Come, let us start now, right away."
— from Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street by Herman Melville

praeclārē apud eundem est Platōnem, similiter facere eōs quī inter sē contenderent uter potius rem pūblicam administrāret, ut sī nautae certārent quis eōrum potissimum gubernāret , Off.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

Dydd Sul, Sunday Sulgwyn, n. Whitsuntide Sulw, n. observation, remark Sum, magnitude, size; sum Sumio, v. to deduce the size Sumiol, a. relating to size Suo, v. to buzz; to lull, to hush Sur, n. an acid: a. acid; stale Suran, n. a sour plant, sorrel Surder, n. sourness, acidity Surdoes, n. leaven Surdoesi, v. to leaven Surian, n. a cherry Surig, n. silk Surni, n. sourness; staleness Suro, v. to sour; to turn sour Suryn, n. anything acid Sut, n. manner, shape; plight Sutiad, n. a shaping; a suiting Sutio, v. to adapt; to suit Sûwr, n. one who hushes Sw, n. what remains; what is on Swb, n. a pressed heap; a bundle Swba, n. a small bundle Swbach, n. what is shrunk up Swbachiad, n. a shrinking up Swbachu, v. to shrink up Swci, n. what is soaked Swch, sychod, n. a snout; a plough-share Swchio, v. to search without the snout Swd, n. manner, shape; plight Swdd, n. frame work; a frame Swdden, n. a beam, a raft Swf, n. a spot, a space Swg, n. a soak, an imbibing Swgiad, n. a soaking, a drenching Swil, a. bashful Swl, n. flat space; ground Swll, n. a scene, prospect Swllt, n. a treasure; a shilling Swm, n. state of being together Swmer, n. a supporter, a beam Swmeriad, n. a propping up Swmeru, v. to prop up Swmio, v. to sum up Swmwl, n. a goad Swn, n. a noise, a sound Swniad, n. a sounding Swnio, v. to noise, to sound Swp, n. pressed mass; a cluster Swr, n. what is surly or sullen Swrn, n. a small space; a little, somewhat; a fetlock Swrnach, n. a snarl, a grin Swrth, n. what is imminent Swrth, a sudden; falling, fell, unwieldy; slothful; drowsy Swrthlyd, a. apt to be drowsy Swrth, n. a clumsy one Swrw, a. surly sullen; snarling Swrwd, n. shreds; dress; fragment Swta, what is volatile soot Swtan, n. whiting Swtrach, n. dross, dregs Swtrws, n. bruised mass Swth, n. a frame; a pile Swy, n. what is on or over Swyd, n. what extends over Swydo, v. to intimidate Swydd, n. employ, office, duty, service; a suit; a shire a county Swyddfa, n. place of business Swyddog, a. having office officer Swyddogaeth, n. office, duty Swyddogi, v. to hold office Swyddwr, n. an officer Swyf, n. scum; yeast; suet Swyfedd, n. what is scummed, suet Swyfen, n. scum; froth, or top Swyfi, n. scum; froth, or top Swyfo, v. to cast a scum; to yeld Swylo, v. to save, to put by Swyn, n. a preservative; a charm Swyna, v. to deal in charms Swyn-gynfaredd, n. amulet Swyniad, a preserving; a charming Swyno, v. to preserve; to charm Swynogol, n. an amulet, a charm Swynogli, v. to fascinate Swynol, a. preserative; blessing Swynwr, n. a dealer in amulets or charms, a magician, a wizard Swyso, v. to give emotion Sy, n. a star; v. is, exists Syber, a. elevated; generous, sober Syberwyd, n. stateliness; high-mindedness Sybyrnio, to bundle, to pack up Sybyrnyn, n. a small bundle Sych, n. drought: a. dry Sichbilen, n.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Sus aguas son muchas, claras y saludables, pues no hay amagamiento de serranía ni ceja de montaña que no brote [1] cristalinos arroyos, que cruzando la tierra con la frescura de sus raudales, la fecundan de calidad, [2] que no hay cosa que en ella se siembre que con admiración no produzca, ayudando a su fertilidad la variación de su temperamento, pues a cortas distancias, según la altura o bajío que hace la tierra, se experimenta frío, cálido o templado, y de esta variedad de temples se origina su mayor excelencia, pues lo que en un sitio no produce, en otro se multiplica, y lo que en una parte se esteriliza, en otra se fecunda, y
— from Heath's Modern Language Series: The Spanish American Reader by Ernesto Nelson

