The Duke de la Rochefoucauld, to whom it was dedicated, was the author of the famous "Reflexions et Maximes Morales," which La Fontaine praises in the last lines of his fable.
— from Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Jean de La Fontaine

“For riches!” echoed Mrs. Munt, having, as it were, at last secured her nut.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

‘Race de Caïn, dans la fange Rampe et meurs misérablement.
— from Degeneration by Max Simon Nordau

Westwards along the network of roads leading in the direction of the High Peak, Derwent Dale, Bradfield, Buxton, and on to Glossop, the British were fast retreating, evidently making Manchester their objective.
— from The Invasion of 1910, with a full account of the siege of London by William Le Queux

I ought to be thankful that my mind, though feeble, remains entire: my memory is often defective, but I have been enabled, though with great labour to myself, and with many interruptions, to dictate a preface to a catalogue published by the university of the older fossils of our collection.
— from Reminiscences of Scottish Life & Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay

I have heard Mr. Tazewell say that Randolph was very idle at school, that he was flogged regularly every Monday morning and two or three times during the week, and that he was the most beautiful boy at this period he ever beheld.
— from Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell by Hugh Blair Grigsby

I would far rather, Ernest, make my winding-sheet of those cold, unfathomable waters, than live to feel again the anguish of being doubted by you."
— from Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz

As for Sir Charles, he made the Mansfield family happy in his company the whole Friday evening; inquiring into their affairs relating to the oppression they lay under; pointing out measures for redress; encouraging Miss Mansfield; and informing the brothers, that the lawyers he had consulted on their deeds, told him, that a new trial might be hoped for; the result of which, probably, would be a means to do them justice, so powerfully protected and assisted as they would now be; for new lights had broke in upon them, and they wanted but to recover a deed, which they understood was in the hands of two gentlemen, named Hartley, who were but lately returned from the Indies.
— from The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson

Hurrah for riches!" "For riches!" echoed Mrs. Munt, having, as it were, at last secured her nut.
— from Howards End by E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster

He paused again, as if overcome with faintness, and in anticipation of what was to come I could scarcely contain myself, when: "At this time," he resumed, in a yet lower voice, "and indeed until quite recently, there were but few reliable European medical men in Cairo, and during the summer of 1902 an outbreak of cholera temporarily depleted their already scanty ranks.
— from The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer