No, as yet Christian missions have effected but little visible in moulding the character of New Japan.
— from Bushido, the Soul of Japan by Inazo Nitobe

The driver shut off steam and put on brakes, the Toad got down on the step, and as the train slowed down to almost a walking pace he heard the driver call out, ‘Now, jump!’
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Are you conscious of no joy, as I am, that has made this the only point of life worth living for?" "It seems a sin," replied Phoebe, trembling, "to think of joy at such a time!" "Could you but know, Phoebe, how it was with me the hour before you came!" exclaimed the artist.
— from The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Ulysses, cease; Offend not Jove: obey, and give the peace."
— from The Odyssey by Homer

[89] Gilbert Tennent (1703-1764) came to America with his father, Rev. William Tennent, and taught for a time in the "Log College," from which sprang the College of New Jersey.—Smyth.
— from Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

I’ve been, the old woman will come, only not just now.
— from The Possessed (The Devils) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

He was to sail from Kamchatka to Nipon, chart the Kurile Islands, link the Russian explorations to the West European cartography of northern Japan, and investigate the geography of the intervening region,—especially the cartographical monsters which in the course of a century of contortion had developed from De Vries's intelligent map of East Yezo, Iturup (Staaten Eiland) and Urup (Kompagniland).
— from Vitus Bering: the Discoverer of Bering Strait by Peter Lauridsen

“Besides, sir,” says he, “I promise you I have as good an inclination to the cause as any man can possibly have; and go I will, whether you admit me to go in your company or not.” Jones, who was as much pleased with Partridge as Partridge could be with him, and who had not consulted his own inclination but the good of the other in desiring him to stay behind, when he found his friend so resolute, at last gave his consent; but then recollecting himself, he said, “Perhaps, Mr Partridge, you think I shall be able to support you, but I really am not;” and then taking out his purse, he told out nine guineas, which he declared were his whole fortune.
— from History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding

The constitution of New Jersey has blended the different powers of government more than any of the preceding.
— from The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton

We know but little concerning the present condition of the army now encamped under cover of the gunboats on the James river, beyond what is furnished by the correspondents of Northern journals.
— from Experience of a Confederate States Prisoner Being an Ephemeris Regularly Kept by an Officer of the Confederate States Army by Beckwith West

King Charles one night, jocund and gay, To Drury went, to see a play— Kynaston was to act a queen— But to his tonsor he’d not been: He was a mirth-inspiring soul Who lov’d to quaff the flowing bowl— And on his way the wight had met A roaring bacchanalian set; With whom he to “ the Garter ” hies, Regardless how time slyly flies.
— from The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810 by Samuel James Arnold

On the other hand, the conquest of New Jersey, with Philadelphia as the ultimate prize, in all probability would be Howe's next object.
— from The Campaign of Trenton 1776-77 by Samuel Adams Drake

Everything should be done to induce a sympathetic assimilation on their part of the lofty utterances in this passage on Discipline, 'whose golden surveying rod,' says Milton, 'marks out and measures every quarter and circuit of New Jerusalem.'
— from An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton Comprising All the Autobiographic Passages in His Works, the More Explicit Presentations of His Ideas of True Liberty. by John Milton

O. N S Norman, R. M., Mill Bridge O Normandin, A., St. Jean Baptiste de Montréal Q Normandin, Louis, Boucherville Q Normansell, James, Kootenay B C Northy, Richard, Selwyn O Northy, William, Wilmur O Northmore, Joseph, Cataraqui O Nowlan, John G., Havelock, W.
— from List of Post Offices in Canada, with the Names of the Postmasters ... 1873 by Canada. Post Office Department

The equally celebrated, or notorious, John Cottington, called "Mulled Sack," was hanged at "Smithfield Rounds," some years earlier.
— from Half-hours with the Highwaymen - Vol 1 Picturesque Biographies and Traditions of the "Knights of the Road" by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper

Including the Central of New Jersey, the total fixed charges for the Railroad and Coal & Iron Companies were $18,241,051; a sum which certain offsets, however, reduced to $16,584,732.
— from Railroad Reorganization by Stuart Daggett