Nonsense in grammatical form sounds half rational; sense with grammatical sequence upset sounds nonsensical; e.g., "Elba the Napoleon English faith had banished broken to be Saint because Helena at."
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Meanwhile, the unhappy scholar (now well nigh grown a stork, so sore did his teeth chatter,) perceiving at last that he was befooled, essayed again and again to open the door and sought an he might not avail to issue 391 thence by another way; but, finding no means thereunto, he fell a-ranging to and fro like a lion, cursing the foulness of the weather and the lady's malignity and the length of the night, together with his own credulity; wherefore, being sore despited against his mistress, the long and ardent love he had borne her was suddenly changed to fierce and bitter hatred and he revolved in himself many and various things, so he might find a means of revenge, the which he now desired far more eagerly than he had before desired to be with the lady.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

The entire account is a very interesting one, but we are especially pleased with the information imparted as to the character of instruction given the boys entering the United States naval training service.
— from The Pansy Magazine, February 1886 by Various

The manufacture of armor-plate for the United States Navy is conducted on a scale of unparalleled magnitude.
— from Homestead A Complete History of the Struggle of July, 1892, between the Carnegie-Steel Company, Limited, and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers by Arthur Gordon Burgoyne

The population of the United States now numbers a hundred millions and is growing with amazing rapidity.
— from Your National Parks, with Detailed Information for Tourists by Enos A. Mills

I have these headaches often, and bringing you into my room, you see—” “Yes, I understand,” said Nancy kindly.
— from Nancy Brandon's Mystery by Lilian Garis

Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifa—Ambassador of Qatar to the United States *Mukhtar Lamani—Arab League envoy to Iraq Sir David Manning—British Ambassador to the United States Imad Moustapha—Ambassador of Syria to the United States Walid Muallem—Foreign Minister of Syria Romano Prodi—Prime Minister of Italy *Ashraf Qazi—Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq Anders Fogh Rasmussen—Prime Minister of Denmark Nabi Sensoy—Ambassador of Turkey to the United States Ephraim Sneh—Deputy Minister of Defense of the State of Israel Javad Zarif—Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayad—Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Former Officials and Experts William J. Clinton—former President of the United States Walter Mondale—former Vice President of the United States Madeleine K. Albright—former United States Secretary of State Warren Christopher—former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger—former United States Secretary of State Colin Powell—former United States Secretary of State George P. Schultz—former United States Secretary of State Samuel R. Berger—former United States National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski—former United States National Security Advisor Anthony Lake—former United States National Security Advisor General Brent Scowcroft—former United States National Security Advisor General Eric Shinseki—former Chief of Staff of the United States Army General Anthony Zinni—former Commander, United States Central Command General John Keane—former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army Admiral Jim Ellis—former Commander of United States Strategic Command General Joe Ralston—former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Lt. General Roger C. Schultz—former Director of the United States Army National Guard Douglas Feith—former United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Mark Danner—The New York Review of Books Larry Diamond—Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University Thomas Friedman—New York Times Leslie Gelb—President Emeritus, Council on Foreign Relations Richard Hill—Director, Office of Strategic Initiatives and Analysis, CHF International Richard C. Holbrooke—former Ambassador of the United States to the United Nations Martin S. Indyk—Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution Ronald Johnson—Executive Vice President for International Development, RTI International Frederick Kagan—The American Enterprise Institute Arthur Keys, Jr.—President and CEO, International Relief and Development William Kristol—The Weekly Standard *Guy Laboa—Kellogg, Brown & Root Nancy Lindborg—President, Mercy Corps Michael O'Hanlon—Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution George Packer—The New Yorker Carlos Pascual—Vice President and Director, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution Robert Perito—Senior Program Officer, United States Institute of Peace *Col. Jack Petri, USA (Ret.)—advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Interior Kenneth Pollack—Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution Thomas Ricks—The Washington Post Zainab Salbi—Founder and CEO, Women for Women International Matt Sherman—former Deputy Senior Advisor and Director of Policy, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Strobe Talbott—President, The Brookings Institution Rabih Torbay—Vice President for International Operations, International Medical Corps George Will—The Washington Post Expert Working Groups and Military Senior Advisor Panel Economy and Reconstruction Gary Matthews, USIP Secretariat Director, Task Force on the United Nations and Special Projects, United States Institute of Peace Raad Alkadiri Director, Country Strategies Group,
— from The Iraq Study Group Report by Iraq Study Group (U.S.)

(134) 91 A CH-46 helicopter of Marine Aircraft Group-36 evacuates wounded from Hill 861A (Photo courtesy David D. Duncan) U. S. Navy doctors and corpsmen, wearing helmets and flak jackets, treat wounded at Charlie Med aid station.
— from The Battle for Khe Sanh by Moyers S. Shore

The other takes us still nearer home.
— from Black Rebellion: Five Slave Revolts by Thomas Wentworth Higginson