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— from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

And yet methinks your Grace hath not done well To give the heir and daughter of Lord Scales Unto the brother of your loving bride.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The torment born of crime unseen, But shall depict the touching scene Of Russian domesticity; I will descant on love's sweet dream, The olden time shall be my theme.
— from Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

Thus drunkenness, or lying, signify such or such a collection of simple ideas, which I call mixed modes: and in this sense they are as much POSITIVE ABSOLUTE ideas, as the drinking of a horse, or speaking of a parrot.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

Dadhimukh obtains little sympathy from Sugríva, and is told to return and send the monkeys on with all possible speed.
— from The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Valmiki

In an especial manner, he filled my head with aspiring thoughts, and with an earnest desire after learning everything that could be taught me; convincing me, that nothing could qualify me for great undertakings, but a degree of learning superior to what was usual in the race of seamen; he told me, that to be ignorant was to be certain of a mean station in the world, but that knowledge was the first step to preferment.
— from The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Daniel Defoe