Thus are all things seen to yearn In due time for due return; And no order fixed may stay, Save which in th' appointed way Joins the end to the beginning
— from The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

Ancient Songs, Ballads, and Dance TUNES of the Olden Time, illustrative of the National Music of England, with Introductions to the different Reigns, and Notices of the Airs from Writers of the Sixteenth Century; also a Short Account of the Minstrels, by W. CHAPPELL, F.S.A. This interesting work forms the largest and most complete collection of Ancient British Ballads and Songs ever published.
— from A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. by John Camden Hotten

The panels belonged to an old colonial Vassall who built the house; the furniture had been brought back from Paris in 1789 or 1801 or 1817, along with porcelain and books and much else of old diplomatic remnants; and neither of the two eighteenth-century styles--neither English Queen Anne nor French Louis Seize--was comfortable for a boy, or for any one else.
— from The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams

Dim register and notary of shame!
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

We often pity the poor, because they have no leisure to mourn their departed relatives, and necessity obliges them to labour through their severest afflictions: but is not active employment the best remedy for overwhelming sorrow—the surest antidote for despair?
— from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

To this we are led by the analogy of the present life, in which we see different races and nations of men, and different men and women of the same nation, in various states or stages of cultivation; some more and some less developed, and all of them capable of improvement under favourable circumstances.
— from Phaedo by Plato

On the following morning the two Montijos and Jack were astir betimes, in order to catch an early train to Pinar del Rio; and nine o’clock found them ashore and on the platform, waiting for the train to emerge from the siding into which it had been shunted.
— from The Cruise of the Thetis: A Tale of the Cuban Insurrection by Harry Collingwood

Of course such distributions reconciled a number of men who were inclined towards opposition, more especially in the capital, to the new order of things up to a certain extent; but the marrow of the opposition was not to be reached by this system of corruption.
— from The History of Rome, Book V The Establishment of the Military Monarchy by Theodor Mommsen

In addition, because ocean observations from space can meet common civil and military data requirements, a National Oceanic Satellite System has been proposed as a major FY 1981 new start. --Space Science Exploration.
— from State of the Union Addresses (1790-2006) by United States. Presidents

This is what the two disciples related, and no one was more glad to believe it than Schobal, the dealer; he now asked three hundred gold pieces for the coat of the man who had risen from the dead.
— from I.N.R.I.: A prisoner's Story of the Cross by Peter Rosegger

Mrs. Drake advised him to take exercise by all means, and the Captain did so, wandering towards the dining room at nine o'clock, and returning about ten minutes later in a thoroughly satisfied state of mind.
— from A Drake by George! by John Trevena

One day, receiving a notice of such payment signed by the provost (Thorn), she broke out: "I dinna understand thae taxes; but I just think that when Mrs. Thorn wants a new gown, the provost sends me a tax paper!"
— from Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay

The fête concluded with a grand tilting-match in the Place-Royale, the prize being a ring of great value given by Madame Royale , the future Queen of Spain, which was won by the Marquis de Rouillac, a nephew of d’Épernon.
— from A Gallant of Lorraine; vol. 1 of 2 François, Seigneur de Bassompierre, Marquis d'Haronel, Maréchal de France, 1579-1646 by H. Noel (Hugh Noel) Williams

The coils may be wound for uneven currents with different resistance and number of turns.
— from The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering by T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor) Sloane

In its old state the Hall must have been a fine place on a fine site; damp, it might be thought, but you note that its dwelling rooms are not on the ground floor, and in those big fireplaces you can imagine the roaring fires that were kept when wood was plentiful.
— from The Book of Coniston by W. G. (William Gershom) Collingwood

Indeed I have not for many a day read a novel of which the psychology seemed to me to be so thoroughly sound.
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 by Various