Lovers, to you it is a boon sent by Cupid.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 7, 1841 by Various

Sampson Brass, who was, by this time, anything but sober, being compelled to take further draughts of the same strong bowl, found that, instead of at all contributing to his recovery, they had the novel effect of making the counting-house spin round and round with extreme velocity, and causing the floor and ceiling to heave in a very distressing manner.
— from The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens

A boy should be careful not to overdo.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Shoes and boots should be cut in severe injuries about the feet.
— from Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Quite on the contrary, they are satisfied with a very short stage the first day, and after sailing a few miles, they stop on a big sand bank called Muwa, lying to the southwest of the village of Sinaketa.
— from Argonauts of the Western Pacific An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski

Passing through a street he saw a young man as he came out of a house of ill fame blush at being seen by Castruccio, and said to him: "Thou shouldst not be ashamed when thou comest out, but when thou goest into such places."
— from The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli

The son of a peasant, strong as a lion, astute as a fox, he attained by sagacity, by crime, and by great exploits, the summit of power, and died on the throne of the Dukes of Milan.
— from The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci, the Forerunner by Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky

A man of his property, and high character, and sound views, so practical and so independent, this was evidently the block from which a Baronet should be cut, and in due time he figured Sir Joseph.
— from Coningsby; Or, The New Generation by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Now that they were imposed, he to be sure thought nothing would answer but submission, but certainly in his declaration here he was nothing like so emphatic as James Otis, who still remained the popular idol.
— from The Loyalists of Massachusetts and the Other Side of the American Revolution by James Henry Stark

Timers are generally protected from dirt, but the particles that will naturally be worn off from the metal 80 and rubber commutator and brush should be cleaned out before its accumulation becomes deposited on the contact points and interferes with perfect electrical connection.
— from The Gasoline Motor by Harold Whiting Slauson

They passed in and were presently regaling themselves with gumbo soup, opossum, and various other dishes peculiar to the part of the country represented by the building and its appurtenances, being served by cooks and waiters directly from the plantations of the river country.
— from Elsie at the World's Fair by Martha Finley

Here also it may be well to observe that Francis Bacon was not a pioneer in the revolt against what is called the Aristotelian, but should be called the Scholastic Philosophy.
— from Baconian Essays by Smithson, E. W. (Edward Walter), active 19th century

Apart from his monstrous freedom of speech and action, which might pass perhaps on a bush station, but certainly not in an English country house, he was continually falling foul of somebody.
— from My Lord Duke by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung

Here they made a brief stay before continuing their voyage to La Paz.
— from By-Ways of War: The Story of the Filibusters by James Jeffrey Roche

She would fain have thrown herself into them again, but she became conscious that there was a difference.
— from The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge