Anne Bonny marries against his Consent.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

Nor will they barely make allowances for the errors which may be chargeable on the fallibility to which the convention, as a body of men, were liable; but will keep in mind, that they themselves also are but men, and ought not to assume an infallibility in rejudging the fallible opinions of others.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

Every horrid accident, bloody murder, a shipwreck, or any other dreadful catastrophe, was sure to be followed by a statement of the facts, a sermon and a poem.
— from A Pickle for the Knowing Ones by Timothy Dexter

Partridge was at first afraid to appear before Mr Allworthy; but was at length persuaded, after Mrs Miller, who had often heard his whole story from his own mouth, had promised to introduce him.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

For confidence may be given to men by art, and also, like ability, by madness and rage; but courage comes to them from nature and the healthy state of the soul.
— from Protagoras by Plato

How St. Augustine, being made a bishop, sent to acquaint Pope Gregory with what had been done in Britain, and asked and received replies, of which he stood in need.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

By attaching a small wheel to the end of a Morse-sounder lever, by arranging an ink-well for the wheel to dip into when the end falls, and by moving a paper [Pg 134] ribbon slowly along for the wheel to press against when it rises, a self-recording Morse inker is produced.
— from How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

A stout Frenchman, who knew the Emperor, came to indulge his mania for dancing, and Lady de Jones, a British matron, adorned the scene with her little family of eight.
— from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Tegmina pale greenish colour, with a nerve running down the middle like the leaf of a tree, extending, when closed, the length of the abdomen, being margined along the edges.
— from Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Volume 2 by Dru Drury

Episthenês retained the head-man's youthful son, carried him home in safety, and became much attached to him.
— from The Two Great Retreats of History by George Grote

To aim at succinctness and brevity merely, as some teach, is to practice a kind of quackery almost as offensive as the charlatanry of rhetoric.
— from The Editor's Relations with the Young Contributor (from Literature and Life) by William Dean Howells

But few of the leaders of the people, especially of the wealthy ones, desired to cut themselves adrift from Spain, and not till a few insignificant beings such as Aguinaldo, Bonifacio, Mabini, and Pilar (Pio del) and Buencamino came upon the scene did the idea of independence of the island really take form.
— from The Katipunan; or, The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by Francis St. Clair

Equality might be the goal of both; and both might admit the necessity of change in character as well as in the political framework; only that Malthus would lay more stress upon the evil of legislative changes outrunning or independent of moral change.
— from The English Utilitarians, Volume 2 (of 3) James Mill by Leslie Stephen

A blotted mass, a gross unkneaded clod, A foe to man, a renegade from God, From noxious childhood to pernicious age, Separate to infamy, through every stage.”
— from Some Eccentrics & a Woman by Lewis Melville

The church bells were set ringing and, before morning, almost that number were assembled.
— from No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

It was read in every capital and the men who conduct every government looked up and said, "This is a real man, a brave man, a just man."
— from The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II by Burton Jesse Hendrick

“Why, one of the partners of Mr. Laurence, where Uncle John has been ever so long, was saying that he was conscientious almost to a fault as a business man, and above reproach in all things.
— from Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys by Louisa May Alcott

“I never met with such a provoking man as you,” said Bella, pouting; “you promised to go round by Simpson’s and bring me a bouquet, and now you tell me you had not time.
— from Shifting Winds: A Tough Yarn by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne