Superior to the last temptation of virtuous minds, an indiscreet and intemperate zeal for justice, he restrained, with calmness and dignity, the warmth of an advocate, who prosecuted, for extortion, the president of the Narbonnese province.
— 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

And as Rosalie had told him before that she would pay for everything herself, he gave her a written copy of the agreement he had made.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

Can the mind of men be so much averse to the light of truth as not to perceive that the sayings this woman pours forth exceed her measure?
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

A description which was photographic for exactness.
— from Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain

Future er ō , I shall be er imus , we shall be er is , thou wilt be er itis , you will be er it , he will be er unt , they will be Perfect fu ī , I have been, was fu imus , we have been, were fu istī , thou hast been, wast fu istis , you have been, were fu it , he has been, was fu ērunt , fuēre, they have been, were Pluperfect fu eram , I had been fu erāmus , we had been fu erās , thou hadst been fu erātis , you had been fu erat , he had been fu erant , they had been Future Perfect fu erō , I shall have been fu erimus , we shall have been fu eris , thou wilt have been fu eritis , you will have been fu erit , he will have been fu erint , they will have been Subjunctive Present Imperfect SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL s im s īmus es sem es sēmus s īs s ītis es sēs es sētis s it s int es set es sent Perfect Pluperfect fu erim fu erimus fu issem fu issēmus fu eris fu eritis fu issēs fu issētis fu erit fu erint fu isset fu issent Imperative PRESENT FUTURE 2d Pers.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

The cup of life was poisoned for ever; and although the sun shone upon me, as upon the happy and gay of heart, I saw around me nothing but a dense and frightful darkness, penetrated by no light but the glimmer of two eyes that glared upon me.
— from Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Indicative Present SINGULAR PLURAL sum , I am sumus , we are es , thou art estis , you are est , he (she, it) is sunt , they are Imperfect er am , I was er âmus , we were er âs , thou wast er âtis , you were er at , he was er ant , they were Future er ô , I shall be er imus , we shall be er is , thou wilt be er itis , you will be er it , he will be er unt , they will be Perfect fu î , I have been, was fu imus , we have been, were fu istî , thou hast been, wast fu istis , you have been, were fu it , he has been, was fu êrunt , fuêre, they have been, were Pluperfect fu eram , I had been fu erâmus , we had been fu erâs , thou hadst been fu erâtis , you had been fu erat , he had been fu erant , they had been Future Perfect fu erô , I shall have been fu erimus , we shall have been fu eris , thou wilt have been fu eritis , you will have been fu erit , he will have been fu erint , they will have been Subjunctive Present Imperfect SINGULAR PLURAL SINGULAR PLURAL s im s îmus es sem es sêmus s îs s îtis es sês es sêtis s it s int es set es sent Perfect Pluperfect fu erim fu erimus fu issem fu issêmus fu eris fu eritis fu issês fu issêtis fu erit fu erint fu isset fu issent Imperative PRESENT FUTURE 2d Pers.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

A portico, Albeit it stands well propped from end to end On equal columns, parallel and big, Contracts by stages in a narrow cone, When from one end the long, long whole is seen,— Until, conjoining ceiling with the floor, And the whole right side with the left, it draws Together to a cone's nigh-viewless point.
— from On the Nature of Things by Titus Lucretius Carus

66 Wealth-forms for the most part extremely ephemeral, 118 ; J. S. Mill on, 118 Wells, Mr. H. G. on future growth of London, 142 Westgarth, Mr. William, prizes for essays on reconstruction of London, 149 Wilson, P. W., on the distribution of industry, 142 Winter Garden.
— from Garden Cities of To-Morrow Being the Second Edition of "To-Morrow: a Peaceful Path to Real Reform" by Howard, Ebenezer, Sir

To this interrogation the stranger replied, without lifting up his head, “Overwhelmed as I am with Count Melvil's generosity, together with a consciousness of my own unworthiness, it ill becomes a wretch like me to importune him for further favour; yet I could not bear the thought of withdrawing, perhaps for ever, from the presence of my benefactor, without soliciting his permission to see his face in mercy, to acknowledge my atrocious crimes, to hear my pardon confirmed by his voice, and that of his accomplished Countess, whom I dare not even at a distance behold; and to express my fervent wish for their prosperity.” Melvil, whose heart was but too tender, could not hear this address without emotion.
— from The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Comparing these with points farther east, we have Bismarck, Dakota, 21.35; Denver, 14.97; Sandusky, Ohio, 41.43; New Haven, Connecticut, 51.55; Norfolk, Virginia, 52.14 inches.
— from A Report on Washington Territory by William Henry Ruffner

The following tribute to her is by Horatio Greenough: "'Mid rank and wealth and worldly pride, From every snare she turned aside.
— from Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century by Virginia Tatnall Peacock

Tell your future husband that if he likes me to be the patron of the wedding I will pay for everything."
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 20: Milan by Giacomo Casanova

A triumphal feast is celebrated, and while the king and his retainers are overcome by wine and sleep Walthari prepares for escape.
— from Women of the Teutonic Nations by Hermann Schoenfeld

9 For we rejoice when we are weak, but ye are strong: and this also we pray for, even your perfect establishment.
— from A Translation of the New Testament from the original Greek Humbly Attempted with a View to Assist the Unlearned with Clearer and More Explicit Views of the Mind of the Spirit in the Scriptures of Truth by Thomas Haweis

She talked with perfect freedom, even with a touch of spiritual exaltation, like a person long condemned to intercourse with inferiors, who has the irresistible desire to open her mind and heart to a breath of the higher life.
— from The Child of Pleasure by Gabriele D'Annunzio

Tigearnac quotes abundantly from Greek and Latin authors, fortifying his conclusions with passages from Eusebius, [pg 266] Orosius, Julius Africanus, Josephus, Jerome and Bede.
— from Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston

The buffaloe are scarce; but we procured fifteen elk, fourteen deer, two bighorns, and a beaver.
— from History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark, Vol. II To the Sources of the Missouri, Thence Across the Rocky Mountains and Down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean. Performed During the Years 1804-5-6. by William Clark

But he was prevented from enjoying it by the factious opposition of his enemies.
— from Famous Men of Ancient Times by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich