Which my Lord did freely promise me, at which I was very glad, he saying that he would do that at the least.
— from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys

" "Ah, but in doing it—in doing it you were the unconscious instrument of—of—what word have we moderns for Providence, Mr. Archer?" cried the lady, tilting her head on one side and drooping her lids mysteriously.
— from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

But that—a few poor moments—and, alas!
— from Life Is a Dream by Pedro Calderón de la Barca

The position you have given me in your household precludes me from placing myself at a disadvantage in the eyes of your guests by an appearance not in consonance with your means.
— from Juliette Drouet's Love-Letters to Victor Hugo Edited with a Biography of Juliette Drouet by Louis Guimbaud

Come forth, thou limb of evil, and I will carve thee into as fine pudding meat as e'er a wife in Yorkshire cooked of a Sunday.
— from The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle

Here a young Jewish friend persuaded me, after much effort, to go with him to a Mission House, where we heard a godly sermon preached before a gathering of young Israelites, by the Rev. Dr. Schwartz, who, later on, was Pastor of Trinity Chapel, Edgware Road, West London, and also a member of the Committee of the British Society for the Propagation of the Gosp
— from Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ by Aaron Bernstein

meat now forms our food prinsipally as we reserve our flour parched meal and corn as much as possible for the rocky mountains which we are shortly to enter, and where from the indhan account game is not very abundant.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

“But why are these two lords such enemies?” “They are at enmity,” replied Don Quixote, “because this Alifanfaron is a furious pagan and is in love with the daughter of Pentapolin, who is a very beautiful and moreover gracious lady, and a Christian, and her father is unwilling to bestow her upon the pagan king unless he first abandons the religion of his false prophet Mahomet, and adopts his own.”
— from The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Federalist party, Madison at first a member of, 164 ; its career, 165 ; survival of its principles, 166 ; secession of Madison from, 172 , 173 ; views Madison with suspicion, 174 - 176 ; in Congress, arranges presidential succession in emergency so as to exclude Jefferson, 176 , 177 ; accuses Madison of changing opinions in hopes of place, 180 , 181 ; its deference to Hamilton, 180 ; accused of desiring monarchy by Jefferson and Madison, 186 ; and of favoring England, 194 , 197 , 198 , 200 , 203 - 205 ; profits by reaction against Genet, 202 , 203 ; accused of deluding Washington, 204 , 206 ; the only impartial American party, 215 ; commits blunders after X Y Z affair, 231 ; passes Alien and Sedition Acts, 231 ; its attitude toward foreign immigrants, 231 , 232 ; loses popularity, 233 ; quarrels in, 240 ; defeated in election of 1800, 240 , 241 ; loses ground everywhere, 243 ; rejoices at peace of Ghent, 318 ; disappears from politics, 319 .
— from James Madison by Sydney Howard Gay

Sir John, imagine what the last two months have been to me! To see people turn away in the street—old friends pass me as if I were a wall!
— from Complete Plays of John Galsworthy by John Galsworthy

Everything to make for perfect mental and physical well-being.
— from Turns about Town by Robert Cortes Holliday

The payment of a few thousand pounds, out of the funds of the Commissioners of Church Temporalities, to the Galway Protestants, in compensation for the loss of a fabric which they find too large for use and too costly to repair, would enable them not only to obtain a more convenient place of worship than the corner of the spacious transept they now occupy, but also would help them to provide the nucleus of a local endowment for Protestant ministrations after the decease of the present warden.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 11, April, 1870 to September, 1870 by Various

Accepting a new tyrant in place of the one so long ago deposed As if they were free will not make them free As neat a deception by telling the truth Cargo of imaginary gold dust was exported from the James River Delay often fights better than an army against a foreign invader Diplomacy of Spain and Rome—meant simply dissimulation Draw a profit out of the necessities of this state England hated the Netherlands Friendly advice still more intolerable Haereticis non servanda fides He who confessed well was absolved well Insensible to contumely, and incapable of accepting a rebuff Languor of fatigue, rather than any sincere desire for peace Much as the blind or the deaf towards colour or music Subtle and dangerous enemy who wore the mask of a friend Word peace in Spanish mouths simply meant the Holy Inquisition HISTORY OF THE UNITED NETHERLANDS From the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce—1609 By John Lothrop
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) by John Lothrop Motley

Its object is to give, in the form of a tale, a picture of French peasant manners and opinions immediately before and during the late Franco-German war; and to a certain extent it may be considered a success.
— from The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine by Various