It is said to have been the ground of B. Jonson’s “Alchymist;” but, saving the ridicuiousnesse of Angell’s part, which is called Trinkilo, I do not see any thing extraordinary in it, but was indeed weary of it before it was done.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

The Earth was form'd, but in the Womb as yet Of Waters, Embryon immature involv'd, Appeer'd not: over all the face of Earth Main Ocean flow'd, not idle, but with warme Prolific humour soft'ning all her Globe, 280 Fermented the great Mother to conceave, Satiate with genial moisture, when God said Be gather'd now ye Waters under Heav'n Into one place, and let dry Land appeer.
— from The Poetical Works of John Milton by John Milton

superābuntur et ita interficientur.
— from Latin for Beginners by Benjamin L. (Benjamin Leonard) D'Ooge

In many parts of England it is thought that a person cannot die so long as any locks are locked or bolts shot in the house.
— from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer

The duke opened the purse and wanted to empty it into Grimaud’s hands, but Grimaud shook his head.
— from Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas

50 Enjoying things which are pleasant, that is not the evil; it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them that is.
— from Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them by Wood, James, Rev.

English has a large and important class of verbal nouns that end in -ing , and that serve as the names of actions .
— from An Advanced English Grammar with Exercises by George Lyman Kittredge

The nature, the duration, the probable consequences of such a union between two distant and dissonant empires, it is impossible to conjecture; but the unanimous silence of the Latins may teach us to suspect, that the report was invented by the enemies of Irene, to charge her with the guilt of betraying the church and state to the strangers of the West.
— 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

It is the only quality which proceeds directly from the man who exhibits it; it is concerned entirely with what he does and leaves undone, and has nothing to do with the actions of others or the obstacles they place in his way.
— from The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life by Arthur Schopenhauer

It is more advantageous, too, to carry silver thither than gold; because in China, and the greater part of the other markets of India, the proportion between fine silver and fine gold is but as ten, or at most as twelve to one; whereas in Europe it is as fourteen or fifteen to one.
— from An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

Far more satisfactory is the theory that ascribes the phenomenon to an early contact of China with some form of Christianity—probably Nestorianism—and to the readiness which Buddhism has ever exhibited to extend its influence
— from Religion in Japan by George A. (George Augustus) Cobbold

It is the mind of Europe: it is the belief or want of belief, the religious or irreligious views, the grasping ambition, the headlong desire of an impossible or unholy happiness, the reckless sway of unbridled passions, which try to spread themselves among all nations, and bring them all up, or rather down, to the level of intoxicated, tottering, maddened Europe.
— from The Irish Race in the Past and the Present by Augustus J. Thébaud

The force in woman is so great that something with which it can grapple, on which it can expend itself, is a necessity, and Catharine felt that her strength would have to occupy itself in twisting straws.
— from Catharine Furze by William Hale White

That Noah, Abraham, Jacob and other patriarchs and prophets builded altars and sacrificed thereon is admitted by all to whom the Holy Bible is authentic; and the Mosaic code regulated the ordinance of sacrifice while silent as to its origin or even its establishment in Israel.
— from The Vitality of Mormonism: Brief Essays on Distinctive Doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by James E. (James Edward) Talmage

If it seeks to fly away from the rim it flies towards the translucent spots in the hood, which look like the way of escape, as the direction of entrance is in the shadow of the hood.
— from Birds and Nature, Vol. 08, No. 5, December 1900 Illustrated by Color Photography by Various

Each individual in the circle receives it in turn, opens his jaws to their full extent, and placing his lips to the wide open mouth of the horn, takes a few pulls and passes it on.
— from Campaigning in Kaffirland; Or, Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-52 by William Ross King

"The B.B.C. has been the first in the world to exploit Simultaneous Broadcasting to its fullest advantage for a national system, and thanks to the co-operation of the Post Office engineers, it is possible to pick up a programme wherever it may take place within the British Isles and radiate it simultaneously from all distribution centres.
— from The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece: A Personal View by Norman F. Joly

"Why, Rosalind lost her book I suppose, and borrowed yours, and left the essay in it.
— from Briarwood Girls by Julia Lestarjette Glover

You—" "Try to bear with me, won't you, Sis, even if I am a devil?"
— from The Madigans by Miriam Michelson

You can write with this on a blackboard, if you are so inclined; and, to the eye, it is quite like very soft, grayish chalk.
— from Discourses: Biological & Geological Essays by Thomas Henry Huxley