Thus much for famous citizens have I noted their charitable actions, for the most part done by them in their lifetime.
— from The Survey of London by John Stow

Consequently, he is not to be held responsible for errors and omissions in the pages which had not received his final approval.
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane

‘ hitherward ,’ towards this place , Chr . hīdgild I. n. tax paid on each hide of land , Ct .
— from A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students by J. R. Clark (John R. Clark) Hall

By the belly of a stalled ox, how careful he is not to be mistaken in his words.
— from Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais

Certainly he is not the Russian nobleman he has always claimed to be.
— from The International Jew : The World's Foremost Problem by Anonymous

The climate, however, is not, truth to tell, bad, and we even have a few nonagenarians in our parish.
— from Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Ah, never faith could hold, if not to beauty vowed!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

It was owing to this feeling on Gyp's part that, when Lisbeth came into the workshop and advanced towards Adam as noiselessly as she could, her intention not to awaken him was immediately defeated; for Gyp's excitement was too great to find vent in anything short of a sharp bark, and in a moment Adam opened his eyes and saw his mother standing before him.
— from Adam Bede by George Eliot

O never faith could hold, if not to beauty vow'd: Though to myself forsworn, to thee
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Where this is lacking, where my fellow does not recognize and treat me as a free, rational being, the right of coercion comes in; coercion, however, is not to be exercised by the individual himself—since then there would be no guaranty either for its successful exercise or for the non-violation of the legal limit—but devolves upon the state.
— from History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg

The old peer, as Norton and I call him, is near the end of his journey, and will make his parting bow to us some of these days.”
— from The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by William Carleton

I am not afraid to meet a merciful Creator; he is not the implacable being that some find it their interest to represent him.
— from Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 1 by Henry Hunt

As a wife she is faithful; for indeed the jealousy of a Circassian husband is not to be endured.
— from Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia by J. Milton (John Milton) Mackie

"Yes, I used to live in Cincinnati—in fact, I guess that is what I might call home, if not this."
— from The Forged Note: A Romance of the Darker Races by Oscar Micheaux

He taught, indeed, that the stranger is to be treated as a friend; and although in both Chinese and Japanese history there are illustrious proofs that Confucius had interpreters nobler than himself, yet it is probable that the doctrine of the stranger's receiving treatment as a friend, does not extend to the foreigner.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Already I was considered heterodox if not treasonable, and I was keenly alive to the danger of my position; nevertheless I could not at times refrain from bursting out into suspicious or half-seditious utterances, even among the highest Polygonal or Circular society.
— from Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by Edwin Abbott Abbott