Nam quod parvulum est super inguen in uterum vel digito vel averso specillo repellendum est (VII. xxi).
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

The Sieur Reveillon, 'extensive Paper Manufacturer of the Rue St. Antoine;' he, commonly so punctual, is absent from the Electoral Committee;—and even will never reappear there.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Then, from the many slight successive variations having supervened in the several species at a not early age, and having been inherited at a corresponding age, the young will have been but little modified, and they will still resemble each other much more closely than do the adults, just as we have seen with the breeds of the pigeon.
— from The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin

85 Yet in that country, and beyond the Alps, some names are quoted; some profound scholars, who in the darker ages were honorably distinguished by their knowledge of the Greek tongue; and national vanity has been loud in the praise of such rare examples of erudition.
— 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

The upper section of the “Hoopskirt” rocket. Developed by Dr. Goddard during the late summer and early fall of 1928, the “Hoopskirt” rocket featured a small rocket engine mounted in the nose and a system of tanks and alcohol burners—to maintain fuel pressure—mounted on two legs.
— from Rockets, Missiles, and Spacecraft of the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Lynne C. Murphy

1 1. approximate, much the same, near, close, something like, sort of, in the ballpark, such like; a show of; mock, pseudo, simulating, representing. exact &c. (true) 494; lifelike, faithful; true to nature, true to life, the very image, the very picture of; for all the world like, comme deux gouttes d'eau[Fr]; as like as two peas in a pod, as like as it can stare; instar omnium[Lat], cast in the same mold, ridiculously like.
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

He manifests the only correct feelings that can be manifested in the presence of any great misery—that is to say, shame, reverence, embarrassment.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Could she really ever have cried just because she had been forgotten and had to walk home with Mary Vance?
— from Rilla of Ingleside by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

She refused even to admit that the Chancellor de l'Hospital was a Huguenot, to which the Duke replied that she was the only person in her kingdom who held that opinion.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) by John Lothrop Motley

It was a deep, refreshing sleep, and when at last she did awake, her reason was in a measure restored, and she remembered everything distinctly up to the time of Margaret's last visit, when she said she was going away.
— from Maggie Miller: The Story of Old Hagar's Secret by Mary Jane Holmes

It was all so ridiculously easy.
— from The Forest of Swords: A Story of Paris and the Marne by Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander) Altsheler

The next morning she rose earlier than usual, and had the horse saddled for her ride round the farm in the customary way.
— from Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

Pain and wrong and death must be fairly met and overcome in higher excitement, or else their sting remains essentially unbroken.
— from The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature by William James

This unfortunate state made him seek relief everywhere in abandoning himself more and more to Madame de Maintenon and M. du Maine.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various