Man had found himself in the long struggle for personal liberty; now he turned to the task of discovering his neighbor, of finding in Whig and Tory, in Catholic and Protestant, in Anglican and Dissenter, the same general human characteristics that he found in himself.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

Wherefore, in the matter of journeys to other countries and the reception of strangers, we enact as follows: In the first place, let no one be allowed to go anywhere at all into a foreign country who is less than forty years of age; and no one shall go in a private capacity, but only in some public one, as a herald, or on an embassy, or on a sacred mission.
— from Laws by Plato

It shall then indeed be superior to carnal intercourse and child-bearing; nevertheless the female members shall remain adapted not to the old uses, but to a new beauty, which, so far from provoking lust, now extinct, shall excite praise to the wisdom and clemency of God, who both made what was not and delivered from corruption what He made.
— from The City of God, Volume II by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

In the first place, let nothing be done at random or without an object.
— from The Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus A new rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742 by Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius

[ Angrily .] Decline a seat in the Cabinet, and retire from public life? Never heard such damned nonsense in the whole course of my existence.
— from An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde

A fairer person lost not Heaven; he seemed For dignity composed, and high exploit.
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

Ay, and if he would swallow all his balls for pills, let not them purge him.
— from Epicoene; Or, The Silent Woman by Ben Jonson

Llundain, n. London; the metropolis of Great Britain Lluniad, n. a forming, a shaping a figuring Lluniadawl, a. formative Lluniadu, v. to form, to shape Lluniaeth, n. formation; design; support; providence Lluniaethiad, n. a formation Lluniaethu, v. to put in form Lluniaethwr, n. a regulator Lluniaidd, a. shapely Lluniannu, v. to modify Lluniant, n. formation Lluniedydd, n. a delineator Llunio, v. to form, to shape Lluosog, a. abundant Lluosogwr, n. a multiplier Llur, n. a livid hue; a gloom Llurgyn, n. a carcase, carrion Llurguniad, n. a mangling Llurgunio, v. to mangle Llurguniwr, n. a mangler Lluriad, n. a making livid Llurs, n. razorbill Lluryg, n. a coat of mail Llurygaw, v. to wear a mail Llus, n. the bilberries Llusg, n. a draught, a drag Llusgen, n. one that drags along Llusgeniad, n. dragging heavily Llusgenol, a. creeping, dragging Llusgenu, v. to drag heavily Llusgiad, n. a dragging Llusgo, v. to drag, to hale Llusgwr, n. a dragger Lluswydd, n. bilberry trees Lluswydden, n. a bilberry shrub Lluwch, n. motes; spray; drift Lluwchiad, n. a drifting; a spraying; a flying of motes Lluwchio, v. to drift, to spray Lluwchiol, a drifting; spraying Lluwchion, n. flying particles Lluydd, n. warfare Lluydda, v. to be waging in war Lluyddiad, n. a waging war Lluyddol, a. military, warring Lluyddu, v. to wage war Lluyddwf, n. a soldier Llw, n. an oath Llwb, n. that tends to swell Llwch, n. dust, or powder Llwdn, n. young of beasts Llwfr, n. a coward Llwf, n. a jerk; a hop; hobble Llwg, n. that is bright; a botch, the scurvy: a. apt to break out; livid Llwgr, n. a gall, a fret; damage Llwm, a. bare, exposed Llwmbren, n. a kiln spar Llwmglwm, n. a hard knot Llwnc, n. a gulp, a swallow;
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

On th’ other side up rose Belial , in act more graceful and humane; A fairer person lost not Heav’n; he seemd For dignity compos’d and high exploit:
— from Paradise Lost by John Milton

As for Prince Lef Nicolaievitch himself, Prince S. did not seem quite to like him, somehow.
— from The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

He did not know how many men were on that fiercely pursuing locomotive, nor whether they were armed or not.
— from Cab and Caboose: The Story of a Railroad Boy by Kirk Munroe

The little room was otherwise deserted, for Père Lefèvre nodded outside in [Pg 118] the morning sun.
— from When a Cobbler Ruled the King by Augusta Huiell Seaman

I've always maintained and I always will maintain that for pure lunacy nothing can touch the musical comedy business.
— from Jill the Reckless by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

The people rode to meeting In sleds instead of sleighs, And wagons rode as easy As buggies nowadays; And oxen answered well for teams, Though now they'd be too slow; For people lived not half so fast Some fifty years ago.
— from The Busy Life of Eighty-Five Years of Ezra Meeker Ventures and adventures; sixty-three years of pioneer life in the old Oregon country; an account of the author's trip across the plains with an ox team; return trip, 1906-7; his cruise on Puget Sound, 1853; trip through the Natchess pass, 1854; over the Chilcoot pass; flat-boating on the Yukon, 1898. The Oregon trail. by Ezra Meeker

“Who was your fellow passenger last night?” “Now you’re asking me a question which takes a bit of answerin’,” replied Mr. Portgartha.
— from The Moon Rock by Arthur J. (Arthur John) Rees

At the end, it appears to have been printed for Philip le Noir .
— from A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two by Thomas Frognall Dibdin

The description here given is that of Reuss's instrument, which was illustrated last year in the French paper "La Nature."
— from The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. by Various

Catalogue of the Free Public Library, New Bedford, Mass. 8vo, pp.
— from A Bibliography of Bibliography; Or, a Handy Book About Books Which Relate to Books by Joseph Sabin