But of all names in the universe he had the most unconquerable aversion for T RISTRAM ;—he had the lowest and most contemptible opinion of it of any thing in the world,—thinking it could possibly produce nothing in rerum natura, but what was extremely mean and pitiful: So that in the midst of a dispute on the subject, in which, by the bye, he was frequently involved,——he would sometimes break off in a sudden and spirited E PIPHONEMA , or rather E ROTESIS , raised a third, and sometimes a full fifth above the key of the discourse,——and demand it categorically of his antagonist, Whether he would take upon him to say, he had ever remembered,——whether he had ever read,— or even 99 whether he had ever heard tell of a man, called Tristram, performing any thing great or worth recording? —
— from The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne

Call 'em rogues, Rogues as they are, rude rogues, uncivil villains.
— from The Little French Lawyer: A Comedy by John Fletcher

Even now, O Illustrious Empress, reason reels and totters at the remembrance.
— from Walls of Acid by Henry Hasse

It is, however, a district very little noticed by casual travellers, who, perhaps from its apparent deficiency in mountain scenery, rashly pass it over en route , reserving all their admiration and praise for the more classical beauties of Killarney.
— from The Scientific Tourist through Ireland in which the traveller is directed to the principal objects of antiquity, art, science & the picturesque by Thomas Walford

And with all his drollery, there is a mixture of rational and even religious reflection at times, and always an air of pleasantry, good-nature, and humanity, that makes him in my mind one of the most amiable writers in the world.
— from Essays by Arthur Christopher Benson

'The Upper Ten' have no spirit of exclusiveness; they are willing to entertain royalty, rank, and the arts with a catholic hospitality that is only Eastern in its magnificence, while some of them remain Jews only for fear of being considered snobs by society.
— from The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Israel Zangwill