The German March days were coming, and from all directions ever more alarming news kept coming in.
— from My Life — Volume 1 by Richard Wagner

Notwithstanding her own disastrous experiment, Miss Anthony never ceased to desire a woman's paper, one which not only should present the questions relating directly to women but should be edited and controlled entirely by women, and discuss all the issues of the day.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

Though the same capital never will maintain the same quantity of productive labour in a distant as in a near employment, yet a distant employment maybe as necessary for the welfare of the society as a near one; the goods which the distant employment deals in being necessary, perhaps, for carrying on many of the nearer employments.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Attendance every day except Mondays, at No. 4, Sparth Bottoms, Rochdale.
— from Lancashire Sketches Third Edition by Edwin Waugh

Promise me that you will kneel down every morning and night and say your prayers, no matter whether the sailors laugh at you or not."
— from St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, No. 08, June 1878 Scribner's Illustrated by Various

If only I could do everything myself, and not have to trust to fools and bunglers!
— from Rupert of Hentzau: From The Memoirs of Fritz Von Tarlenheim Sequel to The Prisoner of Zenda by Anthony Hope

“No, no, darling,” exclaimed Mrs. Ashleigh, “not while the east winds last.
— from A Strange Story — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

The emperor came up to him, and putting both his hands upon Leopold's shoulder, he said in a voice of deep emotion; "Majesty asks nothing of you, but your brother entreats you to serve him this day.
— from Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel by L. (Luise) Mühlbach

But neither the brother nor sister was relieved of fear, for the smoke grew denser every minute, and Nick might well ask himself whether he would be able to pass the three miles before he could reach the safety of the open country.
— from Through Forest and Fire Wild-Woods Series No. 1 by Edward Sylvester Ellis

As Bill Price said, “there was something doing every minute and no time to sleep in between.”
— from Scott Burton, Forester by Edward G. (Edward Gheen) Cheyney

I've been everything, done everything, made a note of everything, and understand everything.
— from The Prude's Progress: A Comedy in Three Acts by Eden Phillpotts

"That's all you ever do, except make a noise with your mouth.
— from The Grammar School Boys of Gridley; or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving by H. Irving (Harrie Irving) Hancock