There is a time when poets will grow dull: I’ll e’en leave verses to the boys at school: To rules of poetry no more confined, I learn to smooth and harmonise my mind, Teach every thought within its bounds to roll, And keep the equal measure of the soul.
— from An Essay on Man; Moral Essays and Satires by Alexander Pope

This expression, I verily believe, afterwards secured the rank of precedence to the hat in the kingdom of France, by the courtesy of the Prince de Conde, and his friendship for me.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

There were after-courses of ballerine and song, the refreshment of perfume, the luxurious tonic of the bath, the red feather that enabled one to eat again, the marvels of Asiatic debauchery, the surprises of Hellenic grace.
— from Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

The prices named below are subject to revision on publication.
— from The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts by Henry M. (Henry Mason) Brooks

I'll e'en leave verses to the boys at school: To rules of poetry no more confined, I learn to smooth and harmonise my mind, Teach every thought within its bounds to roll, And keep the equal measure of the soul.
— from The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Alexander Pope

Oh, good citizens of London, do ye stand idly by and see the rights of prentices and masters so trampled? Nay!—Nay!—Nay!—Nay! said many voices; and the people surged this way and that.
— from Long Will by Florence Converse

Formation of Caribbean/ Central American Action, a private sector organization, has given a major impetus to improving people-to-people bonds and strengthening the role of private enterprise in the development of democratic societies.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

Noticing this business, Amador suspected the relations of Perrotte and the chevalier, concerning whom it is possible that the lasses of the valley had already whispered something into his ear.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

Under this appalling fire of inspection, some of the victims waddle, some hurry; some look up and down nervously, others glance over the shoulder as if dreading to be apprehended; some turn red, others pale, according to complexion and temperament; some swing their arms, others trip on their gowns; some twitch the buttons of a glove, or tweak a flower or a jewel.
— from Penelope's Progress Being Such Extracts from the Commonplace Book of Penelope Hamilton As Relate to Her Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin