"I can easily believe it, Ned, just as I can believe that certain baleen whales equal 100 elephants in bulk.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World by Jules Verne

It is the same man who, in his gospel, says, as from the lips of the Lord Himself, 'He that believeth is not judged,' and in his letter says, 'We may have boldness in that day, because, as He is, so are we in this world.'
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren

So, again, in France the monarchy became intolerable, not just after it had been tolerated, but just after it had been adored.
— from Orthodoxy by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

From 1730 to 1750 the lands along the Delaware, both in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania were attractive.
— from Caudebec in America A Record of the Descendants of Jacques Caudebec 1700 to 1920 by William Louis Cuddeback

Not such as those who planned to nought And groped (wise fools!) beyond their ken Scarce knowing what they loved or sought— Those subtle growths, those weary men— Shall dwell earth's inexperienced brood In natural joy and instinct prime; But without evil, without good, Be each new moment, not all time.
— from A Legend of Old Persia and Other Poems by A. B. S. (Alfred Browning Stanley) Tennyson