"That's a reproach for me," thought Christie, longing to cry out: "No, no; send the girl away and let me be all in all to you."
— from Work: A Story of Experience by Louisa May Alcott

XIX His Lady sad to see his sore constraint, Cride out, Now now Sir knight, shew what ye bee, 165 Add faith unto your force, and be not faint: Strangle her, else she sure will strangle thee.
— from Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I by Edmund Spenser

3. Christ offereth no new sacrifice for the salvation of these his people.
— from Works of John Bunyan — Volume 01 by John Bunyan

And as for the violence, the disgraceful violence with which it was carried--" "Oh no, no," said Warkworth, laughing.
— from Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

I know not, for the hard blow brought upon me an attack of the epilepsy, and while it continueth I know not what I say, but speak only as I am moved to speak!' "'What, then, moveth thee to chant at all?' "'I know not, nor do I even know that I have done so, unless some one who hath heard me informeth me thereof!' "'Whom knowest thou in my city of Nicomedia?' "'None save the Bishop Eusebius!' "'Art thou, then, a Christian?' "'Yea!
— from Arius the Libyan: A Romance of the Primitive Church by Nathan C. (Nathan Chapman) Kouns

Ladies-in-waiting thronged about the young archduchess; and presently there came to her Queen Caroline of Naples, Napoleon's sister, of whom Napoleon himself once said: "She is the only man among my sisters, as Joseph is the only woman among my brothers."
— from Famous Affinities of History: The Romance of Devotion. Vol 1-4, Complete by Lyndon Orr

The prospect of "starvation," for instance, quite apart from the fact that it was a German-invented bogy trotted out to deceive the enemy and extort the commiseration of neutrals, never seriously disturbed the Germans' equanimity, for from the cradle up frugality has been instilled in them as a virtue sister to patriotism.
— from The Assault: Germany Before the Outbreak and England in War-Time by Frederic William Wile

In the early spring of 1779, a little colony of gallant adventurers, from the parent line of Watauga, crossed the Cumberland mountain, and established themselves near the French Lick, and planted a field of corn where the city of Nashville now stands.
— from An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean

A third party joined them, and it was not hard for Jack and his friends to guess that this must be the unlucky Jared Fullerton, whom the stalwart Mr. Spofford had dumped into the waters of the St. Lawrence when he attempted to board the Comfort one night not so very long since.
— from Motor Boat Boys on the St. Lawrence Or, Solving the Mystery of the Thousand Islands by Louis Arundel

In all £249 12 s. 5 d. No House Rents Mentioned Nor Buying Carting Pyling or Sawing Firewood No Coffee Tea nor Chocolate No Wine nor Cyder nor any other Spirituous Liquor No Pipes Tobacco Spice nor Sweetmeats No Hospitality or Occasional Entertaining either Gentlemen Strangers Relatives or Friends No Acts of Charity nor Contributions for Pious Uses No Pocket Expenses either for Horse Hire Travelling or Convenient Recreations No Postage for Letters or Numberless other Occasions No Charges of Nursing No Schooling for Children No Buying of Books of any Sort or Pens Ink & Paper
— from Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle