7. I am glad I saw the play, even if I —— a little disappointed.
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

O alienate from God, O spirit accurst, Forsak'n of all good; I see thy fall Determind, and thy hapless crew involv'd In this perfidious fraud, contagion spred Both of thy crime and punishment: henceforth No more be troubl'd how to quit the yoke Of Gods Messiah; those indulgent Laws 880 Will not be now voutsaf't, other Decrees Against thee are gon forth without recall; That Golden Scepter which thou didst reject Is now an Iron Rod to bruise and breake Thy disobedience.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Seeing this, the Tyrians decided not to fight a battle at sea, but closely blocked up the passage for ships with as many triremes as the mouths of their harbour would contain, and guarded it, so that the enemy’s fleet might not find an anchorage in any of the harbours.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

On the same day, were burnt at Grinstead, in Sussex, Thomas Dungate, John Foreman, and Mother Tree.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

Just such another gulf I suppose that Egypt was, and that the one ran in towards Ethiopia from the Northern Sea, and the other, the Arabian, of which I am about to speak, tended from the South towards Syria, the gulfs boring in so as almost to meet at their extreme points, and passing by one another with but a small space left between.
— from An Account of Egypt by Herodotus

21, „ 13, for good fortune, read evil fortune. „ 23, „ 18, for our scepticism concerning God is still increased, read our conjectures concerning God become more vague still. „ 23, „ 31, for and the existence of God becomes doubtful, read whereby the very existence of a God is shewn to be uncertain. „
— from The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 1 (of 6) by the Elder Pliny

The Tuxedo The Tuxedo, which is the essential evening dress of a gentleman, is simply the English dinner coat.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

—All eating- and drinking-vessels should be made of cocoa-nut shell or of wood: the noise made by earthenware and glass is said to be offensive to the hantu .
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

“A good idea,” said the thin, dark man, whose glance had hardened suddenly.
— from The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale by Joseph Conrad

And where, tell me where, do artists gather in squads that Ethel Cottages do not spring up like the tents of an army with banners?
— from Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 by Various

If one wishes to make money out of the soil, upon an Eastern farm, he must live upon it, study it, watch it, calk and groove it so that no leak shall be possible, economize rigidly, work fearfully, sell the best, use the unsalable,—in short, he must be a drudge or a genius.
— from Pleasant Talk About Fruits, Flowers and Farming by Henry Ward Beecher

Now as these rights and relations are given immediately, so those benefits which are relative, and the infant immediately capable of them, are presently given by way of communion: he hath presently the pardon of original sin, by virtue of the sacrifice, merit, and intercession of Christ.
— from A Christian Directory, Part 3: Christian Ecclesiastics by Richard Baxter

His smacking of a gentlewoman is somewhat too savory, and he mistakes her nose for her lips.
— from Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by John Earle

His rival heard him well, yet answered naught, But bit his lips, and grieved in secret thought.
— from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso

All, or nearly all, the advantage there is in fixing any constitutional limits to the power of a government, is simply to give notice to the government of the point at which it will meet with resistance.
— from An Essay on the Trial by Jury by Lysander Spooner

When the support of life depends upon chance supplies, the reckless spirit of a gambler is sure to take possession of the whole man; and the misery which results from these chance supplies produces either dejection or ferocity.
— from Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. by Charles Knight

Many a girl is starved to death.
— from The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother by George H. (George Henry) Napheys

There has been a great improvement since then.
— from The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Complete Contents Dresden Edition—Twelve Volumes by Robert Green Ingersoll