I could sleep on the ground and go about barefoot, and that was extremely pleasant; I could stand in a crowd of the common people and be no constraint to anyone, and when a cab horse fell down in the street I ran to help it up without being afraid of soiling my clothes.
— from Project Gutenberg Compilation of 233 Short Stories of Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Collo suspensa et pergameno inscripta, cum signo crucis, &c. 2832 .
— from The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

Not that there was anything whatever to be done, for the consultation had taken place, and the course of proceeding to be adopted, had been finally determined on; but Mr. Pickwick being in a most extreme state of excitement, persevered in constantly sending small notes to his attorney, merely containing the inquiry, ‘Dear Perker.
— from The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Ever present in celestial spirits and the souls of the blest, it fled from earth as many as 1260 years ago.
— from Servetus and Calvin A Study of an Important Epoch in the Early History of the Reformation by Robert Willis

All orders for only one article, such as gloves, drugs, jewelry, books, etc., are separated from orders for [Pg 102] miscellaneous merchandise, all credits referred to looked up, and everything put into complete shape for buyers to handle.
— from How Department Stores Are Carried On by W. B. (Wesley Briggs) Phillips

The first part of their drive homeward, even, passed in complete silence.
— from The Moving Finger by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Corn à la Marie, Sept. 4 Corn (canned) fritters, Sept. 8 Corn fritters, Dec. 17 Corn fritters, Susan Jones, Sept. 17 Corn, green, June 8 Corn, hulled, Nov. 10 Corn oysters, Sept. 14 Corn pudding, Oct. 24 Corn sauté in butter, July 4 Corn, stewed (canned), April 15 Cucumbers on toast, Oct. 11 Cucumbers stuffed, April 22 Egg plant, broiled, June 8 Egg plant, fried, Nov. 18 Egg plant in casserole, Sept. 8 Egg plant, Sicilienne, Sept. 3 Egg plant, stuffed, Sept. 6 Flageolets au cerfeuil, June 8 Flageolet beans, Dec. 28 Hubbard squash, baked, Dec. 4 Jerusalem artichokes in cream, Aug. 25 Jets de houblons, Nov. 22 Kohl rabi, baked, Sept. 5 Lentils, Feb. 2 Lettuce boiled, Feb. 4 Lettuce braisé, Dec. 27 Lima beans, Jan. 16 Lima beans au paprika, Aug. 26 Lima beans, curried, Jan. 6 Lima beans, purée of, Feb. 8 Lima beans with shallots, Sept. 26 Macédoine, March 17 Mushrooms, fresh, broiled, Nov. 4 Mushrooms, fresh, purée of, Oct. 4 Mushrooms, fresh, sauté in butter, Feb. 20 Mushrooms, fresh, stuffed, Jan. 10 Okra and tomatoes, sauté, June 8 Onions fried, Dec. 13 Onions glacés, Feb. 20 Onions Hongroise, March 25 Onions, purée of, Soubise, March 31 Onions, stewed, Sept. 13 Onions stuffed, with cabbage, Jan. 3 Parsley, fried, Nov. 6 Parsnips, boiled, April 21 Parsnips in cream, April 21
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler

Thus, the fifth clause in the first article of the Georgia deed of cession, dated April 24th, 1802, stipulates: "That the Territory thus ceded shall form a State, and be admitted as such into the Union, as soon as it shall contain 60,000 free inhabitants, or at an earlier period, if Congress shall think it expedient, on the same conditions and restrictions, with the same privileges, and in the same manner, as is provided in the ordinance of Congress of the 13th day of July, 1787, for the government of the Western Territory of the United States; which ordinance shall, in all its parts, extend to the Mississippi Territory contained in the present act of cession, that article only excepted which forbids slavery."
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 4 (of 16) by United States. Congress

One of the very earliest pursuits in computer science, MT has proved to be an elusive goal, but today a number of systems are available which produce output which, if not perfect, is of sufficient quality to be useful for certain specific applications, usually in the domain of technical documentation.
— from The Internet and Languages [around the year 2000] by Marie Lebert

For, important as the life of George Fox would be in a general sketch of European philanthropy, it can scarcely be said to form a necessary link between any two periods of English history.
— from Bohemia, from the earliest times to the fall of national independence in 1620 With a short summary of later events by C. Edmund (Charles Edmund) Maurice

With that excellent person I continued several months unmolested, but without hearing any tidings of my son.
— from Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters by John Galt