So that God knows in what a sad condition I should be in if I were truly in the condition that many a poor man is for debt: and therefore ought to bless God that I have no such reall reason, and to endeavour to keep myself, by my good deportment and good husbandry, out of any such condition.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

I did also get him to sign a bill (which do make my heart merry) for L60 to me, in consideration of my work extraordinary at sea this last voyage, which I hope to get paid.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

It is given as a tonic in gastro-intestinal diseases, and General Hardwick has reported good results with it in cholera; as he reported only two cases, his testimony is not of much value.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. (Trinidad Hermenegildo) Pardo de Tavera

If Edgar Linton meets me, I shall not hesitate to knock him down, and give him enough to insure his quiescence while I stay.
— from Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

I will dig a grave here by the rock, in which, if my weakness overcome me, we will rest together; or, if Heaven gives me strength, I will seek my way home.
— from Mosses from an Old Manse, and Other Stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Her dress allowance, given her by her father, was £100 a year, so that Mrs. Wilkins's clothes were what her husband, urging her to save, called modest and becoming, and her acquaintance to each other, when they spoke of her at all, which was seldom for she was very negligible, called a perfect sight.
— from The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Sirs, take away the Duke, and guard him sure. GLOUCESTER.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

Before the end of the campaign (which she resolved to share), Mrs. Major O'Dowd hoped to write herself Mrs. Colonel O'Dowd, C.B. Our two friends (Dobbin and Osborne) were quite as much excited as the rest: and each in his way—Mr. Dobbin very quietly, Mr. Osborne very loudly and energetically—was bent upon doing his duty, and gaining his share of honour and distinction.
— from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Gasoline is one dollar a gallon here and a Ford car costs $1900.
— from Letters from China and Japan by Harriet Alice Chipman Dewey

This, then, is the bardic photograph:— "His hair was slightly curled, and of golden colour: a scarlet shield with engraved devices, and golden hooks, and clasps of silver: a wide-folding purple cloak on him, with a gem-set gold brooch over his breast; a gold torque around his neck; a white-collared shirt, embroidered with gold, upon him; a girdle with golden buckles, and studded with precious stones, around him; two golden net-work sandals with golden buckles upon him; two spears with golden sockets, and many red bronze rivets in his hand; while he stood in the full glow of beauty, without defect or blemish.
— from An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack

"Because," said she, "he meets with Lady Day, and gets his quietus."
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various

The vessel recoiled, and being now evidently unable to steer, the storm had her at its mercy; and the last we saw of her was a hull, rolling and staggering away down the Channel, firing guns of distress, and going headforemost toward the Bay of Biscay.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 54, No. 334, August 1843 by Various

"Right, noble cousin," cried Azariah, hastening up to Daniel and grasping him affectionately by the hand; " always right!
— from The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon by Erasmus W. Jones

Brave at first regarded the new-comer with suspicion; but being, like his master, of a kind and accommodating disposition, he made overtures of friendship, to which the ill-mannered Marmion responded by taking Brave down and giving him a good shaking.
— from Frank in the Mountains by Harry Castlemon

He iz generally respekted during life, and after he iz ded and gone hiz children keep his fame fresh by pointing out with pride the korner whare his kane alwus stood and peg whare his hat alwus hung.
— from The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Josh Billings

But this god of the “great majority,” this democrat among gods, has not become a proud heathen god: on the contrary, he remains a Jew, he remains a god in a corner, a god of all the dark nooks and crevices, of all the noisesome quarters of the world!...
— from The Antichrist by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Some Christians of the Middle Ages in their zeal claimed that he meant Jesus, the Christ; and, as he refers to the Sibyl of Cumæ as having foretold the happy period, her name, in a later age, was curiously coupled in the old Latin hymn “Dies Iræ” with that of the psalmist David as giving her prophetic testimony: Teste David cum Sibylla.
— from Under Cæsars' Shadow by Henry Francis Colby

So, rapidly dismounting and giving his horse into the charge of some of the idlers about the door, he entered the common room in which were assembled the greater part of the militia guard and of Habershaw's troopers.
— from Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency by John Pendleton Kennedy

In conformity, then, with this interview Philip II judged Escovedo and condemned him to death by the law of his conscience, and charged Antonio Pérez with the execution of the sentence, authorising him by a paper written by his own hand, in which he adds, "That although it may be realised that he has nothing to do with all that has happened, it will be well that there should be no doubt whatever about it." CHAPTER XX Antonio Pérez lost no time, and with the greatest secrecy began to arrange the means by which to give Escovedo "a mouthful," which would cause his death and give him time to confess, "so that he should not also lose his soul," according to Philip II's expressed wish.
— from The Story of Don John of Austria by Luis Coloma