Something imperial, or imperious, threw A chain o'er all she did; that is, a chain Was thrown as 't were about the neck of you,— And rapture's self will seem almost a pain With aught which looks like despotism in view: Our souls at least are free, and 't is in vain
— from Don Juan by Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron

“And yet it is all quite natural; for when one loves one desires, and when one desires in vain one suffers, and continual suffering is great unhappiness.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

She whines for the world's notice instead of denouncing its very obvious sins.
— from The Mirrors of Downing Street Some Political Reflections by a Gentleman with a Duster by Harold Begbie

Orbit : an imaginary border around the eye: in Diptera the orbits are divided into vertical or superior; frontal and facial or anterior; of the cheek or inferior; occipital or posterior.
— from Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John Bernhard Smith

But one thing I will say: you seldom hear of a divorce in Virginia or South Carolina.]
— from Slavery Ordained of God by F. A. (Frederick Augustus) Ross

That deep, inexorable voice of sorrowful authority went on, "Make a contract with your God, Adam Ward; make a contract with your God."
— from Helen of the Old House by Harold Bell Wright

The bridle, reins, and accessories weigh about twelve pounds, and are worth not less than two hundred and fifty dollars in value of silver coin used in its manufacture."
— from A Truthful Woman in Southern California by Kate Sanborn

[109] to waste my fine London gowns on Richard, who calls every material dimity, and never knows whether one is dressed in velvet or sackcloth.”
— from Our Bessie by Rosa Nouchette Carey

One sees in encyclopædias of domestic economy, prepared for the instruction of young and thrifty housekeepers, diagrams setting out the differences in value of such and such parts of an ox, a sheep, or of “a side” of bacon.
— from Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals by Alfred Marks

Soon after daybreak, the great factory shafts beside the river begin to discharge immense volumes of smoke; their clouds soon become confluent; the sky is overcast with a dingy veil; the house-chimneys presently add their contributions; and by ten o’clock, as one approaches London from any hill in the suburbs, one may observe the total result of this gigantic nuisance hanging over the City like a pall.
— from Reports Relating to the Sanitary Condition of the City of London by John Simon

[376] CHAPTER XI Tools for Adjusting and Erecting — Forms of Wrenches — Use and Care of Files — Split Pin Removal and Installation — Complete Chisel Set — Drilling Machines — Drills, Reamers, Taps and Dies — Measuring Tools — Micrometer Calipers and Their Use — Typical Tool Outfits — Special Hall-Scott Tools — Overhauling Airplane Engines — Taking Engine Down — Defects in Cylinders — Carbon Deposits, Cause and Prevention — Use of Carbon Scrapers — Burning Out Carbon with Oxygen — Repairing Scored Cylinders — Valve Removal and Inspection — Reseating and Truing Valves — Valve Grinding Processes — Depreciation in Valve Operating System — Piston Troubles — Piston Ring Manipulation — Fitting Piston Rings —
— from Aviation Engines: Design—Construction—Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pagé