Life of Charlotte Brontë: by Mrs. Gaskell; by Shorter; by Birrell (Great Writers).
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

arrive from the Ricara Nation with Letters from Mr. Anty Tabeaux, informing us of the peaceable dispositions of that nation towards the Mandans & Me ne to res & their avowed intentions of pursueing our Councils & advice, they express a wish to visit the Mandans, & Know if it will be agreeable to them to admit the Ricaras to Settle near them and join them against their common Enimey the Souis we mentioned this to the mandans, who observed they had always wished to be at peace and good neighbours with the Ricaras, and it is also the Sentiments of all the Big Bellies, & Shoe Nations Mr. Gravilin informs that the Sisetoons and the 3 upper bands of the Tetons, with the Yanktons of the North intend to come to war in a Short time against the nations in this quarter, & will Kill everry white man they See—Mr. T. also informes that Mr. Cameron of St peters has put arms into the hands of the Souls to revenge the death of 3 of his men Killed by the Chipaways latterly—and that the Band of tetons which we Saw is desposed to doe as we have advised them—thro the influenc of their Chief the Black Buffalow Mr. Gravilin further informs that the Party which Robed us of the 2 horses laterly were all Sieoux 100 in number, they Called at the Ricaras on their return, the Ricares being displeased at their Conduct would not give them any thing to eate, that being the greatest insult they could peaceably offer them, and upbraded them.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

And accordingly the abbess, giving the pitch note, set off thus: Abbess, ) Bou - - bou - - bou - - Margarita, ) —— ger, - - ger, - - ger.
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Be brief, my good she- Mercury.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

His spellbound eyes went after, after her gliding head as it went down the bar by mirrors, gilded arch for ginger ale, hock and claret glasses shimmering, a spiky shell, where it concerted, mirrored, bronze with sunnier bronze.
— from Ulysses by James Joyce

Some men are consumed by mad fantastical buildings, by making galleries, cloisters, terraces, walks, orchards, gardens, pools, rillets, bowers, and such like places of pleasure; Inutiles domos , [1869] Xenophon calls them, which howsoever they be delightsome things in themselves, and acceptable to all beholders, an ornament, and benefiting some great men: yet unprofitable to others, and the sole overthrow of their estates.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Now I am glad I did Not Nock the Doer Down my good Louck my god and my god blessed be my good Luch T DEXTER sum more sweet meats & trouths I say Now man sence Noers Ark Dare to Rite of so
— from A Pickle for the Knowing Ones by Timothy Dexter

[4820] And which is rich in plants, delightful in flowers, wonderful in beasts, but most glorious in men, doth make us affect and earnestly desire it, as when we hear any sweet harmony, an eloquent tongue, see any excellent quality, curious work of man, elaborate art, or aught that is exquisite, there ariseth instantly in us a longing for the same.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

After the last of the negro governments set up in the South had passed away, looking back over the whole bad business, Mr. Godkin, in a letter to his friend Charles Eliot Norton, written from Sweet Springs, West Virginia, September 3, 1877, said: "I do not see in short how the negro is ever to be worked into a system of government for which you and I could have much respect."
— from The Abolition Crusade and Its Consequences: Four Periods of American History by Hilary A. (Hilary Abner) Herbert

Their characters are neither ideal nor real beings, but misshapen gigantic puppets, who are set in motion at one time by the string of an unnatural heroism, and at another by that of a passion equally unnatural, which no guilt nor enormity can appal.
— from Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by August Wilhelm von Schlegel

They spoke to you only with their lips, but believe me guilty."
— from The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various

Constitution: 1959, revised 1972 Legal system: British common law and local statutes National holiday: Constitution Day (first Monday in July) Political parties and leaders: no formal political parties Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal Elections: Legislative Assembly: last held November 1992 (next to be held November 1996); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (15 total, 12 elected) Executive branch: British monarch, governor, Executive Council (cabinet) Legislative branch: unicameral Legislative Assembly Judicial branch: Grand Court, Cayman Islands Court of Appeal Leaders: Chief of State: Queen ELIZABETH II (since 6 February 1952)
— from The 1993 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The King is too good; the Queen has no equal as to heart; but they have both been most grossly betrayed.
— from Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete by Various

Mrs. Menteith offered Mercy a bed; but Mrs. Gaunt said she must lie with her, she and her child.
— from Griffith Gaunt; or, Jealousy Volumes 1 to 3 (of 3) by Charles Reade

But when you are too proud to admit that your brow is being wrung, and you know it is no use ringing the bell, because Mrs. Gapp, or her equivalent, is at the William the Fourth, why, then you probably collapse and submit to Fate, as Mr. Reginald Aiken did.
— from A Likely Story by William De Morgan

It was begun by Mr. Greeley on $1000 of borrowed money.
— from Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by James Dabney McCabe

he said as he brushed by me, going to his dressing-room.
— from Marse Henry, Complete An Autobiography by Henry Watterson

As time advanced, and the war assumed greater proportions, his blunders became more glaring and more fatal.
— from The battle-fields of Ireland, from 1688 to 1691 including Limerick and Athlone, Aughrim and the Boyne. Being an outline history of the Jacobite war in Ireland, and the causes which led to it by Boyle, John, active 1867