On he ran desperately, but kept looking back, and saw that they still gained steadily.
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

I discerned By keen laments which from the tombs arose That sad and suffering ones were there inurned.
— from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno by Dante Alighieri

May 19th.—Napoleon confers the dignity of Marshal of the Empire on Berthier, Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, Massena, Augereau, Bernadotte, Soult, Brune, Lannes, Mortier, Ney, Davoust, Bessières, Kellermann, Lefebvre, Perignon, Serrurier.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

Sulíha ang pitákag dúna bay kwarta, Look into the wallet to see if there is any money.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

א c C D bc K L P, and the great majority of cursives; (3) ἃ
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

(2) γνῷ τὰ περὶ ὑμῶν א c C D bc K L and the majority of cursives; the Memphitic, Gothic, Vulgate, and both Syriac Versions; the Ambrosian Hilary, Jerome (on Philem.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

La pasero diris "Bona kato lavas sin antaŭ sia manĝo, sed vi ne lavis vian vizaĝon."
— from A Complete Grammar of Esperanto by Ivy Kellerman Reed

His first step, as emperor, was the creation of eighteen marshals, all memorable in the annals of military glory—Berthier, Murat, Moncey, Jourdan, Massena, Augereau, Bernadotte, Soult, Brune, Lannes, Mortier, Ney, Davoust, Bessières, Kellermann, Lefebvre, Pérignon, and Serrurier.
— from A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by John Lord

There is indeed a jaunty, little embroidered cap not unlike a modified Turkish fez, or the glorious capote of a French vivandière , which is supposed to be at the disposal of any Korean woman who cares to assume it, but it has been adopted by the geisha girls, and so, of course, discarded by Korean ladies.
— from Quaint Korea by Louise Jordan Miln

Men were beginning to doubt both King Louis and King James, when, at length at the beginning of May, the French ships were signalled from the cliffs of Kerry.
— from A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2 by Thomas D'Arcy McGee

If we are sincere in the political creed we profess, there are many things can not be done by king, lords and commons.
— from Junius Unmasked Or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Joel Moody

Do beggars know Latin? BEGGAR.
— from The Road to Damascus, a Trilogy by August Strindberg