She having come in afterwards, thought fit to be a stepmother to Phronime in deed as well as in name, giving her evil treatment and devising everything possible to her hurt; and at last she brings against her a charge of lewdness and persuades her husband that the truth is so.
— from The History of Herodotus — Volume 1 by Herodotus

Thimble .—Steel thimbles are the best; bone are very liable to break, and silver ones are not deeply enough pitted, to hold the needle.
— from Encyclopedia of Needlework by Thérèse de Dillmont

All the money for domestic expenses passes through her hands; she carries the keys, governs the maids, and arranges everything to suit herself."
— from The Haunted Homestead: A Novel by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

That gentleman, proceeding to his hotel, walked straight into the apartment of Ryhove, and commenced a conversation with a person whom he found there, but to his surprise he soon discovered, experienced politician though he was, that he had made an egregious blunder.
— from The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) by John Lothrop Motley

Wherevnto without further deliberation Edwin promised, that he would in all points follow the instruction of him that should deliuer him out of so manie and great calamities, and bring him to the rule of a kingdome.
— from Holinshed Chronicles: England, Scotland, and Ireland. Volume 1, Complete by William Harrison

A physiognomist's eye would have wandered with comparative carelessness over the faces,—so various in feature and character—by which she was surrounded, and found in hers, subject for curious speculation; wondering at the contradictory evidence her countenance and form gave of her age; the one, sombre in its thoughtfulness, its dark eyes piercing through his, into his soul, said twenty—perhaps thirty—the lithe figure and rounded limbs, sixteen; but most, he would have marvelled at the listlessness of her attitude; the lack of interest in her occupation and external objects, when every line, in brow, eyes and mouth, bespoke energy; a spirit strong to do or dare; and which, when in arms, would achieve its purpose, or perish in the attempt.
— from Alone by Marion Harland

When their little carnival was over they made a bargain that each should give the other complete liberty, but that each should also do everything possible to help the other on.
— from The Portrait of a Lady — Volume 2 by Henry James

There was an irresistible power, both in him and going forth from him, that drew everyone present to himself.
— from Playing With Fire by Amelia E. Barr

Not that I don't want to do everything possible to help, you understand.
— from Dave Dawson with the Pacific Fleet by Robert Sidney Bowen

DEVELOPMENT Eugenics provides the hereditary qualities of the Super Man; Social Adjustment furnishes the environment in which these qualities are to develop; there still remains the development of the individual through Education, a word which means, for our purposes, all phases of character shaping from birth-day to death-day.
— from The Super Race: An American Problem by Scott Nearing

She saw Clara in her dreams ever pointing towards her, and exclaiming, "Oh! hard-hearted mother!"
— from The Manoeuvring Mother (vol. 3 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady