“In fact, sir, I believe I have the thing in my breast pocket; and to tell you the truth, I should like to get it put in safety.”
— from Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

And oft it is uncertain, whether it be the necessary care of the body which is yet asking for sustenance, or whether a voluptuous deceivableness of greediness is proffering its services.
— from The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo

As an illuminant the gas is produced in specially-constructed generators.
— from The New Gresham Encyclopedia. A to Amide Vol. 1 Part 1 by Various

Punishment is supposed to have the value of exciting in the guilty the consciousness of guilt; in punishment is sought the proper instrumentum
— from The Genealogy of Morals The Complete Works, Volume Thirteen, edited by Dr. Oscar Levy. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

But there was no place a girl could go in Packingtown, if she was particular about things of this sort; there was no place in it where a prostitute could not get along better than a decent girl.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Glenshee, in Perthshire, is said to have been full of fairies, but the screech of the steam-whistle frightened them underground.
— from The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries by W. Y. (Walter Yeeling) Evans-Wentz

"Bibamus salutem earum, et confusionem ad omnes bacularios: speramus quod eae carae et benedictae creaturae invenient tot maritos quot velint,—quod geminos quottanis habeant, et quod earum filiae, maternum exemplum sequentes, gentem Islandicam perpetuent in saecula saeculorum."
— from Letters from High Latitudes Being Some Account of a Voyage in 1856 of the Schooner Yacht "Foam" to Iceland, Jan Meyen, and Spitzbergen by Dufferin and Ava, Frederick Temple Blackwood, Marquis of

Our method of building puts the parts gradually into place in such a way that until the machine is finished it is incapable of performing its functions.
— from The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by H. W. (Herbert William) Conn

The pace at which the game is played is sufficient to preclude all else beyond mere service and return.
— from Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes, Volume 85 January to June, 1906 by Various

Paul continued in Mr. Danforth's employment, giving, if possible, increased satisfaction.
— from Paul Prescott's Charge by Alger, Horatio, Jr.

To glory in privilege is sin; to learn that it means responsibility is wisdom.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 3 Psalms XC.-CL. by Alexander Maclaren

God before all worlds, have mercy upon us!” {27} A beautiful rite called the “Peace of God” is performed in Slavonic churches at the end of the “Liturgy” or Mass on Christmas morning—the people kiss one another on both cheeks, saying, “Christ is born!”
— from Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan by Clement A. Miles

The army in Britain revolted; and after electing and murdering two emperors, set up Constantine, who led them into Gaul, defeated the German invaders, passed into Spain, and established a kind of sovereignty over the three western countries of Europe.
— from A Manual of Ancient History by M. E. (Mary Elsie) Thalheimer