As, however, in England, we find the social elements of feudalism far back in the period previous to William the Conqueror, so, too, the germs of feudalism in Japan had been long existent before the period I have mentioned.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

The subject of this Essay is not the so-called Liberty of the Will, so unfortunately opposed to the misnamed doctrine of Philosophical Necessity; but Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

I would attempt to draw her picture, but that is done already by a more able master, Mr Hogarth himself, to whom she sat many years ago, and hath been lately exhibited by that gentleman in his print of a winter's morning, of which she was no improper emblem, and may be seen walking (for walk she doth in the print) to Covent Garden church, with a starved foot-boy behind carrying her prayer-book.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The military command of Africa had been long exercised by Count Romanus, and his abilities were not inadequate to his station; but, as sordid interest was the sole motive of his conduct, he acted, on most occasions, as if he had been the enemy of the province, and the friend of the Barbarians of the desert.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

T’other day they got me to a ridotto: but, I believe, it will be long enough before they get me to another.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

Another party then approaching, the door-keeper could no longer attend to Mr. Branghton; who, taking up the guinea, told him it should be long enough before he’d see it again, and walked away.
— from Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Fanny Burney

only with great trouble to my mind in reference to the publick, there being little hopes left but that the whole nation must in a very little time be lost, either by troubles at home, the Parliament being dissatisfied, and the King led into unsettled councils by some about him, himself considering little, and divisions growing between the King and Duke of York; or else by foreign invasion, to which we must submit if any, at this bad point of time, should come upon us, which the King of France is well able to do.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

And that is to me to euerlastyng helthe, that this same thing be doon by ȝoure preiers, and mynystryng of the Holi Goost, either bi lijf, either bi deeth.
— from St. Paul's Epistles to the Colossians and Philemon A revised text with introductions, notes and dissertations by J. B. (Joseph Barber) Lightfoot

But even if this were not so, and he had a secret after all, it might be long enough before some fortunate chance gave Caffyn the necessary clue to it.
— from The Giant's Robe by F. Anstey

But law, ere be your 'am rashers and eggs.
— from Mistress Nancy Molesworth: A Tale of Adventure by Joseph Hocking

Mr. Barnes, the master, read in the Educational Monthly that boys could be taught history better than in any other way by letting each boy in the class represent some historical character, and relate the acts of that character as if he had done them himself.
— from Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot by Charles Heber Clark

The BADMINTON LIBRARY, edited by the Duke of Beaufort , K.G., assisted by Alfred E. T. Watson .
— from France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 by William Henry Hurlbert

Baratamay married Gimbulānan and begot Lalanū, entitled Baya Budtung, who married Sultan Barahamān and died without offspring; she was overshadowed by Panabwan, a lady of Tajiman.
— from Studies in Moro History, Law, and Religion by Najeeb M. (Najeeb Mitry) Saleeby

an' when they an' the babolitionists like Elder Bowen get ready, they'll fetch 'em out an' go for us."
— from True To His Colors by Harry Castlemon

And I will raze 'em, and the[n] blow 'em up: Let 'em be Seas, and I will drink 'em off, And yet have unquencht fire left in my breast: Let 'em be any thing but meerly voice.
— from A King, and No King by John Fletcher

It is more likely to grow by indulgence, while the remedy which must in the end be applied, will become less efficacious by delay.
— from The American Quarterly Review, No. 18, June 1831 (Vol 9) by Various