Turn we now to a brighter page in the life of this great king, when, emerging from his hiding-place, he seemed to spring up suddenly into a new existence, and by his brave and valorous deeds to startle alike both friend and foe.
— from History of the Anglo-Saxons, from the Earliest Period to the Norman Conquest Second Edition by Thomas Miller

But during the greater part of the sixteenth century, the credulity was still universal, since it affected not merely the lowest and most ignorant classes, but even those who were best educated.
— from History of Civilization in England, Vol. 1 of 3 by Henry Thomas Buckle

Purty soon Maria slowed up & sed its a nice day.
— from The Bad Boy at Home, and His Experiences in Trying to Become an Editor 1885 by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor

; E. Bogart, Economic History of United States , introduction; E. Semple, American History and its Geographic Conditions ; A. Brigham, Geographic Influences in American History ; W. Scaife, America: its Geographical History .—Topographical descriptions of the country: J. Whitney, United States , I. pt. i. ; N. Shaler, United States , I. , and Nature and Man in America ; Mill, as above; E. Reclus, North America , III. ; Hinsdale, as above, ch.
— from The Colonies, 1492-1750 by Reuben Gold Thwaites

2. Set about the work of getting well with a fixed determination to persevere, and never to give over the struggle until success is attained, no matter how difficult may be the obstacles to be surmounted.
— from Plain Facts for Old and Young by John Harvey Kellogg

naufragus errat Ut sibi tum sociis uitam seruaret in alto Non tamen hos cupens fato deprompsit acerbo
— from Instigations Together with An Essay on the Chinese Written Character by Ezra Pound