prînci´p ibus mîlit ibus lapid ibus -ibus rêx , m., king iûdex , m., judge virtûs , f., manliness Bases or Stems rêg- iûdic- virtût- Nom.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

Sophia read it very attentively twice or thrice over, and then threw herself upon the bed, and burst into a flood of tears.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

It hangs on every bush, flutters in every tree, is caught flying by the electric wires, haunts every enclosure, drinks at every pump, cowers at every grating, shudders upon every plot of grass, seeks rest in vain behind the legions of iron rails.
— from Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens

[68] ‘Another version, which is more usual, is that the pisky anointed the person’s eyes and so rendered itself visible.’— Henry Jenner.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

She read— “In virtue of the seizure in execution of a judgment.”
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

The solitary and arid blades of grass arose from the passing gusts fearfully perceptible; the bold and rocky mountains were too distinct in their barrenness, and the eye even sought relief, in vain, by attempting to pierce the illimitable void of heaven, which was shut to its gaze by the dusky sheet of ragged and driving vapor.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

Lybis amentavit habena, Se rotat in vulnus, telumque irata receptum Impetit, et secum fugientem circuit hastam.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

The Achaeans at first retreated in good order and without danger, because they were retiring upon their heavy-armed troops, whom they imagined to be in a place of safety on their original ground; but when they saw that these too had abandoned their position of safety, and were marching in a long straggling line, some of them immediately broke off from the main body and sought refuge in various towns in the neighbourhood; while others, meeting the phalanx as it was coming up to their relief, proved to be quite sufficient, without the presence of an enemy, to strike fear into it and force it into headlong flight.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

The patient has not forgotten the scene from which the compulsion act derives—on the contrary, she remembers it vividly, nor is there any other forgotten factor which comes into play in the development of these symptoms.
— from A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis by Sigmund Freud

“Hurry!” said Reid, in voice strained and dry.
— from The Flockmaster of Poison Creek by George W. (George Washington) Ogden

Wearyworld tried another six remarks in vain.
— from The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie

I also saw them start, ranged in very fair order with the Dean at their head.
— from The Red Hand of Ulster by George A. Birmingham

The Saxons remained Infidels vntill Gregorie Bishop of Rome sent Augustine vnto them.
— from The Lives of the III. Normans, Kings of England: William the First, William the Second, Henrie the First by Hayward, John, Sir

I have seen some Patients, in whom the Complaint of the Throat disappeared entirely, without either Eruptions or Sweats: but such still remained in very great Inquietude and Anguish, with a quick and small Pulse.
— from Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot

If the people should rise in violent attack against the selfishness and bad government of their rulers, I, while rendering homage to the right of the people, shall be among the first to prevent the excesses and the vengeance which long slavery has prepared.
— from At Home And Abroad; Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe by Margaret Fuller

Many large genera of hybrid garden-flowers owe their origin to species rich in varieties or in elementary subspecies.
— from Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Hugo de Vries