return Footnote 3: Donne's Funeral Elegies , on occasion of the untimely death of Mistress Elizabeth Drury.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

Readiness of talent, a capacity of entering into, and leading the dispositions of men; earnest desire of distinction were the awakeners and nurses of his ambition.
— from The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Wherein, By occasion of the untimely death of Mistris Elizabeth Drvry , the frailty and the decay of this whole World is represented.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

Wherein, By occasion of the Religious death of Mistris Elizabeth Drvry , the incommodities of the Soule in this life, and her exaltation in the next, are contemplated.
— from The Poems of John Donne, Volume 1 (of 2) Edited from the Old Editions and Numerous Manuscripts by John Donne

From such Proceedings it often follows, that Persons in the Decline of Life, are deprived of Monies equitably due to them, and committed to the Care, and subjected to the absolute Power of young unexperienced Men, who know but little about the Weakness of old Age, nor understand the Language of declining Life.
— from The Journal, with Other Writings of John Woolman by John Woolman

It is owing to this characteristic of the science that those who oppose the doctrines of modern economists do not think of denying those of David Hume; and thus, while in these essays the economist finds some of the most important doctrines of his peculiar subject set forth with a clearness and elegance with which he dare not attempt to compete, the ordinary reader, who has a distaste of new doctrines and innovating theories, awards them the respect due to old established opinion.
— from Life and Correspondence of David Hume, Volume 1 (of 2) by John Hill Burton

That is, the pit was in use about or after 315; some one then shovelled into it debris of much earlier date.
— from Roman Britain in 1914 by F. (Francis) Haverfield

They have all fixity of tenure, and so enjoy the privilege of criticising, as adversely as they like, the degeneracy of modern educational developments.
— from Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Daniel Turner Holmes

The attitude of the Duck Lake Indians and of the few discontented Saulteaux embarrassed them, while a section of their own people were either averse to make a treaty or desirous of making extravagant demands.
— from The Treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories Including the Negotiations on Which They Were Based, and Other Information Relating Thereto by Alexander Morris

In this place was kept a drum of most enormous dimensions, the head of which was made of the skins of large serpents.
— from Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

There never was any danger of my experiencing difficulties like Dr. Holmes on that famous occasion when he was as funny as he could be.
— from The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Kate Sanborn