In the following pages I shall merely try to give a brief account of new accessions to the Chicago colony between the years 1842 and 1850.
— from A History of Norwegian Immigration to the United States From the Earliest Beginning down to the Year 1848 by George T. (George Tobias) Flom

Addressing himself to the new prisoner, he said that, having to get a bed and other necessaries, he would leave us in the garret till he came back, and that, in the mean time, the cell would be freed from the bad smell, which was only oil.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova

In which dominions had philosophy and power existed really, as it were, in the same dwelling, they would have set up amongst men, both Greeks and barbarians, an opinion not vainly shining, and in every respect the true one, that neither a state nor a man can ever be happy unless by leading a life with prudence in subjection to justice, whether possessing those things themselves, or by being brought up in the habits of holy persons, their rulers, or instructed in justice."
— from Concord Days by Amos Bronson Alcott

The humblest plant on which we tread, If sound and straight it grows apace, By aid of nature or of grace May rear aloft towards heaven its head.
— from The Exemplary Novels of Cervantes by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Sayad Mubárak, a descendant of the saint Sháhi Álam, who led the van of the Gujarát army, becoming aware of Násir-ul-Mulk’s design opened communications with Mubárak Sháh of Khándesh and induced him to withdraw.
— from History of Gujarát Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Volume I, Part I. by James M. Campbell

Do not entertain the thought, that as a young gentleman 'of large expectations;' or from your being one of those 'admirable waltzers;' or one of that class of favored persons whom for whatever cause, the ladies rank immediately next the music when they tell the père de famille , or the future manager, 'We must immediately engage So-and-so's band, and here is a list of the indispensable beaux without whom our party will be a failure'——do not, although your name be first upon that list, imagine you have nothing more to do, than go to the ball; enjoy yourself as much as you can; leave a card during one of the three following days; give a passing recognition in the street to the lady of the house; and then cut the family like a watering-place acquaintance until they give a ball again, or new-year's day come round to prove you ready for another night of pleasure.
— from The Knickerbocker, Vol. 22, No. 6, December 1843 by Various

in the Great Apollo-Chamber , At the Temple of Hymen , in London , Before a glowing and brilliant Audience of near Three Hundred Ladies and Gentlemen, who were commanded by Venus , Cupid , and Hymen !
— from Eighteenth Century Waifs by John Ashton

One could think of oneself as knowing God , and be aware of no forcing of the note.
— from The Conquest of Fear by Basil King

In 1867 John Largent bought a cabin from a trader named Goff, and built another one near where now stands his fine residence.
— from Then and Now; or, Thirty-Six Years in the Rockies Personal Reminiscences of Some of the First Pioneers of the State of Montana by Robert Vaughn