Next, on the opposite side they saw and passed the mouth of the river Sangarius and the fertile land of the Mariandyni, and the stream of Lycus and the Anthemoeisian lake; and beneath the breeze the ropes and all the tackling quivered as they sped onward.
— from The Argonautica by Rhodius Apollonius

In general, the length of the common carotid is considerable, and ranges between the sterno-clavicular articulation and the level of the os hyoides; throughout the whole of this length, it seldom or never happens that a large arterial branch is given off from the vessel, and the operation of ligaturing the common carotid is therefore much more likely to answer the results required of that proceeding than can be expected from the ligature of any part of the subclavian artery which gives off large arterial branches from every part of its course.
— from Surgical Anatomy by Joseph Maclise

At last the Mock Turtle recovered his voice, and, with tears running down his cheeks, went on again: "You may not have lived much under the sea—" ("I haven't," said Alice) "and perhaps you were never even introduced to a lobster—" (Alice began to say "I once tasted——" but checked herself hastily, and said "No, never,)
— from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. With a Proem by Austin Dobson by Lewis Carroll

These were more in number, and stronger, and they were more skilled in the art of war, for they could fight, either from chariots or on foot as the occasion served; in the morning, therefore, they came as thick as leaves and bloom in summer, and the hand of heaven was against us, so that we were hard pressed.
— from The Odyssey Rendered into English prose for the use of those who cannot read the original by Homer

In brief,—since they loiter about and make a profit out of it, it is no wonder that in giving evidence they also loaf and bring to light only approximate truth.
— from Criminal Psychology: A Manual for Judges, Practitioners, and Students by Hans Gross

In their mutual visits, as the first act of hospitality, the guest is welcomed in the embraces of their wives and daughters: among friends they are lent and borrowed without shame; nor are the islanders offended at this strange commerce, and its inevitable consequences.
— 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

Thus Pericles and Thaisa, after long and bitter suffering, found happiness once more, and in the joy of their meeting they forgot the pain of the past.
— from Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Our masters are to blame, that in searching out the causes of the extraordinary emotions of the soul, besides attributing it to a divine ecstasy, love, martial fierceness, poesy, wine, they have not also attributed a part to health: a boiling, vigorous, full, and lazy health, such as formerly the verdure of youth and security, by fits, supplied me withal; that fire of sprightliness and gaiety darts into the mind flashes that are lively and bright beyond our natural light, and of all enthusiasms the most jovial, if not the most extravagant.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

Let our author collect on one side of his library all the giants and heroes of utter disbelief, and on the other the literature of natural faith; nay, let him ransack for fresh names and forgotten suffrages Lalande's "Dictionnaire des Athées"; and if, having weighed the various merits of Leucippus and Lucretius, of Baron d'Holbach and La Mettrie, of Robert Owen and Atkinson, he thinks them of more sterling mass than the pure gold of thought and life accumulated by Socrates, Plato, Antoninus,—by
— from Studies of Christianity; Or, Timely Thoughts for Religious Thinkers by James Martineau

According to the plans of the new ships, they resemble in a general way the "Indiana," although they are longer and broader and have a greater displacement, and their batteries are more powerful.
— from The Naval History of the United States. Volume 2 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot

"So Perseus started out, and he flew through the air like a bird.
— from Our Little Grecian Cousin by Mary F. Nixon-Roulet

Transcript + A L A Bkl 14:47 N ‘17 “The illustrations in this book are revelations.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

England had yet to pass through a long and bitter period of 'strife and stress,' of war between rich and poor, of many and bewildering changes.
— from Queen Victoria by E. Gordon (Edgar Gordon) Browne

“Yes,” replies the Flight-Commander, “it's the latest of its type and looks a beauty.
— from The Aeroplane Speaks by H. (Horatio) Barber

“A scholarly and exhaustive treatment.” + A L A Bkl 14:78 D ‘17 “It contains chapters which no serious student of international law can afford to neglect.
— from The Book Review Digest, Volume 13, 1917 Thirteenth Annual Cumulation Reviews of 1917 Books by Various

That 'ud give the American lady a better chance for her life in case we should overtake her!"
— from The Eye of Zeitoon by Talbot Mundy

But the master he's never all here, nor all there, and like a Broseley butter-pot another touch of the kiln will neither make him nor break him.
— from The Great House by Stanley John Weyman