C.] The river along which Marco travels from Badakhshan is no doubt the upper stream of the Oxus, known locally as the Panja, along which Wood also travelled, followed of late by the Mirza and Faiz Bakhsh.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Rustichello of Pisa

Finding himself now clear and quit of all quarrels, his squire’s as well as his own, Don Quixote considered that it would be advisable to continue the journey he had begun, and bring to a close that great adventure for which he had been called and chosen; and with this high resolve he went and knelt before Dorothea, who, however, would not allow him to utter a word until he had risen; so to obey her he rose, and said, “It is a common proverb, fair lady, that ‘diligence is the mother of good fortune,’ and experience has often shown in important affairs that the earnestness of the negotiator brings the doubtful case to a successful termination; but in nothing does this truth show itself more plainly than in war, where quickness and activity forestall the devices of the enemy, and win the victory before the foe has time to defend himself.
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

In several European countries adultery is regarded as a Page 39 [39] criminal offence, but in none does the punishment exceed imprisonment for a short period, accompanied by a fine.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

It wouldn’t seem so long if I could talk to my rock people but I never do that because Grandma doesn’t approve of it on Sundays.
— from Anne of Avonlea by L. M. (Lucy Maud) Montgomery

Footnote 12: (return) "Buddhism so far from tracing 'all things' to 'matter' as their original, denies the reality of matter, but it nowhere denies the reality of existence.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Finding himself now clear and quit of all quarrels, his squire's as well as his own, Don Quixote considered that it would be advisable to continue the journey he had begun, and bring to a close that great adventure for which he had been called and chosen; and with this high resolve he went and knelt before Dorothea, who, however, would not allow him to utter a word until he had risen; so to obey her he rose, and said, "It is a common proverb, fair lady, that 'diligence is the mother of good fortune,' and experience has often shown in important affairs that the earnestness of the negotiator brings the doubtful case to a successful termination; but in nothing does this truth show itself more plainly than in war, where quickness and activity forestall the devices of the enemy, and win the victory before the foe has time to defend himself.
— from Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

And I say again, that however deserving of censure the wealthy of a Christian community may be in not directing the ignorant and vicious into the right path, and in not expending more of their wealth on those who are poor, in elevating their minds and their manners, and promoting their health, still the latter are inexcusable for their present neglect of their infant offspring, while they would not think of neglecting, on the same principle, the offspring of their domestic animals.
— from The Young Mother: Management of Children in Regard to Health by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott

From Bristol to Bath is no distance to speak of, so a slight
— from Cynthia's Chauffeur by Louis Tracy

When you are out gunning for birds, it never does to raise 338 an alarm.
— from Cleek of Scotland Yard: Detective Stories by Thomas W. Hanshew

"I told thee the hope of escape was faint, but I never dreamed that such a fearful end might be in store for us."
— from Edgar the Ready: A Tale of the Third Edward's Reign by W. P. Shervill

Soon afterward Eabani becomes ill, no doubt through the malignance of the goddess Ishtar.
— from An Introduction to Mythology by Lewis Spence

The hypoblast, as has been long known, shews in the chick no trace of its primitive method of formation by involution, neither does the mesoblast shew any signs of its primitive mode of formation.
— from The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume 1 (of 4) Separate Memoirs by Francis M. (Francis Maitland) Balfour

But it nowhere defines that term.
— from Scientific Essays and Lectures by Charles Kingsley

March to the bridge, it now draws toward night; Beyond the river we'll encamp ourselves, And on to-morrow bid them march away.
— from King Henry V by William Shakespeare

A well-fitting blinker is no discomfort to a horse, and I think I can bring forward a case which will go very far to prove that they may be of great use.
— from An Old Coachman's Chatter, with Some Practical Remarks on Driving by Edward Corbett