By these speeches he brought matters so far that the Jamtaland people of their own accord offered to be subject to him, which they said was useful and necessary for them; and thus, on both sides, it was agreed that the Jamtalanders should put their whole country under King Eystein.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Ni havas bonegajn montrajn fenestrojn ( show-windows ), en nia butiko, preskaŭ meze de la ĉefstrato en la urbo, kaj en nia butiko troviĝas sufiĉe da grandaj vitramebloj ( show-cases ).
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

Lehmann, K.B. , and Rohrer, G. Besitzen die flüchtigen Bestandteile von Thee und Kaffee eine Wirkung auf die Respiration des Menschen?
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

My grandfather Thorgny could well remember the Upsala king Eirik Eymundson, and used to say of him that when he was in his best years he went out every summer on expeditions to different countries, and conquered for himself Finland, Kirjalaland, Courland, Esthonia, and the eastern countries all around; and at the present day the earth-bulwarks, ramparts, and other great works which he made are to be seen.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Recompense was often promised, but never performed, until King Edward coming after, gave to the brethren five marks and a half for that part which the ditch had devoured, and the other part thereof without he yielded to them again, which they hold: and of the said rent of five marks and a half, they have a deed, by virtue whereof they are well paid to this day.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

A guest who has a card with "Pew No. 12" on it, knows, and the usher knows, exactly where she is to go.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

* “Lord have mercy upon us.” “ Kyrie eleison ,” repeated the throng in that murmur which runs over all heads, like the waves of a troubled sea.
— from Notre-Dame de Paris by Victor Hugo

Let us keep Emile’s hands from money lest he should become an ass, let him take the work but not the wages.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Bardfield, founded about forty years ago by an eminent merchant of Quebec, Peter Burnet, Esquire, was recently purchased by Albert Furness, Esquire and by him leased to Charles Earnest Levey, Esquire, until Kirke Ella, the property of Mr. Levy, is rebuilt.
— from Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present by Le Moine, J. M. (James MacPherson), Sir

I. Copulative. -u(ne) , and, with; naga kitoval’ u kene’ ema , I killed a black and white parrot.
— from The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea by Robert Wood Williamson

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— from The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Cervantes ridiculed the fooleries and affectation ingrafted upon knight errantry.
— from The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces by Samuel Johnson

But in the tenth century, and especially after the year 950, pure Danish or Scandinavian names begin to appear; for instance, Thurmod, Grim, under King Edgar (959-975); Rafn, Thurstan, under King Edward (975-978); Ingolf, Hafgrim, and others.
— from An Account of the Danes and Norwegians in England, Scotland, and Ireland by Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae

The women as they passed uttered kindly exclamations of pity, for the children were evidently frightened.
— from L'Assommoir by Émile Zola

In Professor Semper's volume, 'Animal Life' (one of the International Series), the author calls attention to the subject in the following passage which I give in German, the published English translation being, as it seems to me, incorrect: "Es scheint mir als ob er in der zweiten Ausgabe seines allgemein bekannten Werks uber Korallenriffe einem Irrthume uber meine Beobachtungen zum Opfer gefallen ist, indem er die Angaben, die ich allerdings bisher immer nur sehr kurz gehalten hatte, vollstandig falsch wiedergegeben hat.
— from Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Charles Darwin

Us don't keep donkeys for nort; us keep 'em to bring up the cliffs whatever comes ashore.
— from John Herring: A West of England Romance. Volume 3 (of 3) by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould

Todten begruben, und keiner erstehen wird, as Klopstock says of the ice-encircled pole: No dead are buried there; nor any there will rise.
— from A Jar of Honey from Mount Hybla by Leigh Hunt