Ah! who can boast a taste so true, Of beauty or of grace, In either thought or face?
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

When was it given up?” “Oh, long before we was born, or our grandfathers, I expect!” said Josh.
— from Menhardoc by George Manville Fenn

Even the best of Oriental governments is extremely defective from our point of view.
— from Sketches from Eastern History by Theodor Nöldeke

*** Art should be allowed to contribute the best offerings of genius in enshrining the mortal remains of George Washington.
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 2 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

Here it may be observed, with reference to its application in the marine, that as the 53 power of discharging this ammunition without the burthen of ordnance, gives it exclusive facilities for land service, so also, its property of being projected without reaction upon the point of discharge, gives it exclusive facilities for sea service: insomuch, that Rockets conveying the same quantity of combustible matter, as by the ordinary system would be thrown from the largest mortars, and from ships of very heavy tonnage, may be used out of the smallest boats of the navy; and the 12-pounder and 18-pounder have been frequently fired even from four-oared gigs.
— from The Details of the Rocket System by Congreve, William, Sir

The sacred basis of our government is equal political and religious rights.
— from Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by John Alberger

They are all of one land and one nation, One speech; and the foreigner names them All brothers, of one generation; In each visage their kindred is seen; This land is the mother that claims them, This land that their life blood is steeping, That God, from all other lands keeping, Set the seas and the mountains between.
— from Modern Italian Poets; Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells

We should be on our guard in even reading good literature, that the good does not crowd out the best; that is that the best of man’s literature does not crowd [101] out the very best of all—God’s Book.
— from How to Succeed in the Christian Life by R. A. (Reuben Archer) Torrey