All at once I saw the most charming little people marching towards me.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

I mark'd not one repetition of the echo But that; and on the sudden a clear light Presented me a face folded in sorrow.
— from The Duchess of Malfi by John Webster

What a contrast between the cultured, logical, profound, masterly reason of a Gladstone and that of the hod-carrier who has never developed or educated his reason beyond what is necessary to enable him to mix mortar and carry brick! Be careful to avoid that over-intellectual culture which is purchased at the expense of moral vigor.
— from Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

Le bourgmestre chancela sous le coup et se mit en fureur contre le paysan; mais celui-ci se contenta de lui montrer le papier qu'il avait signé et se retira fort tranquillement .
— from French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann

Besides, common logic presents me with a complete and systematic catalogue of all the simple operations of reason; and it is my task to answer the question how far reason can go, without the material presented and the aid furnished by experience.
— from The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

Take of Eyebright two ounces, Fennel seeds five drams, Cloves, Cinnamon, Cubebs, long Pepper, Mace, of each one dram, beat them all into powder, and with clarified Honey one pound, in which boil juice of Fennel one ounce, juice of Celandine and Rue, of each half an ounce, and with the powders make it up into an electuary.
— from The Complete Herbal To which is now added, upwards of one hundred additional herbs, with a display of their medicinal and occult qualities physically applied to the cure of all disorders incident to mankind: to which are now first annexed, the English physician enlarged, and key to Physic. by Nicholas Culpeper

Leipzig, 1885. (9) Leroy-Beaulieu, P. De la colonisation chez les peuples modernes.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. (Ernest Watson) Burgess

In the same class must be ranked, some both of the gravest and most important, and some of the most frivolous professions; churchmen, lawyers, physicians, men of letters of all kinds; players, buffoons, musicians, opera-singers, opera-dancers, etc.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

A Bachelor’s Establishment A Start in Life The Commission in Lunacy The Middle Classes Cousin Pons Grassou, Pierre Pierre Grassou A Bachelor’s Establishment Cousin Betty The Middle Classes Cousin Pons Grindot Cesar Birotteau Lost Illusions A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Start in Life Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Beatrix The Middle Classes Cousin Betty Katt Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Middle Classes Keller, Adolphe The Middle Classes Pierrette Cesar Birotteau La Peyrade, Charles-Marie-Theodose de Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Middle Classes La Peyrade, Madame de Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Middle Classes La Roche-Hugon, Martial de Domestic Peace The Peasantry A Daughter of Eve The Member for Arcis The Middle Classes Cousin Betty Laudigeois The Government Clerks The Middle Classes Lousteau, Etienne A Distinguished Provincial at Paris A Bachelor’s Establishment Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life A Daughter of Eve Beatrix The Muse of the Department Cousin
— from The Works of Balzac: A linked index to all Project Gutenberg editions by Honoré de Balzac

"Our club presented your very clever little play, 'Mrs. Tubbs's Telegram,' last evening before an audience of 400 persons who were most enthusiastic."— Mrs. Richard Farmer Wood, Concord, Mass.
— from Dr. Hardhack's Prescription: A Play for Children in Four Acts by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Having thus got the superintendent of trade into his power, Commissioner Lin preferred most extravagant demands upon him, including the delivery to the Chinese of all opium owned by British merchants, which amounted to 20,000 chests valued at upwards of £2,000,000.
— from The Englishman in China During the Victorian Era, Vol. 1 (of 2) As Illustrated in the Career of Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B., D.C.L., Many Years Consul and Minister in China and Japan by Alexander Michie

Mr. Constantine Logotheropoulos, Prime Minister, In Town.
— from The Grey Book A collection of protests against anti-semitism and the persecution of Jews issued by non-Roman Catholic churches and church leaders during Hitlers rule by Johan M. Snoek

In arriving or departing she always bowed to those around her with a curious little protective movement.
— from My Own Affairs by Princess of Belgium Louise

“Pyra” = Pyrus communis L., Pear [Mattioli, Commentarii, 1560] 81 42.
— from Herbals, Their Origin and Evolution: A Chapter in the History of Botany 1470-1670 by Agnes Robertson Arber

The contrast between their evidence and that of an individual occupying the position of the descendant of one of the oldest families in the neighbourhood, with considerable landed possessions, might have been amusing and instructive.
— from Discovery of Witches The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster by Potts, Thomas, active 1612-1618

Coaticook Barnston Stanstead Horace Cutting Cobden Ross Renfrew John Morton Coboconk Boxley Victoria J. H. Cronk * Cobourg Hamilton Northumberl’d, W. R. Thomas Scott Codrington Brighton Northumberl’d, E. R. William Kilbank * Colborne Cramaho Northumberl’d, E. R. C. R. Ford * Colchester Colchester Essex John Cheyne Coldsprings Hamilton Northumberl’d, W. R. D. McIntosh Coldstream Lobo Middlesex, W. R. Jacob Marsh Coldwater Medonte Simcoe, N. R. James Shaw Colebrook Camden, East Addington Charles Warner Coleraine Toronto, Gore Peel Colinville Moore Lambton John Butler Collfield Litchfield Pontiac M. Hughes * Collingwood Nottawasaga Simcoe, N. R. W. B. Hamilton Collin’s Bay Kingston Frontenac Lawrence Herchmer Colpoy’s Bay Albemarle Bruce L. Kribs * Columbus Whitby Ontario, S. R. Robert Ashton Comber Tilbury, West Essex Mrs. M. Reichenbach Como Vaudreuil Vaudreuil John Hodgson * † Compton Compton Compton A. W. Kendrick Concord Vaughan York, W. R.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1865 by Canada. Post Office Department

Now be this so: according to the dogmas of some critics, Lord Plunket may be convicted of an eloquent plagiary.
— from Notes and Queries, Number 45, September 7, 1850 by Various