Let those which are near be the first to arrive, And those which are far off be sent for, Let those which have eggs, leave their eggs, And those which have young, desert their young, Let those which are blind, come led by others, And those which have broken limbs, come on crutches.
— from Malay Magic Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula by Walter William Skeat

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— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

To know what these conceptions which we have not made ourselves are really made of, it does not suffice to interrogate our own consciousnesses; we must look outside of ourselves, it is history that we must observe, there is a whole science which must be formed, a complex science which can advance but slowly and by collective labour, and to which the present work brings some fragmentary contributions in the nature of an attempt.
— from The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life by Émile Durkheim

'Now, by the Capitol that we adore, And by this chaste blood so unjustly stain'd, By heaven's fair sun that breeds the fat earth's store, By all our country rights in Rome maintain'd, And by chaste Lucrece' soul that late complain'd
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

v [A; b3c] cry loudly, wail, usually over the dead.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The painter told him, if he performed well, he would recommend him as a vaulter to the proprietors of Sadler's Wells; and Bragwell crying, “Leap for the King!” applied the point of his sword to the player's posteriors with such success, that he sprang over in a trice, and, finding the door unguarded, vanished in a twinkling; glad, no doubt, of having paid his share of the reckoning so easily.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

These anomalous forms may almost be called living fossils; they have endured to the present day, from having inhabited a confined area, and from having thus been exposed to less severe competition.
— from On the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life by Charles Darwin

Co. D, 28th Inft., died at Brashier City, La., May 22, 1863.
— from Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences by Various

…… by C. Little 104 Harpoon Harry; or, The Castaways of the Antarctic. …… by Albert J. Booth 105 The Rival Knights; or, The Forest Champion. …… by Walter Fenton 106 Simple Silas Among the Moonshiners. …… by Harry Rockwood 107 The Black Band. …… by Paul Braddon 108 Pacific Dick, the Pirates' Dread. …… by J. G. Bradley 109 Shorthand Dick; or, The Young Reporter in Omaha. …… by Robert Maynard 110 The Mystic "7"; or, The Terror of the Bandits. …… by Gaston Garne 111 Little Crow; or, The Tomahawk and Scalplng Knife in Minnesota. …… by Robert Lennox 112 The Tattooed Hand. …… by Paul Braddon 113 Lost in New York; or, A Country Boy's Adventures. …… by C. Little 114 Simple Silas and the Night-Riders. …… by Harry Rockwood 115 The Ocean Scout; or, Captain Low's Last Cruise. …… by Don Jenardo 116 The Haunted Island. …… by Robert Lennox 117 Torpedo Tom; or, What a Yankee Boy Can Do. …… by Howard De Vere 118 Lightning Joe. …… by R. T. Emmet 119 Among the Thugs; or, Two Yankee Boys in India. …… by Hal Standish 120 Young Phenix: or, Avenged From the Grave. …… by Gaston Garne 121 General Grant's Boy Spy; or, The Hero of Five Forks. …… by Ralph Morton 122 The Pearl of the Border; or, The Girl Avenger. …… by Robert Maynard 123 The Boy Captives of the Zulus; or, Held For Ransom. …… by Capt. Geo.
— from Jack Wright and His Electric Stage; or, Leagued Against the James Boys by Luis Senarens

He wore a woolen shirt, with a Byronic collar, low in the neck, without a cravat, as I remember, and a large felt hat.
— from Whitman: A Study by John Burroughs

On his death-bed Haggard desired me to place a box containing letters and certain reminiscences of a bygone intrigue in his wife's hands.
— from The Pit Town Coronet: A Family Mystery, Volume 3 (of 3) by C. J. (Charles James) Wills

Men whisper, “He Who once has been, again will be!” DUMB SHOW Under cover of the dusk there assembles in the bay a small flotilla comprising a brig called l'Inconstant and several lesser vessels.
— from The Dynasts: An Epic-Drama of the War with Napoleon by Thomas Hardy

He had loved Blanche as unselfishly as only a woman or a boy can love, and now he began to suffer from it in a manner he had not at the time.
— from Secret Bread by F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson) Jesse

The types of slavery in Caliban are more palpable, and need not be dwelt on now: though I will notice them also, severally, in their proper places;—the heart of his slavery is in his worship: "That's a brave god, and bears celestial liquor."
— from Unto This Last, and Other Essays on Political Economy by John Ruskin