Martini et muros civitatis Phanum sive ydolum situm ubi rex Ethelbertus secundus ritum gentis suæ solebat orare et cum nobilibus suis dæmoniis et non deo sacrificare.
— from Rude Stone Monuments in All Countries: Their Age and Uses by James Fergusson

[601] para la satisfacción de las necesidades más primarias; imposibilidad del ahorro como medio de cambiar algún día de posición; falta absoluta de esperanza de mejoramiento; largas temporadas de famélico descanso por abundancia excesiva de brazos, y por encima de todo esto el fatalismo social del mundo viejo, que marca al pobre desde que nace, condenándolo a permanecer eternamente abajo, sin una ilusión, sin un resquicio en su mísera obscuridad, por donde pase la mano de la Fortuna y le busque a tientas tirando de él hacia lo alto.
— from Argentina, Legend and History by Lucio Vicente López

To me Columbus was no more a saint than Sir Francis Drake was when he so unscrupulously robbed every ship he could lay his hands upon, although both of them observed the outward forms of religious worship peculiar to their respective creeds and education.
— from Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 2: Renaissance and Reformation by John Lord

I hadn't slept long though when, from some unaccountable reason, every steer jumped to his feet at the same instant and was off like a flash.
— from A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Charles A. Siringo

He stood up, raised each stone in quick succession, and placed them swiftly, carefully, and silently beneath the coverlet of his companion's bed.
— from The Pursuit by Frank (Frank Mackenzie) Savile

They all trooped out to see Uncle Rufus establish Sandy and her family for the night in the woodshed.
— from The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did by Grace Brooks Hill

This exception to the rule of black noncommissioned officers for black units was later justified on the grounds that such units required experienced supervisors to emphasize and enforce safety regulations.
— from Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor

Whether they do things well or ill, whether it is their excellent army with its ridiculous parade, or their eighteenth-century sans-soucis with avenues and surprises, or their national legends with gods in wigs and strong men in tights, they must be play-actors to be happy and therefore to be efficient; and if I were Lord of Germany, and desired to lead my nation and to be loved by them, I should put great golden feathers on my helmet, I should use rhetorical expressions, spout monologues in public, organize wide cavalry charges at reviews, and move through life generally to the crashing of an orchestra.
— from The Path to Rome by Hilaire Belloc

Leben und Sitte, Sinn und Religion eines Südsee-Volkes.
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole