The suitor, kissing the hem of the garment again before relinquishing it, replied, “Habraham Latharuth, on thuthpithion of plate.”
— from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

In truth, for our own part, we are disposed to look upon such gentleman as being rather incumbrances than otherwise in rising families: happening to be acquainted with several whose spirit prevents their settling down to any grovelling occupation, and only displays itself in a tendency to cultivate moustachios, and look fierce; and although moustachios and ferocity are both very pretty things in their way, and very much to be commended, we confess to a desire to see them bred at the owner’s proper cost, rather than at the expense of low-spirited people.
— from Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens

We don’t Despair of Mercy; but hope, through Christ, that when we dye, we shall find Mercy with God, and be received into his Kingdom.
— from A General History of the Pyrates: from their first rise and settlement in the island of Providence, to the present time by Daniel Defoe

He must be able to give counsel himself, but not rely thereupon; for though happy events justify their counsels, yet it is better that the evil event of good advice be rather imputed to a subject than a sovereign.
— from Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients by Francis Bacon

He said, “if it were possible there could be any country where Yahoos alone were endued with reason, they certainly must be the governing animal; because reason in time will always prevail against brutal strength.
— from Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift

Then Starkad, trusting in his bodily strength, fought with and overcame a giant at Byzantium, reputed invincible, named Tanne, and drove him to fly an outlaw to unknown quarters of the earth.
— from The Danish History, Books I-IX by Grammaticus Saxo

(Calling out to Roxane, whom De Guiche, aided by Ragueneau, is bearing away in a fainting condition): Farewell, Roxane!
— from Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand

[ The two great rivers, the Ganges and Burrampooter, rise in Thibet, from the opposite ridges of the same hills, separate from each other to the distance of 1200 miles, and, after a winding course of 2000 miles, again meet in one point near the Gulf of Bengal.
— from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes) by Edward Gibbon

When Friedrich von Raumer was in England, in 1835, he, at an English dinner, gave this toast: "The King of Prussia, the greatest and best reformer in Europe."
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics by Various

Slowly we rode along the shallow grass and brush ravines in the troughs of the low billows, while the dogs worked eagerly in and out of cover, and our handful of savages cast stones and shouted.
— from African Camp Fires by Stewart Edward White

Stew it 6 hours, take out the bones, skim the gravy, add butter rolled in flour, a little catsup and mixed spices.
— from The English Housekeeper: Or, Manual of Domestic Management Containing advice on the conduct of household affairs and practical instructions concerning the store-room, the pantry, the larder, the kitchen, the cellar, the dairy; the whole being intended for the use of young ladies who undertake the superintendence of their own housekeeping by Anne Cobbett

The old Tory held high rank in the counsels of Lord Howe, and the daughter, by her grace and beauty, reigned it over the hearts of every gallant gentleman of his army.
— from The Tory Maid by Herbert Baird Stimpson

A fire lingered in the grate, and Barter replenished it, and, having produced a box of cigars and a bottle of cognac, proffered refreshment to his guest.
— from Young Mr. Barter's Repentance From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray by David Christie Murray

It was near the crossing of the Salem and Lowell, and Georgetown and Boston Railroads, [i.183] about three hundred feet to the west of the crossing, and close to the track of the former road, on its south side.
— from Salem Witchcraft, Volumes I and II With an Account of Salem Village and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Subjects by Charles Wentworth Upham

“I suppose we could get a better room if we took one together,” said the stranger.
— from Tom Temple's Career by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

The Gascoignes also tooke part with king John, and continued in dutifull obedience towards him, for the which their loialtie he was readie to consider them with princelie gifts and beneficiall rewards, in such bountifull wise, that he gaue vnto a Noble man of that countrie named Moreue, the summe of 28 thousand marks, to leuie & wage thirtie thousand men to aid him at his comming ouer into those parties.
— from Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (07 of 12) Iohn the Yongest Sonne of Henrie the Second by Raphael Holinshed