But some preliminary vibrations could soon be felt over the boat's hull.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

Jam summa procul villarum culmina fumant —Now 15 the high tops of the far-off villas send forth their smoke. Virg.
— 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.

As a council of state, and as a court of justice, the senate possessed very considerable prerogatives; but in its legislative capacity, in which it was supposed virtually to represent the people, the rights of sovereignty were acknowledged to reside in that assembly.
— 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

Some pursue various callings, in imitation of their former life; their own punishment confines others.
— from The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII by Ovid

fulgent monilibus, moribus sordent, purpurata vestis, conscientia pannosa, cap.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

5 pervicaciae = steadfastness ( per + vic ; cf. vinco ).
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Pere , sb. pear, Voc., Cath.; peere , Prompt.; perys , pl. , CM.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

amour , m. , sentiment par lequel le cœur se porte vers ce qui lui plaît fortement.
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

But in a second or two Scott's placid voice came into the silence, and at once her distress began to subside.
— from Greatheart by Ethel M. (Ethel May) Dell

But before the partie dooth communicate, the priest shall vse these words vnto him: Adiuro te per patrem, & filium, & spiritum sanctum, & per veram christianitatem quam suscepisti, & per sanctas relliquias quæ in ista ecclesia sunt, & per baptismum quo te sacerdos regenerauit, vt non præsumas vllo modo communicare, neq; accedere ad altare, si hoc fecisti aut consensisti, &c. I adiure thée by the father, the sonne, and the holie Ghost, by the true christendome which thou hast receiued, by the holie relikes which are in this church, and by the baptisme wherewith the priest hath regenerated thée, that thou presume not by any maner of means to communicate, nor come about the altar, if thou hast doone or The cup yet in vse. consented vnto this, whereof thou art accused, &c.
— from Chronicles (1 of 6): The Description of Britaine by William Harrison

Et jam summa procul villarum culmina fumant, Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.
— from Excursions by Henry David Thoreau

It does not appear to me that the slightest philosophical value can be attached to any such rules as these.
— from The Logic of Chance, 3rd edition An Essay on the Foundations and Province of the Theory of Probability, With Especial Reference to Its Logical Bearings and Its Application to Moral and Social Science and to Statistics by John Venn

Galling slights, petty vexations, chilling annoyances were put upon her, trying her powers of endurance to the very length of their tether; she would wring her hands when alone, and passionately wish that she could find another refuge.
— from East Lynne by Wood, Henry, Mrs.