And whatever authority the learned Mr. Lowde places in his Old English Dictionary, I daresay it nowhere tells him (if I should appeal to it) that the same action is not in credit, called and counted a virtue, in one place, which, being in disrepute, passes for and under the name of vice in another.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

their, they, used with two and three: Ill dau, ill dri Im, n. that is extreme Imp, n. a scion, or a shoot Impiad, n. a germinating Impio, v. to germinate; to graft Impiol, a. germinating, shooting Impog, n. osculation, or kiss Impyn, n. a scion, a shoot In, n. that is pervading Indeg, n. sublimate; raving mad Insel, n. a mark; seal, signet Inseiliad, n. a marking; a sealing Inseilio, v. to mark; to seal Ing, n. a strait, a difficulty; a. straight, confined Ingaidd, a. somewhat strait or narrow Ingder, n. straitness Ingol, n. tending to straiten Io, interj.
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

Even the sparrow, which really does attack grain, but which protects it still more, the pilferer, the outlaw, loaded with abuse and smitten with curses—it has been found in Hungary that they were likely to perish without him, that he alone could sustain the mighty war against the beetles and the thousand winged enemies that swarm in the lowlands; they have revoked the decree of banishment, recalled in haste this valiant militia, which, though deficient in discipline, is nevertheless the salvation of the country.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh

How far you may be pleased with the versification and mere mechanical parts of this attempt, I do not pretend to inquire: but I know you will object—and indeed several of our best and wisest friends concur in the opinion—that the depopulation it deplores is nowhere to be seen, and the disorders it laments are only to be found in the poet’s own imagination.
— from The Poems of Oliver Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith

They see how public life becomes blatant, irresponsible, and vulgar; how all authority and respect must disappear if democracy is not to be curbed at any point.
— from The Americans by Hugo Münsterberg

Accordingly, we may say that burneth is = that ( thing ) burns .—The last d in did is not the same as the ed in walked .
— from Outline of the history of the English language and literature by Anonymous

How far you may be pleased with the versification and mere mechanical parts of this attempt, I do not pretend to inquire; but I know you will object (and indeed several of our best and wisest friends concur in the opinion), that the depopulation it deplores is nowhere to be seen, and the disorders it laments are only to be found in the poet's own imagination.
— from Dalziels' Illustrated Goldsmith by Oliver Goldsmith

The Christian obligation to live a life of detachment, even while diligent in duty, is not to be brushed aside as pulpit rhetoric and exaggeration, but it is the plainest teaching of the New Testament.
— from Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers by Alexander Maclaren

"Thou knowest what it is to have a country; but dost thou know what it is to lose it, without the hope of ever regaining it?" "Ay, that do I. Did I not tell thee I had served in Spanish galleys?" "And hadst thou served on a Spanish throne instead of in Spanish galleys, with the same hopelessness of escape wouldst thou not have hailed with gladness the chance of resigning it, upon condition of regaining thy country?" "Indeed I would!
— from The Flamingo Feather by Kirk Munroe