Liberty is worth paying for; besides, the boat is strong, and a few miles with a fair wind to carry us is no great thing.
— from Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne

Go is also synonymous with circumstance or occurrence; “a rummy GO ,” and “a great GO ,” signify curious and remarkable occurrences; “all the GO ,” when anything creates unusual interest, “no GO ,” no good; “here’s a pretty GO !”
— from The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical and Andecdotal by John Camden Hotten

It scarcely needs the reminder of ipsae regem parvosque Quirites Sufficiunt 423 to convince us that, in this representation of an industrious and warlike community, earnest in labour from the love of the objects on which it was bestowed and from pride in its results— Tantus amor florum et generandi gloria mellis 424 ,— resolute and unconquerable in battle, sacrificing life rather than abandoning the post of duty, inspired with more than Oriental devotion to their head, Virgil was teaching a lesson applicable to the Roman Commonwealth under its new government.
— from The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by W. Y. (William Young) Sellar

Cork, unfortunately, is not growing as Dublin and Belfast are.
— from Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland Being a Tourist's Guide to Its Most Beautiful Scenery & an Archæologist's Manual for Its Most Interesting Ruins by Thomas O’Neill Russell

Yet the created universe is not God, because God is not in time and space....
— from Systematic Theology (Volume 2 of 3) by Augustus Hopkins Strong

'You come up in no good temper, I see, Mr. Lovelace.—But pray be not violent—I have done you no hurt.—Pray be not violent— 'Sweet creature!
— from Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Samuel Richardson

flower of a creeper which is commonly used in native gardens.
— from Flowers and Flower-Gardens With an Appendix of Practical Instructions and Useful Information Respecting the Anglo-Indian Flower-Garden by David Lester Richardson

he has shepherded us home from the desert, and comforted us in new garments, and turned our minus into plus by a judicious shifting across the equation.
— from Port Argent: A Novel by Arthur Colton

In any case, I was quite determined in my own mind that the only way to get out of the place with Semlin's document without considerable unpleasantness, if not grave danger, would be to transfer his identity and effects to myself and vice versa.
— from The Man with the Clubfoot by Valentine Williams