All concerned should do their best to have all the members of the class present, and the school should be kept clear of other riders during such classes.
— from Hand-book for Horsewomen by H. L. de (Henry L. de) Bussigny

We should look upon a gardener to be mad, or at least very capricious, who, when his young trees are just arrived to a degree of bearing, should cut them down for fuel, and choose out old, rotten, decayed, sapless stocks to graft and inoculate upon: yet the irregular proceedings of those two levellers, Love and Death, appear to be every jot as odd and unreasonable.
— from Æsop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by Aesop

"I think we shall be able to take care of ourselves," replied Dory, shrugging his shoulders like a Frenchman.
— from Square and Compasses; Or, Building the House by Oliver Optic

The raids of the Norse warriors grow more frequent and determined from this time; in itself a testimony to the wealth and prosperity of the country, the abundance of gold and of accumulated riches, whether cattle or corn, ornaments or richly dyed stuffs, red and purple and blue.
— from Ireland, Historic and Picturesque by Charles Johnston