Eddius calls her a Jezebel, but all that we know of her shows her to have been a most pious and charitable lady, and she has been canonized by the Church.
— from Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, the Venerable, Saint

The swift fire from a cloud of smoke Through many a gilded lattice broke, And, melting pearl and coral, rose O'er balconies and porticoes.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

The Jewish Chronicle, of London, said in 1919: "There is much in the fact of Bolshevism itself, in the fact that so many Jews are Bolsheviks, in the fact that the ideals of Bolshevism at many points are consonant with the finest ideals of Judaism."
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

Take the whole pack of fifty-two cards, and let them be well shuffled by as many persons as care to do so.
— from Cassell's Book of In-door Amusements, Card Games, and Fireside Fun by Various

And in one day the Christine Church became a mighty power; and Christ became a mighty word that thrilled the multitudes in many lands.
— from The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ The Philosophic and Practical Basis of the Religion of the Aquarian Age of the World and of The Church Universal by Levi

The illustrations of this variety are Miss Hamilton's White Dog, the most successful winner of his colour ever shown, H. M., the Queen's Red Dog, a beautiful [Pg 232] specimen of the colour and the constant companion of Her Gracious Majesty; Mr. J. Duckworth's Fawn Dog, one of the best headed and coated specimens shown for some time; Miss A. de Pass's Toy Brown, a most perfect and charming specimen, who has taken more prizes than any of her size and colour.
— from All About Dogs: A Book for Doggy People by Charles Henry Lane

Among barbaric, and more particularly among civilized, races definite moral laws are formed by the association of these hereditary religious, moral, and legal ideas.
— from The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy by Ernst Haeckel

If one, completely qualified, can be found for every half dozen counties, it will be as much, perhaps, as can be expected.
— from The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. 6 (of 9) Being His Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Addresses, and Other Writings, Official and Private by Thomas Jefferson

Then seeing Peace is the thing above all other most best and most pleasant, and, contrariwise, war the thing most ungracious and wretched of all other, shall we think those men to be in their right minds, the which when they may obtain Peace with little business and labour will rather procure war with so great labour and most difficulty?
— from Erasmus Against War by Desiderius Erasmus

We agree with Mr. Kennard in the reflection: "At that age there did not seem to be as much prejudice among Christians or as much separation as since."
— from The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various

The Doctor seldom transacted business before nine o’clock in the morning, unless, as sometimes happened, a spirited apprentice, a lad of mettle, came with his master’s daughter, both stealing away at seven, before the master and mistress were up, when she was supposed to be attending morning prayers at church, or helping Molly the maid with the mop, and he was expected to be cleaning out the shop and dressing the window.
— from The Chaplain of the Fleet by James Rice

The Saffron Hill Murder: Narrow Escape of Pellizioni: Two Men in Newgate for the Same Offence—The Murder of Constable Cock—The Edlingham Burglary: Arrest, Trial, and Conviction of Brannagan and Murphy: Severity of Judge Manisty: A new Trial: Brannagan and Murphy Pardoned and Compensated: Survivors of the Police Prosecutors put on their Trial, but Acquitted—Lord Cochrane’s Case: His Tardy Rehabilitation.
— from Mysteries of Police and Crime, Vol. 1 (of 3) by Arthur Griffiths