon, 62 Bill ( Plate 27 , p. 322 ), 328 Billman (British Museum MS.), 205 Surcoatless Period, 204 Bipennis, 54 , 80 Bitton, Sir John de, 87 Black Prince, heaume of, 184 Bœotian helmet, 29 Bohun, Humphrey de, crest of, 116 Bolts or quarrels, 133 Bombard, the Creçy ( Plate 40 , p. 366 ), 363 Bombards, 307 , 362 Bothe, Sir Robert del, brass of, 249 Bouche, 253 Bourdonass lance, 311 Bow, Assyrian, 22 Egyptian, 23 Greek, 26 , 32 Norman, 66 Bowman, 255 Bracer, 209 , 319 Brass at Croft, 118 Brass of Robert Albyn, 190 Sir John d’Aubernoun, 97 , 144 Lord Audley, 269 Sir — de Bacon, 118 William Bardwell, 270 Sir Robert del Bothe, 249 Sir Thomas Braunston, 190 Humphrey Brewster, 301 Sir Robert de Bures, 116 Lord Robert Ferrers of Chartley, 199 Sir William Cheyne, 157 Robert Colt, 230 , 248 John Colt, 270 John Daundelion, 247 Sir William de Echingham, 176 Lord L’Estrange, 270 Sir Simon de Felbrygge, 199 Sir — de Fitzralph, 118 John Gaynesford, 247 Henry Green, 250 Walter Green, 247 Sir Thomas Grene, 250 Sir Anthony de Grey, 230 , 252 Richard Gyll, 270 Sir John Hanley, 190 Sir Robert Harcourt, 230 Sir John de Harpedon, 217 Sir Hugh Hastings, 150 , 158 Sir Ralph de Knevynton, 169 Knight at Laughton, 193 Sir John de Leventhorpe, 201 Sir John Lysle, 201
— from British and Foreign Arms & Armour by Charles Henry Ashdown

If our plot succeeds, we can wait patiently for the chance of some passing ship which would rescue us from this fatal island.
— from The Arabian Nights Entertainments by Andrew Lang

Here the rock has been cut away, so as to leave a sizable stone pulpit standing forth, with a small flight of steps on each side.
— from A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life by William Stearns Davis

They made special pleadings, since it was their object to gain their point at any expense of law and justice.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01: The Old Pagan Civilizations by John Lord

Catharine de Medici, years afterwards (1563), spitefully told Smith—then Sir Thomas, and an ambassador—that Cecil had had a son at the age of fifteen or sixteen, [6] to which Smith, who must have known whether it was true or not, made no reply; but she probably spoke at random, and referred to Cecil’s early marriage.
— from The Great Lord Burghley: A study in Elizabethan statecraft by Martin A. S. (Martin Andrew Sharp) Hume

To avoid hurting his feelings, as well as to avoid seeming provincial, she seldom showed her discomfort.
— from The Prose of Alfred Lichtenstein by Alfred Lichtenstein