1 About two leagues farther up than Virapell, towards the mountains, there is a place called Firdalgo , 2 on the side of a small but deep river, where the inhabitants of Cochin annually resort in the hot months of April and May to refresh themselves.
— from A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

A Belt man is, above all, a realist, in that he must, of necessity, understand the Laws of the Universe and deal with them.
— from Thin Edge by Randall Garrett

And then again relapsing into tenderness, he mourned over the defalcation of that purity and truth which he had worshipped even more than her charms.
— from The Exclusives (vol. 3 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

While the cholera raged around her in August, she frequently said, "This may be my time to go to my dear Saviour;" and repeated it to her mother on the last morning of her life, but went out as usual to her work in the vineyard.
— from Woman and Her Saviour in Persia By a Returned Missionary by Thomas Laurie

“Hang it all, Richard, is this house mine or is it yours?” said James Brandon.
— from The Vast Abyss The Story of Tom Blount, his Uncles and his Cousin Sam by George Manville Fenn

I marvel at the liberality of your production and rejoice in this high meridian of your genius.
— from The Letters of Henry James (Vol. I) by Henry James

“Allen Raine” is the hall mark of all that is pure and wholesome in literature.
— from Robin Linnet by E. F. (Edward Frederic) Benson