These things, doubtless, represent a great social power, but it is not the power of love; and no other power could win Philip from his personal reserve.
— from The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed.
— from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

On the part of Heav'n Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgement giv'n, 10 That brought into this World a world of woe, Sinne and her shadow Death, and Miserie Deaths Harbinger: Sad task, yet argument Not less but more Heroic then the wrauth Of stern Achilles on his Foe pursu'd Thrice Fugitive about Troy Wall; or rage Of Turnus for Lavinia disespous'd, Or Neptun's ire or Juno's, that so long Perplex'd the Greek and Cytherea's Son; If answerable style I can obtaine 20 Of my Celestial Patroness, who deignes Her nightly visitation unimplor'd, And dictates to me slumbring, or inspires Easie my unpremeditated Verse: Since first this subject for Heroic Song Pleas'd me long choosing, and beginning late; Not sedulous by Nature to indite Warrs, hitherto the onely Argument Heroic deem'd, chief maistrie to dissect With long and tedious havoc fabl'd Knights 30 In Battels feign'd; the better fortitude Of Patience and Heroic Martyrdom Unsung; or to describe Races and Games, Or tilting Furniture, emblazon'd Shields, Impreses quaint, Caparisons and Steeds; Bases and tinsel Trappings, gorgious Knights At Joust and Torneament; then marshal'd Feast Serv'd up in Hall with Sewers, and Seneshals; The skill of Artifice or Office mean, Not that which justly gives Heroic name 40 To Person or to Poem.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

Detailed rules are given about the site as well as the construction.
— from A History of Sanskrit Literature by Arthur Anthony Macdonell

I prithee, speak to me as to thy thinkings, As thou dost ruminate, and give thy worst of thoughts The worst of words.
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

As any piece of stone is good enough for the freshet to dance round and gambol with, so the least provocation would suffice to make him beside himself with joy.
— from My Reminiscences by Rabindranath Tagore

"Couldn't he let down ropes and get us out?"
— from The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon; Or, The Mystery of Bright Angel Gulch by Frank Gee Patchin

Centrally in this district rose a gorgeous hunting-lodge, to which the emperor retired annually for a season of escape from the cares of government.
— from Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 08 (of 15), Russian by Charles Morris

The community building will usually include an auditorium with stage for entertainments and dramatics, which is often used for a gymnasium or basketball, a kitchen and dining room, a game room, possibly a library room, and such other features as may be practicable.
— from The Farmer and His Community by Dwight Sanderson

We believe that this provision of Elders and Vorsteher or Deacons, was accepted by them from the Swedish Lutheran Churches on the Delaware, the early Dutch Reformed and German Reformed Churches in Pennsylvania, and the Dutch Lutheran Churches in New York and New Jersey, and ultimately from the German Lutheran Church in London, and the Dutch Lutheran Church in Amsterdam.
— from The Organization of the Congregation in the Early Lutheran Churches in America by B. M. (Beale Melanchthon) Schmucker

110 It can be inoculated to oxen, goats and sheep, but is refractory to dogs, rats and guinea-pigs.
— from The Animal Parasites of Man by Fred. V. (Frederick Vincent) Theobald

"I, William Trussel, proctor of the earls, 2-200] barons, and others, having for this full and sufficient power, do render and give back to you, Edward, once King of England, the homage and fealty of the persons named in my procuracy; and acquit and discharge them thereof in the best manner that law and custom will give.
— from History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 by John Richard Green

They appear to be, and beyond all doubt really are, guided by some simple appetite, by an odour or a taste, and, in all probability, they have generally as little consciousness of the ends to be subserved as the suckling has of the processes of nutrition.
— from Theism; being the Baird Lecture of 1876 by Robert Flint

La société est très comme-il-faut, et on ne donne rien au garçon.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 by Various