With a great deal of patience and any quantity of coaching, you may—" "O, pooh!
— from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

To know more of the doings of Pericles and Aspasia, of the two Cæsars and the Serpent of old Nile, of Mary Stuart and Rizzio, of the Green Faction and the Blue, of Orsini and Colonna, than of the Bonapartes and Beauharnais, is worthy of a student of folklore rather than of history.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 For the First Time Collected and Translated, with Notes Social, Historical, and Chronological, from Contemporary Sources by Emperor of the French Napoleon I

An imperfect right of property was at length communicated to sons; and the threefold distinction of profectitious, adventitious, and professional was ascertained by the jurisprudence of the Code and Pandects.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

The saint who is quite satisfied that the everlasting torture of Satan or Judas is justice, will look upon the doom of Prometheus as a sign of heathen heartlessness; and the burning of one widow for a few moments on her husband’s pyre will stimulate merciful missionary ardour among millions of christians [ 383 ] whose creed passes the same poor victim to endless torture, and half the human race with her.
— from Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway

The dialogues of Plato are a dramatic picture of the life and death of a sage; and, as often as he descends from the clouds, his moral system inculcates the love of truth, of our country, and of mankind.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

[Enter a Doctor of Physic and a Waiting-Gentlewoman.] DOCTOR.
— from Macbeth by William Shakespeare

Nor can I truly say that I wearied of this beneficent and innocent life; I think instead that I daily enjoyed it more completely; but I was still cursed with my duality of purpose; and as the first edge of my penitence wore off, the lower side of me, so long indulged, so recently chained down, began to growl for licence.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

I. Death of Philip and Accession of Alexander.—His Wars with the Thracians 8 II.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander or, The History of the Wars and Conquests of Alexander the Great by Arrian

We should no more dream of pitting Australian armies against German than of pitting Tasmanian sculpture against French.
— from What's Wrong with the World by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

Thus I humble myself before the decrees, of Providence and adore its wisdom.”
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

An accurate and full account of philosophical terms can be found in such books as Külpe's "Introduction to Philosophy" and Baldwin's "Dictionary of Philosophy," and an attempt to emulate their thoroughness would be superfluous, even if it were conformable to the general spirit of this book.
— from The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

They added a dab of powder and a touch of rouge to their faces and went downstairs.
— from Janet Hardy in Radio City by Ruthe S. Wheeler

These, undoubtedly, were used countless times at Jamestown by unknown “chirurgions,” doctors of “physickes,” and apothecaries—men who tried to keep the colonists well with their limited medical equipment and scant supply of drugs.
— from New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America by John L. Cotter

I. A COMPENDIOUS GRAMMAR, with a copious Appendix; including a Dictionary of Prefixes and Affixes.
— from The War in Syria, Volume 2 (of 2) by Charles Napier

Onward tramped the heroes according to Hardee, for about an hour, and then they reached a queer-looking little house with a great deal of piazza and a very little ground-floor.
— from The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 by R. H. (Robert Henry) Newell

Here, a French romance was displayed, to show acquaintance with current literature; there, pieces of classical music, to show the degree of perfection arrived at by the fair performer.
— from The Jew by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski

The descriptions of Padua, Assisi, and Florence were written on the spot, and the vignettes of the two former towns are reduced from sketches made by myself on purpose for the present work.
— from Giotto by Harry Quilter

AND CREDIT (DEBET OCH KREDIT) AN ACT 1893 CHARACTERS AXEL , Doctor of Philosophy and African explorer THURE , his brother, a gardener ANNA , the wife of THURE MISS CECILIA THE FIANCÉ of CECILIA LINDGREN , Doctor of Philosophy and former school-teacher MISS MARIE
— from Plays by August Strindberg, Third Series by August Strindberg

It appears to have some Resemblance to the bilious Humour, which produces the Erisipelas , or St. Anthony's Fire; and thence it demands our particular Attention and Vigilance; without which very troublesome and dangerous Consequences may be apprehended.
— from Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot