“Yet, all beneath th' unrivall'd rose, T e lowly daisy sweetly blows; Tho' large the forest's monarch throws His army shade,
— from Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns

Unu tagon en la daŭro ( course ) de la milito, iuj el la soldatoj pasis preter la tendo de la reĝo, laŭ la ŝtona vojeto laŭ kiu ili ĉiutage marŝis por gardi la tendaron.
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

Suddenly he starts up exclaiming: "'Seignour, par Mahoumet que j'aoure et tieng chier, Le Mont de Thir enportent le déable d'enfeir!'
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Ibn Batuta calls the whole country Turkey ( Al-Turkiýah ), and the people Turkmán ; exactly likewise does Ricold ( Thurchia and Thurchimanni ).
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

This circumspection before the enemy, laid down for us by orders, betrayed in the long run the national temper; and the abuse of the system led to acts of indiscipline and defection under fire, of which a single instance would vainly be sought in the previous century."
— from The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan

Entonces José, tomando la cabeza del tigre entre las dos manos, dijo: —El tigre iba a matar a Braulio, cuando el señor
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

He therefore not only exerted his talents in occasional composition very different from Lexicography, but formed a club in Ivy-lane, Paternoster-row, with a view to enjoy literary discussion, and amuse his evening hours.
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Even the spaceship wasn’t the absolute proof that would be needed to overturn the earlier legal decision.
— from The Lani People by Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) Bone

deL tuo ſigniore Quãto magiorm te debe eſſere la terra et li dice como voleuamo conſacrare il luoco et meterlj vna croce riſpoſe que era molto contento et
— from The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume 33, 1519-1522 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the Catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century by Antonio Pigafetta

One single week in the progress of time, after the exhibition last described, had wonderfully advanced the catastrophe of our simple and uncomplicated narrative.
— from Valentine M'Clutchy, The Irish Agent The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two by William Carleton

[762] For many years before Prigg's case various states in the North had considered it to be within the province of their [260] legislative powers to enact laws dealing with the subject of fugitive slaves.
— from The Underground Railroad from Slavery to Freedom: A comprehensive history by Wilbur Henry Siebert

Be so good as to have the enclosed letters delivered, to present me to your family, and be assured yourself of my unalterable friendship.
— from Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Thomas Jefferson

The enemy's army was not only defeated, but annihilated; 15,000 of the enemy lay dead or wounded on the field of battle, while the Caesarians missed only 200 men; the body which remained together, amounting still to nearly 20,000 men, laid down their arms on the morning after the battle only isolated troops, including, it is true, the officers of most note, sought a refuge in the mountains; of the eleven eagles of the enemy nine were handed over to Caesar.
— from The History of Rome, Book V The Establishment of the Military Monarchy by Theodor Mommsen

“Voici le lieu du monde où tout devient facile, Le regret, le départ, même l’événement, Et l’adieu temporaire et le détournement, Le seul coin de la terre où tout devient docile....
— from How France Built Her Cathedrals: A Study in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

By those eternal laws decreed That pace the sapphire-paven floor!
— from The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

So when they ran up against English-speaking people and there was a scrap in sight, they were astounded to see the Englander lay down the shovel or whatever he happened to have in his hands.
— from Into the Jaws of Death by Jack O'Brien

Then comes the literature for the learning of the English language: dictionaries, grammars, textbooks on composition, etc.
— from A Stake in the Land by Peter A. (Peter Alexander) Speek