Here is a single sentence, remarkable not only for its perfect form but also for its expression of the reverence for law which lies at the heart of Anglo-Saxon civilization: Of law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven and earth do her homage; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
— from English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English-Speaking World by William J. (William Joseph) Long

The moral will, it is to be presumed, be learned from this signal example, that the works of genius are naturally exempt from the sweep of plunder; that even the violences of war must not be extended beyond the necessities of conquest; and that an act of injustice is sure to bring down its punishment in the most painful form of retribution.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 70, No. 431, September 1851 by Various

When dwarf pear or apple trees seem to be making too much wood growth and not enough fruit, they can be taken up, as for transplanting, during the dormant season and set right back into place.
— from Dwarf Fruit Trees Their propagation, pruning, and general management, adapted to the United States and Canada by F. A. (Frank Albert) Waugh

But then you Outside Men have got a natural elemental fearlessness about you that we Cave-men have lost.
— from Frenzied Fiction by Stephen Leacock

The tombs, many of them, are above the ground and nearly every family tomb is a little chapel.
— from Birdseye Views of Far Lands by James T. (James Thomas) Nichols

Morning there, Here eve was by almost such passage made; And whiteness had o'erspread that hemisphere, Blackness the other part; when to the left I saw Beatrice turn'd, and on the sun Gazing, as never eagle fix'd his ken.
— from Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Paradise by Dante Alighieri

Hang it, I’d be willing to contribute half the money I’ve got saved, to help get a new engine for the old shaker.”
— from Motor Boat Boys Among the Florida Keys; Or, The Struggle for the Leadership by Louis Arundel

But she confesses that she is neither young nor handsome, and may-be never may be rich; therefore, that whoever helps her must do it for the sake of doing good and nothing else; for though she would pay all expenses handsomely, she could not promise more.
— from Tales and Novels — Volume 05 Tales of a Fashionable Life by Maria Edgeworth

The recent proceedings in the Court of Chancery have made public a fact, already known to many, that her Majesty wields with skilful hand a graceful graver, and the Christmas plays acted at Windsor are a satisfactory proof that English art and genius are not exiled from England's palaces.
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 399, January 1849 by Various

That is , We should fear and love God, and not estrange, force, or entice away from our neighbor, his wife, servants, or cattle, but urge them to stay and do their duty.
— from Luther's Small Catechism Explained in Questions and Answers by Harald Ulrik Sverdrup