Mirum, quantum illi viro nuncianti haec fidei fuerit; quamque desiderium Romuli apud plebem exercitumque, facta fide immortalitatis, lenitum sit.”
— from The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Complete by Suetonius

A docto doctore mihi, qui sum praetendens, Domandatur raison a priori et evidens Cur rhubarba et le séné Per nos semper est ordonné Ad purgandum l'utramque bile?
— from The Imaginary Invalid by Molière

Moreover, the greater number of contrasts are habitually coupled in speech, young and old, life and death, rich and poor, etc., and are, as Dr. Bain says, in everybody's memory.
— from The Principles of Psychology, Volume 1 (of 2) by William James

Dave as a child was always a good boy, who loved his parents, worked diligently and never needed a lickin' in his life”— “Hold on, Bishop,” said Uncle Davy, rising and protesting earnestly—“this is my fun'ral an' I ain't a-goin' to have nothin' told but the exact facts: Jes' alter that by sayin' I was a tollerbul good boy, tollerbul diligent, with a big sprinklin' o' meanness an' laziness in me, an' that my old daddy,—God bless his memory for it—in them days cleared up mighty nigh a ten acre lot of guv'ment land cuttin' off the underbrush for my triflin' hide.”
— from The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills by John Trotwood Moore

The Government of the Republic is constrained to sever the diplomatic relations at present existing with the Imperial German Government.
— from The Fight for the Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

Your Excellency:— With reference to the new submarine policy of Germany, the Government of the Republic of China, dictated by the desire to further the cause of world's peace and to maintain the sanctity of International Law, addressed a protest to Your Excellency on February 9th and declared that in case, contrary to its expectations its protest be ineffectual, it would be constrained to sever the diplomatic relations at present existing between the two countries.
— from The Fight for the Republic in China by B. L. (Bertram Lenox) Putnam Weale

The Taw is a thought more leisurely than most Devon rivers after passing Eggesford, where the late Lord Portsmouth a generation or two ago maintained so great a name among the gentry of the West.
— from The Rivers and Streams of England by A. G. (Arthur Granville) Bradley

Dr. E. J. Doering read a paper entitled MUTUAL PROTECTION AGAINST BLACKMAIL.
— from The Cleveland Medical Gazette, Vol. 1, No. 4, February 1886 by Various

Not only was the hour late, but there was little wood to be had, though diligent raking around produced enough driftwood to cook our supper of bacon, coffee, and bread.
— from A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872 by Frederick Samuel Dellenbaugh

On April 2, Lee evacuated Petersburg with the hope of reaching the Danville railroad and possibly effecting a junction with Johnston’s forces in North Carolina.
— from Manassas (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park, Virginia by Francis Wilshin