Inter Falernum et mare mons est saxeus, hominum manibus confossus, quod vulgus insulsum a Virgilio magicis cantaminibus factum putant: ita clarorum fama hominum, non veris contenta laudibus, saepe etiam fabulis viam facit.
— from The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus From the Quarto of 1604 by Christopher Marlowe

What could our dear Narcissus do? From haunts of men he now withdrew, On purpose that his precious shape From every mirror might escape.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

Their method of sol-faing is, therefore, extremely and needlessly difficult, neither does it give any clear idea to the mind; since, by this method, Ut and Me, for example, may mean either a major third, a minor third, an augmented third, or a diminished third.
— from Emile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

machinable maschinell hergestellt machine-made maschinenabhängige Arbeit machine-paced work Maschinenabteilung machine shop Maschinenanordnung machine layout Maschinenarbeit machine work Maschinenarbeitsstunde machine hour Maschinenarbeitsstundensatz machine hour rate Maschinenaufwand machine expenditure Maschinenausstattung machinery Maschinenausstattung einer Fabrik equipment of a plant Maschinenausstattung; Betriebsausstattung factory equipment Maschinenbau mechanical engineering Maschinenbearbeitungsvorgang machining operation Maschinenbuchführung machine accounting Maschineneinsatz employment of machinery Maschineneinsatz employment of machines Maschinenerneuerung machine replacement Maschinenfertigung machine production maschinengeschrieben typewritten maschinengeschriebenes Schriftstück typescript maschinenintensives Verfahren machine-intensive technology Maschinenkonto machinery account Maschinenlaufzeit machine time Maschinenlaufzeit running time Maschinennummer machine number maschinenorientiert machine-oriented Maschinensprache machine language
— from Mr. Honey's Medium Business Dictionary (German-English) by Winfried Honig

Her society was far pleasanter than his own, and future events might make everything clearer.
— from Opening a Chestnut Burr by Edward Payson Roe

It would, therefore, seem that the ratio of number for each magnitude must exceed 3, even up to the tenth.
— from The Popular Science Monthly, August, 1900 Vol. 57, May, 1900 to October, 1900 by Various

Persons also who have a common ownership in chattels, tenants in common or partners for example, may mortgage either their common or individual interests.
— from Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Albert Sidney Bolles

"We do not try to find excitement, Mr. McCarthy," expostulated Harriet.
— from The Meadow-Brook Girls by the Sea; Or, The Loss of The Lonesome Bar by Janet Aldridge

At any rate, he had something with which to busy his thoughts during the slow drag of the train up to Adonia, and he was able to forget in [113] some measure that he was sitting on dynamite and would face even more menacing explosives of another kind when the drive was on its way.
— from Joan of Arc of the North Woods by Holman Day

Lord, Mr. Gibson, he had big farms en my mother en father, dey worked on de farms.
— from Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 by United States. Work Projects Administration

His keen eyes searched her face earnestly, much more earnestly than their wont, as he asked her this pointed question.
— from Aladdin of London; Or, Lodestar by Max Pemberton

I remember that before my first election my most experienced political friend said to me, 'Remember that you are undertaking a six weeks' advertising campaign.'
— from Human Nature in Politics Third Edition by Graham Wallas

Before the old warrior had finished eating, my mother entered.
— from American Indian Stories by Zitkala-Sa