Further than paper it never got, nor ever will get.
— from The French Revolution: A History by Thomas Carlyle

It has already been stated, that [109] what proceeds from this press is now greedily devoured by the people of Europe; indeed, even at Berlin, we know it can hardly be reprinted fast enough.
— from Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem by Leigh Hunt

Let this be your fixed rule: What you must buy from the pope is neither good nor of God; for what is from God, to wit, the Gospel and the works of God, is not only given without money, but the whole world is punished and damned because it has not been willing to receive it as a free gift.
— from Works of Martin Luther, with Introductions and Notes (Volume II) by Martin Luther

"That is certainly not the witch I mean," answered the Princess, promptly, "for the Prince is not going to marry any witch's daughter!"
— from The Other Side of the Sun: Fairy Stories by Evelyn Sharp

Amurcas , a nation of barbarous Indians, descended from the Panches, in New Grenada.
— from The American Indians Their History, Condition and Prospects, from Original Notes and Manuscripts by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

The captain of the ship and those that come with him will I entice into the bush and kill them one by one, for the path is narrow——” “Good,” said Sam the half-caste, “and then ten of us, with our hands loosely tied, will be taken off to the ship by two score of your men, who will tell the mate that the captain has caught ten of us, and has gone to seek the other four.
— from The Ebbing Of The Tide South Sea Stories - 1896 by Louis Becke

"The transactions, however, that I shall have to relate are in no way creditable, either to myself or anybody else connected with them; and I am afraid, when you hear the particulars, you will be ready to turn round and say, your friend the Pilot is no good after all."
— from Willis the Pilot : A Sequel to the Swiss Family Robinson Or, Adventures of an Emigrant Family Wrecked on an Unknown Coast of the Pacific Ocean by Adrien Paul

I do not give up my music quite, but generally, after dinner, pass an hour at the piano, not so much from the pleasure it now gives me, as from the conviction that it is wrong to give up even the smallest of our resources; and also because, as wise Goethe says, "We are too apt to suffer the mean things of life to overgrow the finer nature within us, therefore it is expedient that at least once a day we read a little poetry, or sing a song, or look at a picture."
— from Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble

It is a solemn fact that prison is not good for your health or strength.
— from The New Gulliver, and Other Stories by Barry Pain

If you wish to know the real raison d'être for this policy, I now give it to you.
— from The Secret Doctrine, Vol. 3 of 4 by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky