La sesan aŭ sepan jaron post sia ricevo de la libro, Alfredo volis lerni la latinan lingvon, ĉar tiam oni skribis latine ( in Latin )
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

[ The expressions of Cardinal de Retz are positive and picturesque: On y vecut toujours ensemble avec le même respect, et la même civilité que l'on observe dans le cabinet des rois, avec la même politesse qu'on avoit dans la cour de Henri III., avec la même familiarité que l'on voit dans les colleges; avec la même modestie, qui se remarque dans les noviciats; et avec la même charité, du moins en apparence, qui pourroit ètre entre des frères parfaitement unis.
— 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

Chichit Malim di hutan Piyat Berangga Sakti di belukar Siah Badala di rimba Siah Rimba di langit Sri Jambalang Makar Alam (iya yang di-sru sakarang Tungku Malim ka-raja-an) di bumi Sang Berangga Bumi (iya yang di-sru sakarang Tungku Setia Guna) yang bertegak di pintu bumi di Bukit Kaf.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

SYN: Rambling, discursive, loose, unmethodical, superficial, unsettled, erratic, inexact, spasmodic, fitful, freakish, aberrant, unsystematic, cursory, roving, hasty, slight.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

el Sr. D. José, que 20 es un sabio eminente, se reiría de la teología, de la fe, de la revelación, de los santos profetas, del Evangelio.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

6 Domingo de Salazar, Relacion de las Cosas de las Filipinas , 1583, p. 5, in Retana Archives, vol.
— from A History of the Philippines by David P. Barrows

"She really does like you," Claire said.
— from An Ambitious Woman: A Novel by Edgar Fawcett

A quel dinanzi il mordere era nulla verso 'l graffiar, che talvolta la schiena rimanea de la pelle tutta brulla.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

She ran downstairs like a child.
— from The Furnace of Gold by Philip Verrill Mighels

She ran, downstairs, locked the door of the consulting room, opened the lid of the bureau, and kneeling down with her head among all the papers, she sobbed with long-drawn, tearless sobs, “O father!
— from Magnum Bonum; Or, Mother Carey's Brood by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge