He had not been associated with such stirring events in their history as Moses; neither had it been his function to reveal to them the will of God, either so systematically, or so comprehensively, or so supernaturally; but he was marked by the same great spirituality, the same intense reverence for the God of Israel, the same profound belief in the reality of the covenant between Israel and God, and the same conviction of the inseparable connection between a pure worship and flowing prosperity on the [379] one hand, and idolatrous defection and national calamity on the other.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by William Garden Blaikie

"And he gave 'em sugar 'stid of salt," said Russ with a laugh.
— from Six Little Bunkers at Aunt Jo's by Laura Lee Hope

Along these lines, says Tacitus in his "Germania": "They (the Germans) even suppose somewhat of sanctity and prescience to be inherent in the female sex; and, therefore, neither despise their counsels, nor disregard their responses;" and Diodorus, who lived at the time of Caesar, feels highly indignant over the position of women in Egypt, having learned that there, not the sons, but the daughters, supported their aging parents.
— from Woman under socialism by August Bebel

An animal, or a boy either, living in constant fear of ill-usage whether he deserves it or not, will get either so stupid or so careless, as seldom to do what is required.
— from Kindness to Animals; Or, The Sin of Cruelty Exposed and Rebuked by Charlotte Elizabeth

[443] Thomas Edwards, in his "Gangræna," enumerates sixteen sorts of sectaries of that time.
— from Letters of Samuel Rutherford (Third Edition) by Samuel Rutherford