Wherefore, seeing himself altogether changed of favour from that which he was wont to be and feeling himself, for long exercise, grown more robust of his person than he had been when young and abiding in ease and idlesse, he took leave of him with whom he had so long abidden and came, poor 108 and ill enough in case, to England.
— from The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Giovanni Boccaccio

Let every friend of freedom, let every good man lift up his voice against mobs.
— from Slavery by William Ellery Channing

SEE Pattee, Fred Lewis, ed. GOSPEL MELODIES.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1955 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

But old Time shakes the box and casts the dice so many, many times, groupings must repeat themselves now and again, so it came about that after years filled with hard work and fair dreams, another shake of the box cast us down upon the table of Life, grouped together again—but each man knew and served me now faithfully, loyally; each giving me a hand to pull me up a step higher.
— from Life on the Stage: My Personal Experiences and Recollections by Clara Morris

As the morning advanced, Merrington's face took on a deeper tint of purple, his fierce little eyes grew more bloodshot, and between the intervals of examining the servants he mopped his perspiring head with a large handkerchief.
— from The Hand in the Dark by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees