Sir Clifford is a good master, and if you could get the place it would be a good start for you.
— from Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Then, why is it that the fool does so; if he have to cultivate Indigo, let him do so; let him buy oxen; let him prepare ploughs; if he cannot guide the plough himself, let him keep men under him.
— from Nil Darpan; or, The Indigo Planting Mirror, A Drama. Translated from the Bengali by a Native. by Dinabandhu Mitra

Principles must be built on conceptions; on any other basis there can only be paroxysms, which can give the person no moral worth, nay, not even confidence in himself, without which the highest good in man, consciousness of the morality of his mind and character, cannot exist.
— from The Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant

But how could the young minister say so, when, with every successive Sabbath, his cheek was paler and thinner, and his voice more tremulous than before,—when it had now become a constant habit, rather than a casual gesture, to press his hand over his heart?
— from The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

at our Camp, gave the party a dram, they Danced as is verry Comn.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

She went and sat down by her sisters, showing them a thousand civilities, giving them part of the oranges and citrons which the Prince had presented her with, which very much surprised them, for they did not know her.
— from The Blue Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

Makakuhir lang kug dus puntus, partída na ku, If I can get two points, I win.
— from A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan by John U. Wolff

The test of antiquity and success was applied with singular advantage to the religion of Numa; and Rome herself, the celestial genius that presided over the fates of the city, is introduced by the orator to plead her own cause before the tribunal of the emperors.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

it is found advisable to retain what Taxes you can gather, to pay your own inevitable expenditures.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

Think how much happiness you could give the poor, ailing little soul if you tried.
— from Little Golden's Daughter; or, The Dream of a Life Time by Miller, Alex. McVeigh, Mrs.

Is there any one among us all who would not give up his individual views about a local election rather than see the country go to pieces?
— from An American Politician: A Novel by F. Marion (Francis Marion) Crawford

Count Grote the Prussian Minister, frequently spoke to me of him.
— from Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 08 by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

The Cubans gave the pianist a tropical warmth of welcome, and Gott-schalk's letters from the old Spanish city are full of admiration for the climate, the life, and the people, with whom there was something strongly sympathetic in his own nature.
— from Great Violinists And Pianists by George T. (George Titus) Ferris

Lobster in Miniature Crawfish, or ecravisse, has never been very popular in San Francisco, probably because there are so many other delicate crustaceans that are more easily handled, yet the crawfish grows to perfection in Pacific waters, and importation's of them from Portland, Oregon, are becoming quite an industry.
— from Bohemian San Francisco Its restaurants and their most famous recipes—The elegant art of dining. by Clarence E. (Clarence Edgar) Edwords

And, Jim, those two women are all alone in that house, and should the child go to pieces, and need a doctor's care——" Jim muttered an oath.
— from A Pasteboard Crown: A Story of the New York Stage by Clara Morris

"That does not follow, sire," replied La Tremouille; "You can garrison the principal strong places of this kingdom, and then, with the rest of the army, march, lance in hand, to the frontier of France.
— from Leonora D'Orco: A Historical Romance by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

The moment of projection would arrive; a seraphic form would rise out of the furnace, holding forth a vessel containing the precious elixir; but, before he could grasp the prize, he would awake, and find himself in a dungeon.
— from Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Washington Irving

A soldier named John Dortinger, who had been sixteen months at Le Bœuf, thought that he could guide the party, but lost the way in the darkness; so that, after struggling all night through swamps and forests, they found themselves at daybreak only two miles from their point of departure.
— from The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman