Long-absent Harold reappears at last; He of the breast which fain no more would feel, Wrung with the wounds which kill not, but ne'er heal; Yet Time, who changes all, had altered him In soul and aspect as in age: years steal Fire from the mind as vigour from the limb; And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
— from Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

I guessed the truth, thanked him, and embracing him tenderly I promised to be wiser for the future.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

My mind hath been as big as one of yours, My heart as great, my reason haply more, To bandy word for word and frown for frown;
— from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

He wore his own white hair in a bag of goodly size, a black velvet coat, with an embroidered waistcoat, and very rich laced ruffles; which Mrs. Thrale said were old fashioned, but which, for that reason, I thought the more respectable, more like a Tory; yet Sir Philip was then in
— from Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood by James Boswell

Of thirty sail; and now they do re-stem Their backward course, bearing with frank appearance Their purposes toward Cyprus.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It was easy to get legislators, even at three dollars a day, although board was four dollars and fifty cents, for distinction has its charm in Nevada as well as elsewhere, and there were plenty of patriotic souls out of employment; but to get a legislative hall for them to meet in was another matter altogether.
— from Roughing It by Mark Twain

On one branch they hung little bags cut out of colored paper, and each bag was filled with sweetmeats; from other branches hung gilded apples and walnuts, as if they had grown there; and above, and all round, were hundreds of red, blue, and white tapers, which were fastened on the branches.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

The articles used as food by man do not consist entirely of nutritious substances, but with few exceptions are compounds of various nutritious with indigestible and accordingly innutritious substances.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

We are the best we can be, but we feel what we are.
— from On Love by Stendhal

It has been found that, although the Mound Builders were familiar with the use of copper for ornaments and tools, they hammered it from the native ore, and knew nothing whatever of smelting or of casting.
— from Famous Indian Chiefs Their Battles, Treaties, Sieges, and Struggles with the Whites for the Possession of America by Charles H. L. (Charles Haven Ladd) Johnston

The musicians assist the captain by observing the enemy, the target, and the fire effect, by transmitting commands or signals, and by watching for signals.
— from Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 Corrected to April 15, 1917 (Changes Nos. 1 to 19) by United States. War Department

"But the hitherto existing Imperial Government, that of the Manchoo or Ta-tsing dynasty, which was already becoming weak from internal causes, has received its death-blows from the external action, first of British arms alone, and now of British and French combined.
— from Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh: The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume II) by Augustus F. Lindley

Meanwhile the fort built by Tissaphernes in Miletus was surprised and taken by the Milesians, and the garrison in it turned out—an act which met with the approval of the rest of the allies, and in particular of the Syracusans, but which found no favour with Lichas, who said moreover that the Milesians and the rest in the King's country ought to show a reasonable submission to Tissaphernes and to pay him court, until the war should be happily settled.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

He had long been on terms of hospitality with the Lacedæmonians; while Pharsalus had not merely been in alliance with them, but was for some time occupied by one of their garrisons.
— from History of Greece, Volume 10 (of 12) by George Grote

When they had done a kindness, they had gratified a desire: the business was finished, and it passed from the memory.
— from History of Greece, Volume 02 (of 12) by George Grote

James had evidently learned to play at cards with the Scottish barons who frequented his father's Court, and whose lawlessness led to the revolt which ended in the defeat and melancholy fate of James III.
— from Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries by W. F. (William Francis) Dawson

As a rule, the salts of boric acid contain less base, although they are all able to form saline compounds with bases when fused.
— from The Principles of Chemistry, Volume II by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev