struit deinde aciem, ut 10 loci natura patiebatur, in semirutae solo urbis et natura inaequali, et omnia, quae arte belli secunda suis eligi praepararive poterant, providit.
— from Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce

Varvara Petrovna listened in silence, sitting up erect in her chair, looking sternly straight into the speaker’s eyes.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

One prince I know who makes up for all the rest, and more-how much more, if I ventured to say, perhaps I should stir up envy in many a noble breast; but let this stand over for some more convenient time, and let us go and look for some place to shelter ourselves in to-night."
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

In consequence of which she employs it—I should say upon every individual thing she can lay hold of, whether it concerns her or not—especially not.
— from Bleak House by Charles Dickens

Hence there are seven chief planets, the spheres of the indwelling seven Spirits, under each of which is born one of the human Groups which is guided and influenced thereby.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 1 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky

If somebody shinnies up each tree, we'll soon discover whether the trouble's between here and the regular poles."
— from The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High by Leslie W. Quirk

In such suggestions, unsatisfactory even to those who originated them, and doubly so to her whom they were intended to comfort, more than two hours passed; and Lady D—— was beginning to hope that the fated term might elapse without the occurrence of any tragical event, when Sir Robert entered the room.
— from The Purcell Papers — Volume 1 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

When left alone with his grandchild and Milza, the invalid still seemed unusually excited, and his eyes shone with unwonted brightness.
— from Philothea: A Grecian Romance by Lydia Maria Child

Then clear out the weeds and those terrible marigolds I see springing up everywhere, and those poppy seedlings.
— from How the Garden Grew by Maud Maryon

To the credit of Marion be it said, she used every means to obtain the freedom of her mother, who had been sold to Parson Wilson, at Natchez.
— from Clotelle: A Tale of the Southern States by William Wells Brown

“Under ordinary circumstances, or rather, perhaps, I should say, under extraordinary circumstances, under the hypothesis, I mean, that there existed in all the world only the murdered man, the criminal, yourself, and the tribunal of justice, then I suppose the case would be tolerably clear.
— from The Carleton Case by Ellery H. (Ellery Harding) Clark

[181] ,’ or the passage in chapter xvii of the same, ‘Deve pertanto un principe non si curare dell’infamia di crudele per tenere i sudditi suoi uniti ed in fede [182] .’
— from Life and Letters of Thomas Cromwell, Vol. 1 of 2 Life, Letters to 1535 by Roger Bigelow Merriman