146 Poor soul the centre of my sinful earth, My sinful earth these rebel powers array, Why dost thou pine within and suffer dearth Painting thy outward walls so costly gay?
— from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

But he called at every house, a'most, in the village; there's somebody else, mayhap, saw 'em in his ears, though I can't take upon me rightly to say.
— from Silas Marner by George Eliot

Graecis hanc pestem relinquite quae dubium non est, quin brevi omnem iis vigorem ereptura Martiosque spiritus exhaustura sit; Ut ad arma tractanda plane inhabiles futuri sint.
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

If we inquire into the reason of what experience makes so evident in fact, and examine, why it is uneasiness alone operates on the will, and determines it in its choice, we shall find that, we being capable but of one determination of the will to one action at once, the present uneasiness that we are under does NATURALLY determine the will, in order to that happiness which we all aim at in all our actions.
— from An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 1 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 1 and 2 by John Locke

For never rain or dew Such fragrance drew From plant or flower; the very doubt endears My sadness ever new, The sighs I breathe, the tears I shed, for thee.
— from Language of Flowers by Kate Greenaway

In order that a sound may be heard, it is necessary that an uninterrupted series of particles of elastic matter should extend from the sounding body to our ear.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

My brother was the first who ever manifested such enthusiastic affection for Schopenhauer and Wagner, and he was also the first of that numerous band of young followers who ultimately inscribed the two great names upon their banner.
— from The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

Mi sobrino, por una serie de fatalidades, que son otras tantas pruebas de los males pasajeros que a veces permite Dios para nuestro castigo, equivale a un ejército, equivale a la 181 autoridad del Gobierno, equivale al alcalde, equivale al juez; mi sobrino no es mi sobrino; es la nación oficial, Remedios; es esa segunda nación, compuesta de los perdidos que gobiernan en Madrid, y que se ha hecho dueña de la fuerza material; de esa nación aparente, porque la real 5 es la que calla, paga y sufre; de esa nación ficticia que firma al pie de los decretos y pronuncia discursos y hace una farsa de gobierno y una farsa de autoridad
— from Doña Perfecta by Benito Pérez Galdós

But the greatest and most enduring monument she erected was the result of the slight encouragement and scant help that she gave to the enthusiastic Italian mendicant, who became the founder of a New World and whose fame will continue undimmed to the end of time.
— from Colorado—The Bright Romance of American History by F. C. Grable

After disposing of her jewels and objects of value, she concludes by bequeathing "tous mes ouvrages masches et collets aux 4 Maries, à Jean Stuart, et Marie Sunderland, et toutes les filles";—"masches," [70] with punti a maglia , being among the numerous terms applied to this species of work.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs.

Auhte , sb. possessions, NED; auht , S2; ahte , S2; eahte , MD; ahhte , S; agte , S, S (15. 2090); eihte , MD, S; echte , S; ehte , S; eyhte , S; aihte , S; ayhte , S; aucte , S; aght , S2.—AS.
— from A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580 by A. L. (Anthony Lawson) Mayhew

or with the prisoner who in this early morning says: "Every one who is of the truth heareth my voice;" with Pilate in his neutrality or with Jesus on his cross? {163} LXV THE FINISHED LIFE John xix.
— from Mornings in the College Chapel Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal Religion by Francis Greenwood Peabody

M. aciculatus , Pl. gracilis , Villiersii , etc.—S. Devon, Oban, Hebrides, Cork, etc., Mr. S. Eu. 26.
— from Illustrated Index of British Shells Containing figures of all the recent species by G. B. (George Brettingham) Sowerby

Once or twice, in the pauses of their singing, and amid the clatter of the horses' hoofs and the rumble of the wheels, I remember catching a slight sound, the origin of which it was impossible for even my sharp ears to clearly distinguish, but which I attributed to the swaying and grating of the lamp-iron on which the game had been hung.
— from Highway Pirates; or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Harold Avery

I had always put off giving it to him, but yesterday he entreated me so earnestly, that I was compelled to assent.
— from The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers by Girardin, Emile de, Mme

For, before adopting the Christian faith, and determining above all things to put a stop to religious persecutions throughout his dominions, Constantine had published a sort of edict of toleration, wherein he had commanded that every man should enjoy the right of professing any religion without thereby becoming an outlaw.
— from History of the Jews, Vol. 2 (of 6) by Heinrich Graetz