At eighteen, after the sudden death of his only sister, the family moved to Vienna where Herzl entered the University as a law student. Herzl, who accounted himself a liberal and an Austrian patriot, plunged eagerly into the activities of a large student Cultural Association, attended its discussions and directed its literary evenings.
— from The Jewish State by Theodor Herzl

Annuity to be paid at the two Feasts equally as above said or else to distrain on the Ground if she be not paid after fourteen days at Lindly as the other some is out of the said Land Item I give to my Servant John Upton the Annuity of Forty Shillings out of my said Farme during his life (if till then my Servant) to be paid on Michaelmas day in Lindley each year or else after fourteen days to distrain Now for my goods I thus dispose them First I give an C'th pounds to Christ Church in Oxford where I have so long lived to buy five pounds Lands per Ann.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

The chief divisions are those of the blue robe, who are allied with the Lamaism of Tibet and whose doctrine is largely "esoteric," and those of the yellow robe, who accept the three fundamentals of principle, teaching and discipline.
— from The Religions of Japan, from the Dawn of History to the Era of Méiji by William Elliot Griffis

Logic is logic, and by disregarding its laws even the most pious and showy theologian may be beguiled into preferring charges which should not be ventured upon except in the shelter of plenty of lightning-rods.
— from What Is Man? and Other Essays by Mark Twain

Here at all events we must reckon with the fact that dancing itself, like every form of rapid movement, involves a kind of intoxication of the whole nervous, muscular, and visceral system.
— from The Will to Power: An Attempted Transvaluation of All Values. Book III and IV by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

"But in mine own light do I live, ever back into myself do I drink the flames I send forth.
— from Ecce Homo Complete Works, Volume Seventeen by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

He eats very little bread, and calls himself economical because he spares himself the expense of soup and dessert, which circumstance made me remark that an English dinner is like eternity: it has no beginning and no end.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

A dinner dress differs from a ball dress in little except that it is not necessarily designed for freedom of movement.
— from Etiquette by Emily Post

When banished by my sire's decree, In low estate, she followed me.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

What is more, Agatha, my sister, being disappointed in love, entered a cloister, and is now a nun in a Montreal convent."
— from In the Van; or, The Builders by John Price-Brown

Debt iz like enny other kind ov a trap, eazy enuff tew git into, but hard enuff tew git out ov.
— from The Complete Works of Josh Billings by Josh Billings

“Helen, dearest,” interposed Lady Eleanor, rebukingly.
— from The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Charles James Lever

Adopt it, by all means, whenever the particular language enjoyed by any fortunate possessor of these shall, like Greek, have been for about three hundred years insisted upon in England as an acquisition of paramount importance, at school and college, for every aspirant to distinction in learning, even at the cost of six or seven years' study—a sacrifice considered well worth making for even an imperfect acquaintance with 'the most perfect language in the world.'
— from A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.) by Orr, Sutherland, Mrs.

Our noble city, with its magnificent maritime approaches, its mast-thronged docks, its lordly encircling rivers, its majesty of traffic, its gallant avenues of edifices, its loud [2] assertion of life, and its fine promise of riper culture, fades into a dim memory when you have touched, after only a brief voyage, upon this forlorn opposite shore.
— from An Ambitious Woman: A Novel by Edgar Fawcett

The majority of these packmen have discontinued dealing in linens exclusively, and have added silks, ladies’ dresses, shawls and various articles connected with the drapery business.
— from London Labour and the London Poor (Vol. 1 of 4) by Henry Mayhew

The dress is long enough for decency, but not so long as to sweep the streets, as many dresses and shawls are daily seen to do.
— from Dress as a Fine Art, with Suggestions on Children's Dress by Mary P. (Mary Philadelphia) Merrifield

We are in the dark, but He dwelleth in light eternal." CHAPTER IX CROMWELL INTERFERES "His port was fierce, Erect his countenance; manly majesty Sate in his front and darted from his eyes, Commanding all he viewed."
— from The Lion's Whelp: A Story of Cromwell's Time by Amelia E. Barr