Something talks with them, they spit fire and brimstone, they cannot but blaspheme, they cannot repent, believe or think a good thought, so far carried; ut cogantur ad impia cogitandum etiam contra voluntatem , said [6744] Felix Plater, ad blasphemiam erga deum, ad multa horrenda perpetranda, ad manus violentas sibi inferendas , &c., and in their distracted fits and desperate humours, to offer violence to others, their familiar and dear friends sometimes, or to mere strangers, upon very small or no occasion; for he that cares not for his own, is master of another man's life.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

He alighted at my door and asked in a tired voice, "Where is she?" For very shame I could not say, "She is I, weary traveller, she is I." It is an April night.
— from The Gardener by Rabindranath Tagore

In the evening Anastasia accompanied me to my room with a candle, and seeing that I had no valet she insisted combing my hair.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Ex ventre suppresso, inflammationes, capitis dolores, caligines crescunt.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

But the very same individual crosses the city to reach a dark counting-house in the centre of traffic, where every one may accost him who pleases.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 1 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Antar , before 70 .—Descending melodic phrase, Vn s I con sordini piano .
— from Principles of Orchestration, with Musical Examples Drawn from His Own Works by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

For of a Vaiśya sire I came, Who wedded with a Śúdra dame.”
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

Yet not to excite fresh agitation in her, "per non turbar quel bel viso sereno," I curbed my delight.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Another very small insect, called the comejen , although not troublesome in the same manner as the foregoing, is more so in other respects.
— from Historical and descriptive narrative of twenty years' residence in South America (Vol 2 of 3) Containing travels in Arauco, Chile, Peru, and Colombia; with an account of the revolution, its rise, progress, and results by Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825

At the fazenda I engaged a negro and a mulatto, to assist my own men in this operation; the ferry was about a mile further down; here the river is about forty yards broad and the current very strong, in consequence of a rapid which exists a little further below.
— from Travels in the Interior of Brazil Principally through the northern provinces, and the gold and diamond districts, during the years 1836-1841 by George Gardner

YEAST consists principally of a substance very similar in composition, and in many of its sensible properties, to gluten; and, when new or fresh, it is inflated and rendered frothy by a large quantity of carbonic acid.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

With the various subjects immediately connected with politics, he has made himself well acquainted; and such is the strength of his memory, and the extent of his information, that the accuracy of his statements is never disputed.
— from Faux's Memorable Days in America, 1819-20; and Welby's Visit to North America, 1819-20, part 2 (1820) by W. (William) Faux

In some places the ploughs had not passed over the road since two days before, for we were now going through a very sparsely inhabited country.
— from The Land of the Long Night by Paul B. (Paul Belloni) Du Chaillu

The vultures of most countries are respected by the people, because they perform a valuable service in clearing away carrion; and in many parts these birds are protected by statute.
— from Popular Adventure Tales by Mayne Reid