Under Nero— St. Peter, crucified.
— from Walks in Rome by Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert) Hare

They alone are—let us not say philosophic critics but—critics indeed.
— from Aspects of Literature by John Middleton Murry

These, again, taken with those whose membership ranges between twenty-five and fifty, make up nearly seventy per cent. of the whole!"
— from Common Sense Applied to Religion; Or, The Bible and the People by Catharine Esther Beecher

We meet with it even in Italian poetry: E sovra il dorso un nano si piccino Che sembri di quattr' anni un fanciullino.
— from The Fairy Mythology Illustrative of the Romance and Superstition of Various Countries by Thomas Keightley

Valla became Papal Secretary under Nicholas' successor, Pope Calixtus III, but unfortunately he died at the early age of fifty.
— from The Century of Columbus by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

Habes in hac paginâ deformationes vestigii & elevationis capitelli Corinthii, quas desumpsimus ex delineationibus geometricis, transferendo mensuras earum in lineas plani AB , & elevationis AC , ita ut facillimè dignosci possit unde nascantur singulæ partes capitellorum nitidorum.
— from Rules and Examples of Perspective proper for Painters and Architects, etc. In English and Latin: Containing a most easie and expeditious method to delineate in perspective all designs relating to architecture by Andrea Pozzo

"Well, we might as well give up now," said Paul, coming to a stop.
— from The Moving Picture Girls at Oak Farm or, Queer Happenings While Taking Rural Plays by Laura Lee Hope