Since thou dost this day in new glory shine, May all men date Records, from this thy Valentine.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Why did I not go sooner?”
— from Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police: A Tale of the Macleod Trail by Ralph Connor

Lady. Put me not in mind on't, prethee, You cannot do a greater wrong to Women, For in our wants, 'tis the most chief affliction To have that name remembred; 'tis a Title That misery mocks us by, and the worlds malice, Scorn and contempt has not wherewith to work On humble Callings; they are safe, and lye Level with pitty still, and pale distress Is no great stranger to 'em; but when fortune Looks with a stormy face on our conditions, We find affliction work, and envy pastime, And our worst enemy than that most abuses us, Is that we are call'd by, Lady, Oh my spirit, Will nothing make thee humble?
— from Beaumont and Fletcher's Works, Vol. 09 of 10 by John Fletcher

That the Legislators may be, and generally are, the greatest men of their age, yet their notions and ideas must flow, and are taken up from the views of their own age; and though they build for posterity, yet they build with materials of [164] their own time: that they attempt to prevent as far as they foresee: that any constitution, however wisely framed, if once declared unalterable, must become a grievance: wise and happy as our own is, did it not grow so by degrees?
— from Memoirs of the Reign of King George the Second, Volume 2 (of 3) by Horace Walpole

Although it was pleasing news, yet the disappointment in not getting satisfaction out of the infernal scoundrels, was great among the troops.
— from The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers by David Lathrop

“I am going to send Lucy your picture to-day, and as she asked that you should write her a few lines, suppose you do it now,” Guy said to Maddy next morning, as they were leaving the breakfast table.
— from Aikenside by Mary Jane Holmes

The Deilephila (Chærocampa) nerii ( Fig. 183 ), or Oleander Hawk-Moth, is a charming species almost peculiar to hot countries, where the shrub from which it derives its name grows spontaneously—that is to say, in Africa, in the southern parts of Asia, in Greece, in Spain, &c. Carried forward by its rapid flight, and assisted by atmospheric currents, these beautiful insects sometimes come accidentally into the countries of Central Europe.
— from The Insect World Being a Popular Account of the Orders of Insects; Together with a Description of the Habits and Economy of Some of the Most Interesting Species by Louis Figuier

does it not give soothing thoughts of a great and wonderful Providence, who has created such scenes for his creatures?"
— from The Manoeuvring Mother (vol. 3 of 3) by Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady

Mark the recognition of its own personal merit in the great new dictionary, where what was, in our own remembrance, the most outlandish dialect, is now good, sound, official English.
— from The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley — Volume 10 by James Whitcomb Riley