For my part, you may go on bearing roses; you cannot do anything else.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

, dispatched one man back for an ax left a fiew miles below, and Set out early Killed a Buffalow on which we Brackfast Capt Lewis & 3 men went on to the mountain to take a meridian altitude, passed about 40 Small Camps, which appeared to be abandoned about 10 or 12 days, Suppose they were Snake Indians, a fiew miles above I Saw the poles Standing in thir position of a verry large lodge of 60 feet Diamater, & the appearance of a number of Leather Lodges about, this Sign was old & appeared to have been last fall great number of buffalow the river is not So wide as below from 100 to 150 yards wide & Deep Crouded with Islands & Crooked Some Scattering timber on its edge Such as Cotton wood Cotton willow, willow and box elder, the Srubs are arrow wod, red wood, Choke Cherry, red berries, Goose beries, Sarvis burey, red & yellow Currents a Spcie of Shomake &c. I camped on the head of a Small Island near the Stard.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

Lastly, Have a care lest by repulsives you contract the pores so much, that the matter cannot be removed by discussives.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

But they say again, that though the Principles be right, yet Common people are not of capacity enough to be made to understand them.
— from Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

You give him the best "spare" room, you set before him the best refreshments you can offer, and your "best" china and glass.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

A late Oregon traveller says: "On your way to Olympia by rail, you cross a river called the Shookum-Chuck; your train stops at places named Newaukum, Tumwater, and Toutle; and if you seek further you will hear of whole counties labell' d Wahkiakum, or Snohomish, or Kitsar, or Klikatat; and Cowlitz, Hookium, and Nenolelops greet and offend you.
— from Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy by Walt Whitman

“The lady,” said I, “is above stairs, unhurt by me, and will, a few months hence, I believe reward your concern.”
— from The Adventures of Roderick Random by T. (Tobias) Smollett

Before replying Yang Chien went to the camp and ordered soldiers to wave large red flags and a thousand others to beat the tom-toms and drums.
— from Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner

I'll give the word to you, as your gun will be near mine, and you can pass it on by raising your cap.
— from On the Face of the Waters: A Tale of the Mutiny by Flora Annie Webster Steel

“Yes, my child; but remember you could not leave it; you don’t know what Parisian tradesmen are; they would take three months to renovate your room.
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

“Better read your contract.
— from Ruth Fielding on the St. Lawrence; Or, The Queer Old Man of the Thousand Islands by Alice B. Emerson

" "Well, girls, the best reward you can give him, is to look delightfully with all your might, and to waltz and quadrille yourselves into husbands immediately!" said Sir Patrick, in a tone of lively exultation.
— from Modern Flirtations: A Novel by Catherine Sinclair

True it is that all those subtilties which they conceit themselves to have, are nought else but silly prating; but rest you content with what God has imparted to you of the knowledge of himself, so as to bear clear testimony unfeignedly to the truth.
— from Letters of John Calvin, Volume II Compiled from the Original Manuscripts and Edited with Historical Notes by Jean Calvin

No! Earth left once were left for good and all: 'With Heaven you may accommodate yourself.'" Saint Eldobert—I much approve his mode; With sinner Vertgalant I sympathize; But histrionic Sganarelle, who prompts While pulling back, refuses yet concedes,— Whether he preach in chair, or print in book, Or whisper due sustainment to weak flesh, Counting his sham beads threaded on a lie— Surely, one should bid pack that mountebank!
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

"It is to be regretted you cannot like England, as you have made up your mind to live in it; and yet I think——" She pauses.
— from Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

Now when to the blackboard for trial you stand, Keep steady, be ready, your chalk in your hand.
— from Our Little Brown House, A Poem of West Point Written for the New Year's Festival at the Cadets' Sabbath-school of the Methodist Episcopal Church, January 1, 1879 by Maria L. Stewart

At a point where the path narrowed in passing a great boulder, Blythe reined yet closer, and, reaching out, pressed for an instant her gloved guiding hand.
— from The Eddy: A Novel of To-day by Clarence Louis Cullen