( C. alnifolia , DC.; C. Rothiana , Roem.; Diosma serrata , Blanco.) Nom.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

Under pretence that atheists must be liars, it admits the testimony of all atheists who are willing to lie, and rejects only those who brave the obloquy of publicly confessing a detested creed rather than affirm a falsehood.
— from On Liberty by John Stuart Mill

The crypto wars ended with a victory for the good guys when the 9th Circuit Appellate Division Court ruled that code was a form of expression protected under the First Amendment -- "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech."
— from Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

Themistocles drank bull's blood, rather than he would fight against his country, and Demosthenes chose rather to drink poison, Publius Crassi filius , Censorius and Plancus, those heroical Romans to make away themselves, than to fall into their enemies' hands.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

— N. {ant 478} confutation, refutation; answer, complete answer; disproof, conviction, redargution[obs3], invalidation; exposure, exposition; clincher; retort; reductio ad absurdum; knock down argument, tu quoque argument[Lat]; sockdolager *
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget

Anthony Collins, A Discourse Concerning Ridicule and Irony in Writing (1729).
— from The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce by William Mountfort

"And is he what you would call a daring chap, ready to attempt anything?" "Why, yes, he is; but—but how do you know so many things?"
— from Curlie Carson Listens In by Roy J. (Roy Judson) Snell

Why, as we cum along, de cavalry run away from the Yanks as if they fright to deth.
— from The Negro in the American Rebellion: His Heroism and His Fidelity by William Wells Brown

When morning came, and Dr. Carr returned, he found her in a good deal of pain, hot and restless, with wide-open, anxious eyes.
— from What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge

"You can see for yourself that there's nothing of interest—nothing but a beastly lot of nigger cabins, and dirty coral rock that will cut your boots to pieces.
— from Pieces of Eight Being the Authentic Narrative of a Treasure Discovered in the Bahama Islands in the Year 1903 by Richard Le Gallienne

Were they aware of this, they would not mingle with these propositions others which are their direct contradiction, relating to causes, accidents, decadences, climates, races, and so on, which represent the detritus of the conception that has been superseded.
— from Theory & History of Historiography by Benedetto Croce

Under these {15} circumstances, it is not to be wondered at that those eminent men of the technical professions who, on this occasion, came forward with practical suggestions for the assistance of the Committee, and designs calculated rather to assist with thoughts than to charm by the graces of elegant drawing or symmetrical disposition, should seem to have been found wanting in this first trial with all the world.
— from The Crystal Palace: Its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels by Fowler, Charles, Jr.

There have also been found numerous musical pipes, with mouth-pieces and stops; lovers' pipes, curiously and delicately carved, reminding us of Bryant's lines— "Till twilight came, and lovers walked and wooed
— from Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World by Ignatius Donnelly

We had proceeded some distance when P——, after lighting his meerschaum, and looking the ideal of comfort and delight, commenced rummaging the baggage of pots and baskets; and he had not given up his energies to that occupation more than a few seconds when his pipe almost dropped, paralyzed, from his mouth, and, with much vehemence of manner and voice, he exclaimed, "Hang that fellow!
— from A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross