It may be expected, since I am upon this Subject, that I should take notice of Mr. Dryden's Definition of Wit; which, with all the Deference that is due to the Judgment of so great a Man, is not so properly a Definition of Wit, as of good writing in general.
— from The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays by Steele, Richard, Sir

The Nonconformists of that town and county hoped to gain a majority in next session or in the following Parliament, while the High Churchmen, to the cry of "The Church in Danger," declared the two Acts of Charles II to be the bulwarks of the constitution.
— from William Pitt and the Great War by J. Holland (John Holland) Rose

I pity his misfortune; and to work you To some compassion of them, I come up To your own price: save him, the goods are mine; If not, seek else-where, I'le not deal for them.
— from Beggars Bush: A Comedy From the Works of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher (Volume 2 of 10) by John Fletcher

It may be expected, since I am upon this subject, that I should take notice of Mr. Dryden’s definition of wit, which, with all the deference that is due to the judgment of so great a man, is not so properly a definition of wit as of good writing in general.
— from Essays and Tales by Joseph Addison

MARTIN, HOWARD G. The Guilford-Martin inventory of factors G A M I N. SEE GUILFORD, J. P.
— from U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1971 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Probably the gulf between your generation and mine is not so deep, but when I look carefully I do not find that you are the profound motive.
— from Woman by Magdeleine Marx