And because such arguments, must either be drawn from the expresse words, "I Authorise all his Actions," or from the Intention of him that submitteth himselfe to his Power, (which Intention is to be understood by the End for which he so submitteth;) The Obligation, and Liberty of the Subject, is to be derived, either from those Words, (or others equivalent;) or else from the End of the Institution of Soveraignty; namely, the Peace of the Subjects within themselves, and their Defence against a common Enemy.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

Spite of his Quaker ancestors, he was a good fighter, and, better still, a magnanimous enemy, hating slavery, but not the slave-holder, and often spared the master while he saved the chattel.
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

lib. 2. c. 1. with some of the same powder, till all be spent, a most excellent remedy for all melancholy and mad men. ℞.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The academic and fast-footed methods of the, for that day, at any rate, much miscalled Perambulators led to their downfall at the fingers of the leg-twister, and in a brief summer afternoon Mr. Evan Nepean had fully established his claim to be regarded as a bowler to be reckoned with, although but for his batting ability it is possible that he would never have had an opportunity of bowling an over in first-class cricket.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

In the afternoon, from 3 to 4.45, the halves of the class alternated between seamanship and marine engineering.
— from Dave Darrin's First Year at Annapolis Two Plebe Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock

The process also furnishing a thin covering of a resinous varnish, excludes the air not only from the muscle but also from the fat; thus effectually preventing the meat from becoming rusted; and the principal reasons for condemning the practice of removing the ribs from the flitches of pork are, that by so doing the meat becomes unpleasantly hard and pungent in the process of salting, and by being more opposed to the action of the air, becomes sooner and more extensively rusted.
— from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton

As a consequence, the methods of dyeing furs with Aniline Black have also become simpler and more efficient.
— from Principles and Practice of Fur Dressing and Fur Dyeing by William E. Austin

He therefore published an answer to this sentence, framed on the same lines as his Declaration from Dumfries, but in a bolder spirit and more explicit terms.
— from Montrose by Mowbray Morris

For above the landlady's exposition rose the probationer's voice: “Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus.” What she said to her cousin once removed I know not, but it was not in vain, for in the evening this was brought by the servant:— “Dear Sir,— “It affords me sincere regret to learn that you have been disturbed in the midst of your literary avocations by sounds and movements emanating from my room.
— from Afterwards, and Other Stories by Ian Maclaren

Now I would dress in Chinese clothes and beg my way through the very heart of the Chinese Empire ... and write a book, subsequently, about my experiences and adventures ... and perhaps win a medal of some famous society for it ...
— from Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Harry Kemp

It was only by addressing his reason in repeated arguments, and by solemnly asseverating my entire fidelity, that I induced him to yield.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various

He was a man of few words, and probably thought that, as between servant and master, example was better than precept, and that the abundant provision he had made for himself might serve as a lesson for us; but, in our case, the objection to this mode of teaching was, that it came too late to be profitable.
— from Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. 1 (of 2) by John L. Stephens