The languages of Europe were enriched by Japanese terms, such as soy, moxa, goban, japan (lacquer or varnish), etc., while the tongue of Nippon received an infusion of new terms, 2 and a notable list of inventions was imported from Europe.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Cuando estuve aquí la otra vez, en todas partes 30 oía ponderar su bondad, su caridad, sus virtudes.
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

But on arriving at the doctor's door, so out of breath and excited was this usual model of deportment that, on finding herself in the presence of the master and his friend, she only stood in embarrassed silence, and made up for her lack of verbal expression by a succession of eloquent blushes.
— from The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte

Still there has been no lack of very excellent men (to whose toil and industry I confess myself much indebted), who have written many noteworthy things concerning the right way of life, and have given much sage advice to mankind.
— from Ethics by Benedictus de Spinoza

And, therefore, philosophy, being almost unequal to the task, has cause to grow sad, and hence betakes itself to human affairs, insinuating into men’s minds the love of virtue, equity, and peace, by means of eloquence and persuasion; thus forming men into societies; bringing them under laws and regulations; and making them forget their unbridled passions and affections, so long as they hearken to precepts and submit to discipline.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

It helps hoarseness, and loss of voice, eases surfeits and head-ache coming of drunkenness, and opens obstructions of the liver and spleen, and therefore is good for that disease in children called the rickets.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

This afternoon there was a couple of men with me with a book in each of their hands, demanding money for pollmoney, [Pepys seems to have been let off very easily, for, by Act of Parliament 18 Car.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

Having accomplished this feat with all the ardour which her devoted love for Mr. Muzzle inspired, she staggered back; and being a lady of very excitable and delicate feelings, she instantly fell under the dresser, and fainted away.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

As, however, the printing and engraving business which he carried on with his brother was becoming a large one, Vizetelly eventually severed his connection with journalism for some years, and either with his brother, or later on his own account, produced a large number of illustrated books, which from typographical and other technical standpoints were often among the best of their time.
— from Émile Zola, Novelist and Reformer: An Account of His Life & Work by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly

But they were let off very easily.
— from St. Winifred's; or, The World of School by F. W. (Frederic William) Farrar

We had a lot of very enjoyable destruction, including that of the musketry school and barracks, four miles away.
— from The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad by Edward John Thompson

Labor omnia vincit —eh?"
— from A Knight on Wheels by Ian Hay

Rollo observed that Jonas was looking out very eagerly towards the shore, and he asked him what he was looking for.
— from Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] by Jacob Abbott

reading lines 192—195 as three lines of verse, ending use ... Laertes ...
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9] by William Shakespeare

Mr. Sieppe immediately threw off his previous air of relaxation, the calf's head was forgotten, he was once again the leader of vast enterprises.
— from McTeague: A Story of San Francisco by Frank Norris

We walked up an avenue to a large old villa, embosomed in trees, where an old gardener appeared, to show us the grounds.
— from Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Nathaniel Parker Willis

"Ah! my good Lord of Vertus," exclaimed John the Bold, "you have gone back with half your message.
— from Agincourt: A Romance The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

—The process for making them is the same as that described for making mocha walnuts except that lemon or vanilla extract is used instead of coffee,—see No. 14 of the frontispiece —and pecan meats, instead of walnut meats.
— from Candy-Making Revolutionized: Confectionery from Vegetables by Mary Elizabeth Hall