Life and death, good and ill fortune, happiness and misery, since they flow equally from the universal order, shall be declared, in spite of reason, to be equally good.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

It is at any rate difficult in some old representations to draw any noticeable distinctions between the methods of depicting barry nebuly and vair.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

I saw a great many other couples, but as they were for the most part a repetition of what I have already described, I shall omit referring to them.
— from The Life and Amours of the Beautiful, Gay and Dashing Kate Percival The Belle of the Delaware by Kate Percival

The river highways bring down inexhaustible supplies of rice to Moulmein, the chief town of the district, as also of the province of Tenasserim.
— from The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

She forgot her dark intuitions; she only remembered that she wanted to enjoy herself, and that if she was a good girl, surely, surely God would let her.
— from Gone to Earth by Mary Gladys Meredith Webb

It is here that Leary's displays its stock of ragamuffin ten-centers—queer dingy volumes that call to the hearts of gentle questers.
— from The Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley

Well, now, I declare I sort of recognised those voices!
— from The Travelling Companions: A Story in Scenes by F. Anstey

I feel more diffidence in speaking of rods than of any other matter connected with outdoor sports.
— from Woodcraft by George Washington Sears

Before I conclude with Dublin I shall only remark, that walking in the streets there, from the narrowness and populousness of the principal thoroughfares, as well as from the dirt and wretchedness of the canaille, is a most uneasy and disgusting exercise.
— from A Tour in Ireland. 1776-1779 by Arthur Young