That you’re a fool, que vous êtes un sot , but everybody knew that.
— from War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo, graf

Men da han, efterat Ormen i nogen Tid havde haft ham liggende under sin Bug, endelig kom lidt til sin Samling igien, greb han af yderste Evne en Daggert, af hvilke han førte flere med sig i sit Bælte, og stak Dyret dermed i underlivet, hvor Sksællene vare blødest, saa at det tilsidst maate udpuste sin giftige Aande, medens han selv laae halv knust under dens Byrde.
— from Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn by R. W. (Raymond Wilson) Chambers

She had the reputation of being a lady and beautiful; and petitions for her reprieve were sent to us signed by every kind of person from the United States.
— from Margot Asquith, an Autobiography - Two Volumes in One by Margot Asquith

Embossing had probably first been used systematically by Elisha Kirkall in 1722-24, and by Arthur Pond in his chiaroscuros, made in 1732-36 in conjunction with George Knapton, after drawings by old masters.
— from John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut by Jacob Kainen