Part II carries the work through the first sixty lessons, and is devoted to the study of forms and vocabulary, together with some elementary constructions, a knowledge of which is necessary for the translation of the exercises and reading matter.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

That it has nothing in it of what we think we there find;” and that of the Epicureans, “That the sun is no bigger than ‘tis judged by our sight to be:—” Quidquid id est, nihilo fertur majore figura, Quam nostris oculis quam cemimus, esse videtur: “But be it what it will in our esteems, It is no bigger than to us it seems:” that the appearances which represent a body great to him that is near, and less to him that is more remote, are both true:— Nee tamen hic oculos falli concedimus hilum.... Proinde animi vitium hoc oculis adfingere noli: “Yet that the eye’s deluded we deny; Charge not the mind’s faults, therefore, on the eye:” “and, resolutely, that there is no deceit in the senses; that we are to lie at their mercy, and seek elsewhere reasons to excuse the difference and contradictions we there find, even to the inventing of lies and other flams, if it come to that, rather than accuse the senses.”
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

that spade and mattock and coarse victuals and hard living do altogether purge away carnal appetites from the tillers of the earth and render them exceeding dull of wit and judgment.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Nervously, I tore open the envelope, and read: “From the moment you open this letter, whatever happens, whatever you may hear, do not move, do not utter one cry.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc

At length Hannibal turned the tables on the enemy, and, recrossing the river, attacked and put to flight their whole army, to the number of more than a hundred thousand men.
— from The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Polybius

The poets of their court could repeat without a blush, that nature had formed their countenances for beauty, their tongues for eloquence, and their hands for liberality and valor: but the genuine tale of the elevation and reign of the Hamadanites exhibits a scene of treachery, murder, and parricide.
— 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

A torrent of tears, exclamations, and revilings succeeded to this characteristic announcement.
— from Jacob Faithful by Frederick Marryat

You can't step out of a violent passion all in a minute, and perhaps that was the reason why Ted's hands trembled a little as he tore open the envelope and read [Pg 52] — "
— from Audrey Craven by May Sinclair

In these operations they established a reputation for gallantry and devotion to duty which in the whole Brigade was conspicuous throughout the war.
— from The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by W. C. C. Weetman

He hastily tore open the envelope, and read the brief contents.
— from Good Luck by L. T. Meade

Spite of their horror of a forsaken temple, two or three entered, and respectfully made offer of such food as they had with them.
— from Veranilda by George Gissing

Tarling tore open the envelope and read the contents: "Dear Mr. Tarling," it began.
— from The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar Wallace

The texts of this edition are reproduced from copies in the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds.
— from Prefaces to Terence's Comedies and Plautus's Comedies (1694) by Lawrence Echard

Between the two organisms there exists a relation which resembles that existing between a house in course of construction and the contractor who supplies the building material.
— from The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy by J. Morris (Josiah Morris) Slemons

Aurora with apologies tore open the envelope and read, her brow clouding.
— from The Maker of Opportunities by George Gibbs

Dr. Ree's later book, "The Origin of Conscience" ("Die Entstehung des Gewissens," 1885), does not add anything distinctly new in theory to this first book; it is rather noticeable for what it omits of the pessimism of the earlier book, for a more moderate, thoughtful, and less assertive tone, than for additional theories or even much further elaboration of the old theories, except as regards the derivation of the Sense of Justice.
— from A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution by Cora May Williams