The number of Jewish contributors to the Press of the United States makes another interesting statistical bit.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

Finita questa lettera finiro una sinfonia mia, che comminciai.
— from The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

At ten o’clock the next morning, the carriage of the Chevalier de Balibari drew up as usual at the door of his hotel; and the Chevalier, who was at his window, seeing the chariot arrive, came down the stairs in his usual stately manner.
— from Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray

Miiksampul siya ni Risal nga usa sa mga bantúgang bayáni, He cited Rizal as an example of a great hero.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

Family circumstances are a sufficient reason for our only meeting on that footing, and it is quite unnecessary that either of us should make the other the subject of remark.
— from David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

" Our aunt was sometimes ill, but however unwell she might feel, she never missed the play.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

Ye see, to Ajax I must yield the prize: He to Ulysses, still more aged and wise; (A green old age unconscious of decays, That proves the hero born in better days!)
— from The Iliad by Homer

The Frenchman bit his lip, and fastened his eyes keenly on the other as if to read his thoughts; then, with a readiness peculiar to himself, he continued, as if assenting to the truth of an enumeration which quite doubled his army: “It is a poor compliment to the vigilance of us soldiers, monsieur, that, do what we will, we never can conceal our numbers.
— from The Last of the Mohicans; A narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper

[Pg 40] Geometrical design uses simple materials, being the oldest of the elements of decoration.
— from Applied Design for Printers A Handbook of the Principles of Arrangement, with Brief Comment on the Periods of Design Which Have Most Strongly Influenced Printing Typographic Technical Series for Apprentices #43 by Harry Lawrence Gage

These men liberated prisoners and “arrested” the assessors themselves; and Fries, when marching toward Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, resisted a United States marshal.
— from Daniel Webster for Young Americans Comprising the greatest speeches of the defender of the Constitution by Daniel Webster

Mr. Haskell, the then United States marshal, was in command of the pursuing party.
— from Hands Up; or, Thirty-Five Years of Detective Life in the Mountains and on the Plains Reminiscences by General D. J. Cook, Chief of the Rocky Mountains Detective Association by D. J.‏ ‎(David J.) Cook

On June 12, 1895, Secretary Olney instructed Hannis Taylor, United States minister at Madrid, to ask Spain to give assurances that she would settle the claim within two months.
— from Our War with Spain for Cuba's Freedom by Trumbull White

And, hark you, Mrs. G., let's have things ready at our house, if any of the clergy would like to spend a week or so with us; and we could get them up some meetings, or any little thing in their line.
— from Dred: A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp by Harriet Beecher Stowe

"I whipped up some mayonnaise," she said.
— from The Precipice: A Novel by Elia Wilkinson Peattie