As he tells us himself: And this unpolished rugged verse I chose As fittest for discourse, and nearest prose.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

(Ukert, Geographic der Griechen und Romer, vol.
— 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

Underbred (rude), vulgara.
— from English-Esperanto Dictionary by J. C. (John Charles) O'Connor

ungerȳdelic rough, violent , GD 265 2 ; LV 47.
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

Each of us related various extraordinary occurrences, pro or contra.
— from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Iurevich Lermontov

[2] Blümner, Technologie und Terminologie der Gewerbe und Künste bei Griechen und Römern , vol. iii.
— from Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times by John Stewart Milne

We were diverted with the discourse, from its singularity, and the variety of new ideas in which it abounded; yet as it ran in direct opposition to the general opinion and usage of England, and recommended a system which appeared to us rather visionary than practicable, we animadverted upon all its parts with the utmost freedom; neither sparing the speech nor speaker in any particular.
— from An Explanatory Discourse by Tan Chet-qua of Quang-chew-fu, Gent. by Chambers, William, Sir

Raeburn went in by the usual road via Gangtok; Heron and I followed the river—an excellent route in spite of the prevalence of leeches—and reached Pashok on October 19.
— from Mount Everest, the Reconnaissance, 1921 by A. F. R. (Alexander Frederick Richmond) Wollaston

Vorträge und Reden, Vol.
— from An essay on the foundations of geometry by Bertrand Russell

though upon rather vague authorities, that several slaves were enfranchised.
— from Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Book II by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

"And she likes Uncle Ruthven very much," said Maggie.
— from Bessie and Her Friends by Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) Mathews

The following circumstances were the original cause of all the destruction and various calamities which the fury of Mars roused up, throwing everything into confusion by his usual ruinous violence: the people called Huns, slightly mentioned in the ancient records, live beyond the Sea of Azov, on the border of the Frozen Ocean, and are a race savage beyond all parallel.
— from The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Ammianus Marcellinus

A vicious circle was the result of this policy: As victims of the old despotism, the Jews naturally threw in their lot with the revolution which promised to do away with it; thereupon uncivilized Russia vented its fury upon them by instituting pogroms which, in turn, pushed them more and more into the ranks of the revolution.
— from History of the Jews in Russia and Poland, Volume 3 [of 3] From the Accession of Nicholas II until the Present Day by Simon Dubnow

Shukar Ali, with his usual readiness, volunteered to carry me across this stream on his back.
— from Kashmir, described by Sir Francis Younghusband, painted by Major E. Molyneux by Younghusband, Francis Edward, Sir