Nec posse suis tumulis et ubi voluerunt adesse praesentes.
— 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

On the 16th he struck the enemy, under Vaughn, at Marion, completely routing and pursuing him to Wytheville, capturing all his artillery, trains, and one hundred and ninety-eight prisoners; and destroyed Wytheville, with its stores and supplies, and the extensive lead-works near there.
— from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete by Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant

This it is that brings it about that the necessary variations are always present, that symmetrical parts, for example, the two eyes, usually vary alike, but under circumstances may vary differently, for example, the two visual halves of soles; that homodynamic parts, (for instance, the member-pairs of Arthropoda,) have frequently varied alike, and not infrequently and in conformity with the needs of the animal, have varied differently.
— from On Germinal Selection as a Source of Definite Variation by August Weismann

The holothuriæ seem to exist under very advantageous conditions in this respect, since we see Fierasfers, which are themselves tolerable gluttons, accompanied by Palæmons and Pinnotheres in the same animal.
— from Animal Parasites and Messmates by P. J. van (Pierre Joseph) Beneden

Call upon Hands and National Assemblies, each continent separately, to establish henceforth direct contact and deliberate, whenever feasible, as frequently as possible, to exchange reports to be submitted by their respective Auxiliary Boards and national committees, to exercise unrelaxing vigilance and carry out unflinchingly their sacred, inescapable duties.
— from Messages to the Bahá'í World: 1950–1957 by Effendi Shoghi

M. Catlin est un peintre plein de conscience et de talent, et un voyageur aussi intrépide qu’intelligent, qui a passé huit ans de sa vie à explorer les tribus sauvages du nord de l’Amérique et les rives du Missouri.
— from Adventures of the Ojibbeway and Ioway Indians in England, France, and Belgium; Vol. 1 (of 2) being Notes of Eight Years' Travels and Residence in Europe with his North American Indian Collection by George Catlin

415 M. Rystel, then at the Consulate of Tien-tsin, entertained us very agreeably the time we were obliged to wait for a boat, and at last, on the 24th of May, I embarked for Shanghai with my three young companions already mentioned.
— from From Paris to Pekin over Siberian Snows A Narrative of a Journey by Sledge over the Snows of European Russia and Siberia, by Caravan Through Mongolia, Across the Gobi Desert and the Great Wall, and by Mule Palanquin Through China to Pekin by Victor Meignan

"I tell yer I saw it all, for I had taken good care to creep to a spot where I had the entrance under view, and I reckon I could hear the fist strike him.
— from With the Dyaks of Borneo: A Tale of the Head Hunters by F. S. (Frederick Sadleir) Brereton

Yet I think it more than doubtful if the entire universe, visible and invisible, is composed of these two.
— from The Hills and the Vale by Richard Jefferies

The three men fixed their eyes upon Victoria, and ogled her with an impudent leer.
— from Louisa of Prussia and Her Times: A Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach