Action and reaction between extremes Educational practice shows a continual tendency to oscillate between two extremes with respect to overt and exertive activities.
— from How We Think by John Dewey

Ond'io levai la fronte in quella luce onde spirava questo; poi mi volsi a Beatrice, ed essa pronte sembianze femmi perch'io spandessi l'acqua di fuor del mio interno fonte.
— from La Divina Commedia di Dante: Complete by Dante Alighieri

"Sir, I have the honour to be, etc., etc., "Ph. Schuyler, "Maj: Gen'l.
— from The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

I became enthused should be written I became enthusiastic Every place , should be written everywhere Excellent , should never be qualified as it is a superlative: e.g., most excellent, very excellent, and the like are impossible.
— from The Writer's Desk Book Being a Reference Volume upon Questions of Punctuation, Capitalization, Spelling, Division of Words, Indention, Spacing, Italics, Abbreviations, Accents, Numerals, Faulty Diction, Letter Writing, Postal Regulations, Etc. by William Dana Orcutt

For instance, if you a-peepin' from the garret winder o' the 'ouse opposite—yonder across the street—'ad 'appened to ob-serve a young fe-male on her knees—here beside your werry own desk and veepin' fit to break 'er 'eart, pore soul—you'd ha' been surprised, I think—but I wasn't, no, not nohow—" "Do you mean you actually saw a woman here—here in my chambers?"
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol

For the examination of any object, such as a wood, buildings, etc., examining patrols should be sent out from the main body.
— from Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917. To be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by United States. War Department