Finally, the beloved Charles, Henry, or Reginald may have none of these propensities, but may chance to be an honest merchant, or a tradesman, with all his floating capital in business, and a consequent risk of being one day rich, the next a pauper.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in All His Relations Towards Society by Cecil B. Hartley

let them come before Master Constable.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Domestication, by the selection in breeding of traits desired by man, changes the original nature of the animal.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

M. Amour fait moult, argent fait tout —Love can do much, but money can do everything.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

we were Visited by the Black mockerson Chief of the little Village of Big Bellies, the Cheef of the Shoe Inds and a number of others those Chiefs gave us Some meat which they packed on their wives, and one requested a ax to be made for hies Sun, Mr. Bunch, one of the under traders for the hudsons Bay Companey—one of the Big Bellies asked leave for himself & his two wives to Stay all night, which was granted, also two Boys Stayed all night, one the Sun of the Black Cat.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Surprise, consciousness, and pleasure appeared in each of the three on this unexpected meeting; and as Edmund was come on the very same business that had brought Miss Crawford, consciousness and pleasure were likely to be more than momentary in them .
— from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen

I began to conceive bad omens from this behaviour of his, and begged he would assist me with his advice, which he promised to give very frankly; and as a specimen, directed us to a periwig warehouse in the neighbourhood, in order to be accommodated; laying strong injunctions on me not to appear before Mr. Cringer till I had parted with my carroty locks, which, he said, were sufficient to beget an antipathy against me in all mankind.
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

But it is, at the same time, one of the most important ends of political institutions, to attain as many of the qualities of the one as are consistent with the other; to secure, as far as they can be made compatible, the great advantage of the conduct of affairs by skilled persons, bred to it as an intellectual profession, along with that of a general control vested in, and seriously exercised by, bodies representative of the entire people.
— from Considerations on Representative Government by John Stuart Mill

Thus then it happened about the mixing-bowl: but meanwhile Croesus, mistaking the meaning of the oracle, was making a march into Cappadokia, expecting to overthrow Cyrus and the power of the Persians: and while Croesus was preparing to march against the Persians, one of the Lydians, who even before this time was thought to be a wise man but in consequence of this opinion got a very great name for wisdom among the Lydians, had advised Croesus as follows (the name of the man was Sandanis):—"O king, thou art preparing to march against men who wear breeches of leather, and the rest of their clothing is of leather also; and they eat food not such as they desire but such as they can obtain, dwelling in a land which is rugged; and moreover they make no use of wine but drink water; and no figs have they for dessert, nor any other good thing.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Miss Temple, through all changes, had thus far continued superintendent of the seminary: to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements; her friendship and society had been my continual solace; she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion.
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë

Before the luncheon recess, Mr. Chief Justice, the witness, Mr. Quigley, had identified Commission Exhibit No. 826 and afforded the Commission this one-page document which has been marked Commission Exhibit No. 827.
— from Warren Commission (04 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) by United States. Warren Commission

Yet here was a people, noble, exalted beyond my conceiving, living in the present, and obeying only a duty to posterity.
— from Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch by Mary E. Bradley Lane

But before Mrs. Chalmers quitted the room she unlocked a drawer and took from it a small purse
— from The Shadow of a Sin by Charlotte M. Brame

But Mary cut her short.
— from Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

Mild, bland, moderate, clement, lenient, merciful, kind, tender, compassionate, indulgent, meek, soft, humane, of a sweet disposition, not rough, not harsh.
— from A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology by Richard Soule

She became more composed, and added, “I may, however, interfere with his arrangements.
— from Lives of Celebrated Women by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich

He merely labors under the delusion that a petition proffered by me can not fail."
— from The Baronet's Bride; Or, A Woman's Vengeance by May Agnes Fleming

Admirable portrait of Sir John Pender (43) severely lecturing Thomas Hawksley , Esq. (39) and evidently telling the latter that he ought to be more careful.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, May 17, 1890. by Various

The cave is deep, high, and airy, and might be made comfortable enough.
— from The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Robert Louis Stevenson