Why, only to keep the conveniences he's got put in scoured bright would take me all of every morning in my house, to say nothing of wiping up the floors, for Jathrop isn't intending to buy us no carpets ever.
— from Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs by Anne Warner

It was the imperious duty of Congress to make such a law, and it is equally its duty to continue it; indeed, without it, the judicial power of the United States is limited and restricted to such cases only as arise in the Federal courts, and is never brought to bear upon numerous cases, evidently within its range.
— from Life of James Buchanan, Fifteenth President of the United States. v. 1 (of 2) by George Ticknor Curtis

The morning's light brought us no change either for worse or better, excepting that under cover of the night Smart had gone to search for our other companions.
— from Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island by Julia de Winton

This volume is called “ A Chronicle of London ” in the title-page, from the author having so particularly confined himself to the Metropolis; and still more, because he has, like his successor Fabian, commenced each year with the election of the Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London, whose names are uniformly recorded, but unfortunately no clue exists by which the name of the writer can be ascertained.
— from A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 Written in the Fifteenth Century, and for the First Time Printed from MSS. in the British Museum by Anonymous

What should be done in this case? Give the child plenty of dry food, like bread, potato, etc., but under no circumstances either an emetic or cathartic.
— from The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by L. Emmett (Luther Emmett) Holt