He is the son of one Say-well; he dwelt in Prating Row; and is known of all that are acquainted with him, by the name of Talkative in Prating Row; and notwithstanding his fine tongue, he is but a sorry fellow.
— from The Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John Bunyan by John Bunyan

Depart in peace: return to thy home.
— from Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen

ANT: Damage, impair, pervert, retard, deteriorate, falsify, spoil, corrupt.
— from A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning by Samuel Fallows

There could be only the most proper alacrity, a most obliging compliance for public view; and smiles reined in and spirits dancing in private rapture.
— from Persuasion by Jane Austen

Thus discourse, then, is divided into political, rhetorical, private, dialectic, and professional.
— from The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laertius

near the entrance of the river mentioned in the 10th course of this day, we saw an unusual number of Porcupines from which we determined to call the river after that anamal, and accordingly denominated it Porcupine river.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

But subordination in art does not mean disregard of truth; it means conversion of fact into effect, and assigning to each detail its proper relative value ‘Les petits détails d’histoire et de vie domestique (says Hugo) doivent être scrupuleusement étudiés et reproduits par le poète
— from Intentions by Oscar Wilde

With the eye of the thief it looketh upon all that is lustrous; with the craving of hunger it measureth him who hath abundance; and ever doth it prowl round the tables of bestowers.
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Accordingly we find, that the very same qualities, which in ourselves produce pride, produce also in a lesser degree the same affection, when discovered in persons related to us.
— from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume

Since the discussion is public, regard it as your personal online university.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno

Mary Marchmont knew all this,––or divined it, perhaps, rather than knew it, with the child–woman's subtle power of divination, which is even stronger than the actual woman's; for her father had done his best to keep all sorrowful knowledge from her.
— from John Marchmont's Legacy, Volumes 1-3 by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon

What would become of him if mind or body should fail, if either he should be driven into precipitate retreat, or else there should escape him, instead of the great truth wrapped delicately round in veracious panegyric, a heavy, shapeless word of foolishness?
— from Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2) by John Morley

Desecheo Island, P. R. Dec. 19, 1912 60.
— from The Bird Study Book by T. Gilbert (Thomas Gilbert) Pearson

On the contrary, he appeared to take a delight in pricking Rufus with pointed and unpleasant suggestions.
— from A Gamble with Life by Silas K. (Silas Kitto) Hocking

Under a pavilion of cloth of gold and priceless tissues, upon a couch, gorgeous with costliest draperies, in picturesque repose, yet studied attitude of queenliest grace and goddess-like abandon, appeared a form and face most radiantly fair and bountifully beautiful; though orientally voluptuous yet exquisitely attractive; seemingly divine, like some heavenly goddess; and yet, in truth, so like a human woman, with warm, soft flesh and tender eyes, and deep, rich heart’s blood thrilling through every vein, e’en to the end of her fair, tapering finger-tips.
— from The Girls' Book of Famous Queens by Lydia Hoyt Farmer

When this belief is entertained, a definition is practicable, regarding it not as a perfect or final, but as a possible and approximate limitation.
— from History of English Humour, Vol. 2 by A. G. K. (Alfred Guy Kingan) L'Estrange

“So do I, perhaps,” retorted Belle; “and, to tell you the truth, I like your tone as little as your face.”
— from Lavengro: The Scholar, the Gypsy, the Priest by George Borrow

the effect of that God-wrought deliverance is principally regarded as the security and peace of Israel, and in this psalm as the drawing of the nations
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 Psalms XXXIX.-LXXXIX. by Alexander Maclaren

We all remember the dinner in Paternoster Row given by Mrs. Bungay, the publisher’s wife.
— from Interludes being Two Essays, a Story, and Some Verses by Horace Smith