“It is true that I did convert all my immovable property into personal property, such as I could trust safely to others, and chiefly to escape ruin through possible libel suits.”
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

‘Widders are ‘ceptions to ev’ry rule.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Anonymous charges the emperor rejects, as too repugnant to the equity of his government; and he strictly requires, for the conviction of those to whom the guilt of Christianity is imputed, the positive evidence of a fair and open accuser.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

About the same time King Olaf's daughter Astrid came to Earl Ragnvald's court, and a great feast was made for her.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

For myself, the only inheritance that I have received from my royal ancestors is a soul incapable of fear; and as long as I am convinced that every real advantage is seated in the mind, I shall not blush to acknowledge an honorable poverty, which, in the days of ancient virtue, was considered as the glory of Fabricius.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

In any case, the extraordinary relaxation of all ordinary rules of conduct on such occasions is doubtless to be explained by the general clearance of evils which precedes or follows it.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

With its Phantom chased for evermore, By a crowd that seize it not, Through a circle that ever returneth in
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes by Edgar Allan Poe

These were pronounced favourable, and the Athenians were immediately let loose, and charged the enemy running.
— from Historical Parallels, vol. 2 of 3) by Arthur Thomas Malkin

Cio` ch'io dicea di quell'unica sposa de lo Spirito Santo e che ti fece verso me volger per alcuna chiosa, tanto e` risposto a tutte nostre prece quanto 'l di` dura; ma com'el s'annotta, contrario suon prendemo in quella vece.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

Its consent to have the prosecutions suspended, in 1692, was not very cordial, but, while it approved of "care and circumspection therein," expressed reluctance to allow any "impediment to the ordinary course of justice."
— from Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects by Charles Wentworth Upham

The movements of the enemy indicating an intention to approach New York by the way of Long Island, Gen. Washington ordered about 10,000 men to embark and cross the East River at Brooklyn.
— from The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn Including a new and circumstantial account of the battle of Long island and the loss of New York, with a review of events to the close of the year by Henry Phelps Johnston

They imposed taxes on Romanists and Protestants, and confiscated the ecclesiastical revenues.
— from A History of the Reformation (Vol. 2 of 2) by Thomas M. (Thomas Martin) Lindsay

Throughout these regions German was spoken; through Charles's kingdom a corrupt tongue, equally removed from Latin and from modern French.
— from The Holy Roman Empire by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount

" After correcting the erroneous reference of the Translator, I can find no such case alluded to in the chapter.
— from Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works by Oliver Wendell Holmes

[1048] The Mischief Wrought by the Devil Luther’s views agree in so far with the actual teaching of the olden Church, that he regards the devils as fallen angels condemned to eternal reprobation, who oppose the aims of God for the salvation of the world and the spiritual and temporal welfare of mankind.
— from Luther, vol. 5 of 6 by Hartmann Grisar

And he packed off one here and another there for necessaries, and commenced trying every restorative means with the ready coolness of a practised surgeon; while Lancelot, whom he ordered about like a baby, gulped down a great choking lump of envy, and then tasted the rich delight of forgetting himself in admiring obedience to a real superior.
— from Yeast: a Problem by Charles Kingsley