"As soon as I had gone out at the call of the governor, one of the jailers rushed into Mr. J's little room—roughly seized him by the [433] arm—pulled him out—stripped him of all his clothes, excepting shirt and pantaloons—took his shoes, hat, and all his bedding—tore off his chains—tied a rope round his waist, and dragged him to the court house, where the other prisoners had previously been taken.
— from Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by John Foxe

I was told, during the civil disorders of our poor kingdom, that a maid, hard by the place where I then was, had thrown herself out of a window to avoid being forced by a common soldier who was quartered in the house; she was not killed by the fall, and therefore, repeating her attempt would have cut her own throat, had she not been prevented; but having, nevertheless, wounded herself to some show of danger, she voluntarily confessed that the soldier had not as yet importuned her otherwise; than by courtship, earnest solicitation, and presents; but that she was afraid that in the end he would have proceeded to violence, all which she delivered with such a countenance and accent, and withal embrued in her own blood, the highest testimony of her virtue, that she appeared another Lucretia; and yet I have since been very well assured that both before and after she was not so difficult a piece.
— from Essays of Michel de Montaigne — Complete by Michel de Montaigne

If this passion was simply painful, we would shun with the greatest care all persons and places that could excite such a passion; as some, who are so far gone in indolence as not to endure any strong impression, actually do.
— from The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

But as he had little land, he went on a cruise every summer, and plundered in Scotland, the Hebrides, Ireland, and Bretland, by which he gathered property.
— from Heimskringla; Or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

Historically, the organization of the more inclusive society—i.e., states, confederations, empires, social and political units composed of groups accommodated but not fully assimilated—presents four typical constellations of the component group.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

Thus a campaign of prayer and song had, in eight days, closed eleven saloons, and pledged three drug-stores to sell only on prescription.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

[206] : Somewhere from 1 to 3 percent of the community are distinctly injured or poisoned by tea or coffee, even small amounts producing burning of the stomach, palpitation of the heart, headache, eruptions of the skin, sensations of extreme nervousness, and so on; though the remaining 97 percent are not injured by them in any appreciable way if consumed in moderation.
— from All About Coffee by William H. (William Harrison) Ukers

As, in her way to the corridor, she rested for a moment at an open casement, Emily saw a party of Montoni's troops winding down a distant mountain, whom she noticed no further, than as they brought to her mind the wretched prisoners they were, perhaps, bringing to the castle.
— from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Ward Radcliffe

Des études sont faites en Californie, et sûrement ailleurs, pour l'utilisation de l'informatique et des télécoms (donc le web) par les malvoyants.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

To have had a child, even such a puny baby as little Tom, Mrs. Jenkins would have worn commonest caps, and cleaned grates, and drudged her fingers to the bone.
— from The Grey Woman and other Tales by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

It is doubtless these latter qualities which have secured for the theory such a phenomenal length of life, though of course we know that nothing born of this whole brood can ever secure a permanent home in the kingdom of science.
— from Illogical Geology, the Weakest Point in the Evolution Theory by George McCready Price

She was still unaware of his presence, as she paused in the middle of the bridge, and with critical eye sought a position mathematically the same from either hand-rail.
— from Fran by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis

Every form of Christianity, every sect and party, has its peculiar charities; but charities for some good object are a primal principle of the common creed.
— from The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

Lilium bulbiferum! croceum, et sp. alix, pl. Tulipa, sp. Polygonatum anceps.
— from Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Maxwell T. (Maxwell Tylden) Masters