Nobilitas nihil aliud nisi improbitas, furor, rapina, latrocinium, homicidium, luxus, venatio, violentia, &c. 3646 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

about circum , prep, with acc. around circum´-dô, -dare, -dedî, -datus , place around, surround, inclose circum´-eô, -îre, -iî, -itus , go around circum-sistô, -ere, circum´stetî , ——, stand around, surround circum-veniô, -îre, -vênî, -ventus ( come around ), surround citerior, -ius , adj. in comp., superl.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

That the Japanese suffer from the moral {52} effluvia of a decayed cult which was once as the very vertebral column of the national body of religion, is evident to every one who acquaints himself with their popular speech and literature.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Vivat, vivat, vivat, vivat, cent fois vivat, Novus doctor, qui tam bene parlat!
— from The Imaginary Invalid by Molière

"Mais, Monsieur?" "Mais, Mademoiselle, asseyez-vous, et ne bougez pas—entendez-vous?—jusqu'à ce qu'on vienne vous chercher, ou que je vous donne la permission." "Quel triste coin!" cried I, "et quelles laids tableaux!"
— from Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Such folly was disdained and indulged by the wisest princes; but the names of Caligula, Nero, Vitellius, Verus, Commodus, Caracalla, and Elagabalus, were enrolled in the blue or green factions of the circus; they frequented their stables, applauded their favorites, chastised their antagonists, and deserved the esteem of the populace, by the natural or affected imitation of their manners.
— 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

The loss, by the wreck of the Sir James Brooke , of a very valuable collection, did not discourage him; but he set about at once to replace it.
— from Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia, and Laos (Vol. 1 of 2) During the Years 1858, 1859, and 1860 by Henri Mouhot

vulgar vulgar, common.
— from Novelas Cortas by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Footnote 31 , “μῖμιοι” changed to “μῖμοι” (μῖμοι σπουδαίων) Footnote 80 , “Euripid” changed to “Euripides” (the Antiope of Euripides) Footnote 82 , “adversariese” changed to “adversaries” (knocked down his adversaries) Footnote 108 , missing word “of” added (which Ovid puts into the mouth of Pythagoras); “Jononis” changed to “Junonis” (templo Junonis in Argis) Footnote 111 , “Challidian” changed to “Chalcidian” (towns of Chalcidian origin) Footnote 119 , “Linæan” changed to “Lenæan” (the second or Lenæan festivals) Footnote 127 , “Valchenær” changed to “Valckenær” (Valckenær conjectures) Footnote 143 , “Trachinæ” changed to “Trachiniæ” (the Trachiniæ of Sophocles) Index entry , “Alemæon” changed to “Alcmæon” Index entry under Ariston, “Scion” changed to “Siren” Index entry , “Arnicereans” changed to “Annicereans” and moved to the correct alphabetical position Index entry under Bias, “Priam” changed to “Priene” Index entry , “Clido” changed to “Chilo” Index entry , “Endoxus” changed to “Eudoxus” Index entry , “Gynosophistæ” changed to “Gymnosophistæ” Index entry under Plato, “Alcinus” changed to “Alcimus” Index entry , “Thesmopheria” changed to “Thesmophoria” Index entry , “Zaleneus” changed to “Zaleucus” Greek ς, when not at the end of a word, has been normalised to σ.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

Whoever desires to pursue the subject further may do so by consulting Bancroft's Native Races , vol. V, chapter one, and vol.
— from New Witnesses for God (Volume 2 of 3) by B. H. (Brigham Henry) Roberts

E all'entrata del tempio vicina Vide che si sedava pianamente Monna Pace, la quale una cortina Movea innanzi alla porta lievemente; Appresso a lei in vista assai tapina Pacienza sedea discretamente; Pallida nell' aspetto, e d'ogni parte Intorno a lei vide Promesse ad arte.
— from Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) — Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems by Geoffrey Chaucer

This is entirely unfounded, the contrary, so far as I am able to judge, being the case, especially on the south and west sides of frame houses, where the paint and consequently the woodwork, will be found in a much better state of preservation when protected by such vines as Ampelopsis Veitchi, Virginia Creeper, Woodbine, and the like, than when exposed to the burning, blistering rays of the sun.
— from The Flower Garden by Ida D. (Ida Dandridge) Bennett

Surrounded by the silence and darkness, Van Vernet could only think.
— from Dangerous Ground; or, The Rival Detectives by Lawrence L. Lynch

I was sorry for the lovely suffering woman, who reminded me of the White Phantom, and going very, very cautiously toward her I tried to look my sympathy.
— from Bonnie Prince Fetlar: The Story of a Pony and His Friends by Marshall Saunders

And vpon a certaine time when he was cumming towardes Cambaleth, the fame of his approch being published, a bishop of ours with certaine of our minorite friers and my selfe went two dayes iourney to meet him: and being come nigh vnto him, we put a crosse vpon wood, I my selfe hauing a censer in my hand, and began to sing with a loud voice: Veni creator spiritus.
— from The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt

It is said that the English in Bombay might have saved them this defeat and humiliation, but from a feeling of jealousy of the power and influence of the Portuguese in India refused them all aid, except that of advancing fifteen hundred rupees, for which they took some very valuable church plate and some brass guns, which were actually removed from the defence of Bassein as security.
— from Life and Travel in India Being Recollections of a Journey Before the Days of Railroads by Anna Harriette Leonowens

Swaine vsed the victorie verie cruellie against the Englishmen, oppressing them on each hand; to the intent that them being brought low he might gouerne in more suertie.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

The ornaments vary in size and finish, and the value varies correspondingly, thus no table of equable exchange can be drawn up.
— from Evolution in Art: As Illustrated by the Life-histories of Designs by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

Sankey Valley Viaduct, constructed by George Stephenson on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1826-9).
— from Social Life in England Through the Centuries by H. R. Wilton Hall